Harvesting

Harvesting Facts: Most ground crop harvesting work involves significant bending and stooping, and also long hours in hot, dry conditions.

Major components

  • Many ground crops are hand-harvested using a knife. Others are simply pulled off of the plant.
  • The worker pulls vegetable from plant or soil, or cuts vegetable from stem or root.
  • Frequently involves long periods of stooping, which is associated with low back pain.
  • He/she then puts vegetables in container or lays bunches of vegetables along row for collection. Carries containers or armloads of bunched vegetables to collection point.
  • Loads vegetables on trucks or field conveyors.
  • May tie vegetables into specified-size bunches, using wires or rubber bands.
  • May cut top foliage from root vegetables, using knife.
  • May wash vegetables.

Examples of some common ground crop harvest knives

Hops/Cabbage Knife 6.75 inch Row Crop Knife – Hops/Cabbage
Cauliflower Knife 7.25 inch Row Crop Knife – Cauliflower
Lettuce Trimmer Row Crop Harvest Knife 7.25 inch Lettuce Trimmer Row Crop Harvest Knife
6-inch Row Crop Knife 6 inch Produce Row Crop Harvest Knife
Broccoli/Produce Knife 6 inch Wavy Blade Broccoli/Produce Knife
7.75-inch Row Crop Knife 7.75 inch Row Crop Harvest Butcher Knife
7.75″ Stainless steel blade harvest knife is widely used for different crops in the field.
Romaine Lettuce Knife Romaine Lettuce Knife/Spade Combo
7.75″ Stainless steel blade harvest knife is widely used for different crops in the field.
Berry Knife Sickle 4.5 inch Berry Knife