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Cal/OSHA board blocks driverless tractors in California

06/22/22 9:05 AM By Brad Hooker
California’s workplace safety regulator has rejected a petition to allow driverless tractors on farms throughout the state, despite pleas from farm groups to support widescale adoption.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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