Pamadhora 64.7 bhiriyoni, zvirimwa zvemhando yepamusoro zvinosanganisira chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chemarisiti yezvirimwa zveUS uye chikamu chimwe muzvitanhatu chemarisiti ezvese zvigadzirwa zvekurima muna 2017. Zvirimwa zvakawanda zvehunyanzvi zvinonyanya kushanda mukugadzira, kukohwa, kana kugadzirisa. Somuenzaniso, kukohwa kunowanzoda kuti vashandi vanyatsosiyanisa michero nemiriwo yakaibva nezvisina kuibva uye vatanha zvinyoro-nyoro, voronga, kana kurongedza muchero kana muriwo nemaoko pasina kukuvara.
Kudzikira kwenguva refu kwekuwaniswa kwevashandi vepapurazi muUS kwakakurudzira varimi kuti vasarudze zvirimwa zvisingashandi, kudyara matekinoroji ekuchengetedza vashandi, uye kugadzira nzira dzekuwedzera goho revashandi.
Huwandu hwezvirongwa zveUSDA zvinotsigira kusimudzira uye kushandisa otomatiki kana mechanization mukugadzira uye kugadzirisa zvirimwa zveUS zvakakosha.
Kubva 2008-2018 zvirongwa izvi muAgricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), uye National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) yakapa mari inosvika madhora mazana maviri nemakumi masere nenomwe. mune zvemhando yepamusoro kugadzira nekugadzirisa zvirimwa.
Mapurojekiti akafukidza huwandu hwakawanda hwetekinoroji, kusanganisira rubatsiro rwebasa uye mashini otomatiki; kudzidza kwemichina uye kuongorora data; kukohwa nemichini uye kugadzirisa; kunyatsorima; kure kure kunzwa uye drones; uye sensors.
Imwe neimwe yezvirongwa zveUSDA zvakagadzirirwa zvakasiyana kuti zvizadzise zvinangwa zvakasarudzika, kunyangwe chirongwa chega chega chichigadzirisa kusimudzira uye kushandiswa kweotomatiki kana mechanisation muzvirimwa zvakakosha mune imwe nzira. Iyo data iri mune iyi chati inowanikwa muna Kukadzi 2020 ERS chirevo, Kugadzira otomatiki uye Mechanization yeSpecialty Crops: Wongororo yeUS Dhipatimendi rekurima Zvirongwa.