MISUMI invests in Oishii to industrialize vertical farm automation
Japan's MISUMI Group backs Oishii's standardized farm modules, signaling industrial-scale manufacturing is entering controlled-environment agriculture.
USDA Carves Out $20M for Harvest Robots Inside $275M Specialty Crop Fund
USDA reserved $20M in automation R&D funding within a $275M specialty crop grant program, signaling federal endorsement of mechanization technology to replace labor.