date:Sep 26, 2021
During the harvest season that takes place between March and August each year, many farmers are faced with sourcing and managing hundreds of casual laborers to collect nuts off the orchard floor. For De Kock, this meant 100 workers for his 200ha farm.
As coordinating this many workers was quite time-consuming, De Kock made the decision to mechanize four years ago and, in the process, he managed to cut his labor force by 60%.
We still need people because the machines dont get to every single