Cost comparison of hand and mechanical harvest of mature green tomatoes

Zahara, M; Johnson, S

Cost comparison of hand and mechanical harvest of mature green tomatoes

Authors

Mike B. Zahara
Stanley S. Johnson

Authors 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.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 35(7):7-9. DOI:10.3733/ca.v035n07p7. July 1981.

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Abstract

Under some conditions, mature green tomatoes can be picked as cheaply by a highly productive hand-harvest crew as by machine.

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