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Ag industry testing driverless trucks to solve labor shortage

Two trucks drive on a road, their trailers filled with sugar beets
The lead truck and follow truck, part of a pilot program to test autonomous vehicles, haul a load of sugar beets to their destination at the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton, N.D., on Tuesday. Due to technology problems, both trucks were being manually driven by human operators.
Ben Hovland | MPR News