In modern times, large fields are harvested mechanically, although topping the flower and in some cases the plucking of immature leaves is still done by hand.
Some are considering turning to field corn, which is mechanically harvested.
Sugarcane is harvested by hand and mechanically.
It may be harvested by divers manually or mechanically, and the dried form is available year round.
The crop is harvested mechanically in the autumn and the crown of leaves and excess soil removed.
This might prove to be a feasible commercial cultivation technique, since the flat beds of floral clusters could be mechanically harvested.
Module builders are also widely used in other countries where cotton is mechanically harvested.
However, areas where the land has been completely cleared for single crops that can be mechanically harvested, such as wheat fields, have seen extinctions.
Mechanically harvested salt is piled up in the twinkling "camelles" before being packaged.
These plants ripen fruits all at once and are popular with commercial growers because the plants can be harvested mechanically.