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peer-reviewed research article

Cost comparison of hand and mechanical harvest of mature green tomatoes

authors

Mike B. Zahara, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis
Stanley S. Johnson, National Economics Division, Economics and Statistics Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, at University of California, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 35(7):7-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v035n07p7. July-August 1981.

author affiliations

Mike B. Zahara is Specialist, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis; Stanley S. Johnson is Agricultural Economist, Fruit, Vegetable, and Sweetener Branch, National Economics Division, Economics and Statistics Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, at University of California, Davis.

abstract

Under some conditions, mature green tomatoes can be picked as cheaply by a highly productive hand-harvest crew as by machine.High- and low-output hand harvest was compared with machine harvest at various yields and lengths of season.


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