SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Just like every other commercially grown crop that has a peak harvest stage, wine grapes are ready when they’re plump and full of juice. The trouble with hand-picking grapes, ...

Self-driving carts in California’s farming industry show great promise. Slowly, silently, effortlessly. The autonomous grape cart does not necessarily attract much attention as it drives through the ...

The grapes in Paul Hoover’s Still Waters Vineyard are ready to be harvested. For the first time, many of them will not be picked by hand. “My joke is, the machine is ready to go to work every morning ...

The grape harvesting machine straddles the row at Wrights’ Manutuke vineyard, shaking the fruit off ready to be offloaded and carried to the winery. The young chardonnay grapes will be made into ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Grape harvesting machines light up the night during this time of the year. They slowly make their way through vineyards to shake off these Pinot Grigio grapes. The nighttime ...

NAPA, Calif. — A Napa vineyard worker was killed Monday in an accident involving a grape harvesting machine, authorities said. Cal Fire responded to a report of a worker stuck in a grape-picking ...

A 49-year-old Napa man was found dead at a vineyard Monday afternoon after an incident involving a grape-harvesting machine, authorities said. Officials with the California Occupational Safety and ...

NAPA, Calif. — A Napa vineyard worker was killed Monday in an accident involving a grape harvesting machine, authorities told KPIX. Cal Fire responded to a report of a worker stuck in a grape-picking ...