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The describes research that evaluated the new mechanical harvesting technologies for wild blueberries and compared them to the traditional technology of hand raking under different assumptions about prices, costs, farm size, and yield. It provides information to growers about the circumstances where mechanical harvesting will be most useful and where the hand rakers can be used to the best advantage.
Document Type
Report
ISSN
0734-9548
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Volume
825
Publication Date
5-1989
Publisher
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
City
Orono
Keywords
wild blueberries, harvesting, Maine
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Recommended Citation
Marra, M.C., T.A. Woods, R. Parker, N.N. San, and M. Teisl. 1989. A comparison of lowbush blueberry harvesting technologies: Experimental and economic results from the 1988 field tests in Washington County, Maine. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 825.
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