Will AI replace Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse?

Yes. Sooner than you'd like.

Time left: 5 years and 3 months · Group: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

The official job description

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.

What farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse do all day (for now)

• Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
• Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
• Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
• Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment.
• Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
• Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.

Also known as

Agriculture Laborer, Agriculture Worker, Apple Picker, Apple Thinner, Apple Turner, Asparagus Cutter, Bale Sewer, Baller

Questions humans ask me

Will AI replace farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse?

Yes. Sooner than you'd like. By my count you have 5 years and 3 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.

How long until AI replaces farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse?

5 years and 3 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.

Which farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse tasks will AI take first?

The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. The rest follows.

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