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- From: Fellenz <fellenz AT fltg.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] harvest rates
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:21:48 -0400
JOHN A HENDRICKSON wrote:
Does anyone on this list have records or an idea ofI 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.
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
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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[Market-farming] harvest rates,
JOHN A HENDRICKSON, 08/01/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] harvest rates, Willie McKemie, 08/01/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] harvest rates, Fellenz, 08/01/2007
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