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  • From: John Hendrickson <jhendric AT wisc.edu>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Picking Veggies
  • Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:39:17 -0500

They are not cheap but several (vegetable and flower) growers in WI have invested in the Swedish-made "Drangen"---an ergonomic, lay-down crawler tractor that can be used for planting, weeding, and harvesting. The base price is something like $6,000 dollars so they may not be in the price range for many folks but I know both large-scale and small-scale growers who have invested in them and the labor-savings and body pain-savings are significant. See the below links for information:

http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/tipsheets_html/laydown.htm
http://www.dobmac.com.au/drangen.html

On the cheaper side of things, I sometimes use a strap-on milking stool (http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/tipsheets_html/stool.htm)
to pick things like cherry tomatoes and peas.

For a description and plans for a self-propelled harvest cart, see:

http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/tipsheets_html/cartplans.htm
and
http://bse.wisc.edu/hfhp/tipsheets_html/cart.htm

-John

John Hendrickson
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
University of Wisconsin-Madison
mail: 1450 Linden Drive
street: 1535 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-3704
www.wisc.edu/cias




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