Ma ka $64.7 biliona, loaʻa nā mea kanu kūikawā i hoʻokahi hapakolu o nā loaʻa huaʻai US a me hoʻokahi hapaono o nā loaʻa no nā huahana mahiʻai āpau i 2017. Nui nā mea kanu kūikawā i ka hana i ka hana, ka ʻohi ʻana, a me ka hana ʻana. No ka laʻana, koi pinepine ka ʻohi ʻana i nā limahana e hoʻokaʻawale pololei i nā huaʻai a me nā hua ʻai ʻole a ʻohi mālie, hoʻokaʻawale, a pūʻulu paha i ka hua a i ʻole nā mea kanu me ka lima ʻole.
ʻO ka hāʻule lōʻihi o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā limahana mahiʻai ma US ua paipai i nā mea hana e koho i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi i ka hana, hoʻopukapuka i nā ʻenehana hoʻopakele hana, a hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻonui ai i ka hana hana.
Ke kākoʻo nei kekahi mau papahana USDA i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka automation a i ʻole mechanization i ka hana ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu kūikawā US.
Mai 2008-2018 kēia mau papahana i ka Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), ka Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a me ka National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) i hoʻolako kālā i $ 287.7 miliona i nā papahana 213 e hoʻomohala a hoʻonui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka automation a me ka mīkini. ma ka hana ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu kūikawā.
Ua uhi ʻia nā papahana i kahi ākea ākea o nā ʻenehana, me nā kōkua hana a me nā mīkini mīkini; aʻo mīkini a me ka ʻikepili ʻikepili; ʻohi a me ka hana ʻana i nā mīkini; mahiʻai pololei; ʻike mamao a me nā drones; a me na mea ike.
Hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia papahana USDA e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu kūʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ʻo kēlā me kēia papahana e kamaʻilio i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka automation a i ʻole ka mīkini i nā mea kanu kūikawā ma kekahi ʻano. Loaʻa ka ʻikepili i kēia pakuhi ma ka hōʻike ERS Pepeluali 2020, Ka Hoʻomohala ʻana i ka Automation a me ka Mechanization no nā mea kanu kūikawā: He loiloi o nā papahana ʻoihana mahiʻai o US.