[Market-farming] harvest rates
Fellenz
fellenz at fltg.net
Wed Aug 1 14:21:48 EDT 2007
JOHN A HENDRICKSON wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have records or an idea of
> how many pounds a worker can pick per hour for the
> following crops:
>
> beans
> peas
> broccoli
> asparagus
> peppers
>
> and pints/quarts per hour for:
>
> strawberries
> raspberries
>
I like to get about 15-20lbs/hr of bush beans. This morning with the a
picked over bean patch we did about 8 lbs/hour.
For raspberries and strawberries it varies depending upon the time of
season. At their peak, I like 2+ flats (>16qts) of strawberries an hour
and 2+ flats (24 1/2pt baskets) of raspberries. I have my pickers pick
clean with all waste berries picked and removed from patch. The pickers
get paid for all berries - good and bad that they pick and will get a
deduction if they pick light (less than full baskets) or pick junk
(baskets with good and bad mixed together). I pay a piece rate for
berry pickers, so it doesn't really matter to me how fast the pickers
are going, but I do set the rate so that they can get a good hourly rate
if they want to work hard.
My pickers are usually high school kids and are much slower than
professional pickers would be.
Andy
>
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