School of Economic Sciences

Agribusiness Management

Mechanical Asparagus Harvesting Economic Analysis

Haws Harvester Field Trial, June 4 to June 16, 2009

Presentation - August 6, 2009

J. Shannon Neibergs*, Carter Clary and Christopher Read

Mechanical Asparagus Harvester

This study is unique because:

  1. Economic evaluation
  2. Projects the economic return
  3. Identifies the importance of asparagus yield over the season
  4. Recognizes that hand harvesting is not 100 % efficient
  5. Simulates new asparagus management techniques

Contact Info

Shannon Neibergs
sneibergs@wsu.edu
103 B Hulbert Hall
Phone: 509-335-6360

 

Report Presentation

This handout provides a summary overview of preliminary economic analysis that evaluates the net economic return of mechanized asparagus harvest.  The analysis evaluates the latest engineered Haws selective asparagus mechanical harvester using field test data on the harvester’s efficiency in comparison to traditional hand harvesting for the fresh asparagus market. 

 

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