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      1 year ago

      And not done today because it’s labor intensive. Not sure if it could be automated at all, but perhaps the beans and corn could be done with a modern combine - I’m not sure about that one since corn and beans are handled pretty differently during separation. You’d probably have to have some computer aided pre-sort and dual processing channels.