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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] harvest rates
  • Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:52:12 -0500

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:46:41AM -0500, 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

I'm picking longbeans right now. About 8-10 pounds per hour.

> peas
> broccoli
> asparagus

I don't think we ever pick asparagus faster than about 10 pounds an
hour. And it gets a lot slower. We give up when it gets down to about
1 pound an hour.

> peppers

Peak production of big bells: 3-6 bushels an hour. Big jalapenos at
peak production: .5-1 bushel an hour. Jalapenos weight about 35 lb/bu.
Don't know about bells.

>
> and pints/quarts per hour for:
>
> strawberries
> raspberries

At peak production, we pick blackberries at about 3 gallons per hour.
We give up at about 1/2 gallon per hour.

Okra? About 20 pounds per hour. If you can keep at it for a whole
hour.

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