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Harvesting is the process of gathering a crop or yield from plants or trees, typically from fields or orchards. This can refer to various types of crops, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and other plants that are grown for their agricultural or horticultural value. Too know more visit: https://usawheatmarket.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/what-is-harvesting/

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What is harvesting?
Harvesting is the act of removing a crop from where it was growing and
moving it to a more secure location for processing, consumption, or storage.
Some root crops and tree fruit can be left in the field or orchard and
harvested as needed, but most crops reach a period of maximum quality—
that is, they ripen or mature—and will deteriorate if left exposed to the
elements. While the major factor determining the time of harvest is the
maturity of the crop, other factors such as weather, availability of harvest
equipment, pickers, packing and storage facilities, and transport are
important considerations.

Economic and marketing issues are often even more important than
considerations of maturity in deciding when to harvest a commodity. Before
the crop can be harvested, the grower must be sure that there is a demand
for the crop and that the price is sufficient to make harvesting the crop
profitable. If the price is less than adequate to cover the costs of production,
harvesting, and marketing, growers are faced with the difficult decision
whether to harvest and store the crop, to wait for a better market, or to cut
their losses and leave the crop in the field.

The Process Of Harvesting

Harvesting can be separated into three steps. The plant part of


interest must be identified, detached from the rest of the plant, and
then collected in a container suitable for transport from the field.
The harvesting of all the major agronomic crops (grains of cereals
and legumes) has been mechanized. The resistance of dried cereal
and legume seeds (for example, corn, rice, wheat, and soybeans) to
physical damage allows the first and second steps to be combined in
a threshing machine or combine that separates the seeds from the
rest of the harvested plant. The grain (seeds) is then loaded in bulk
containers and transported to silos for additional cleaning, grading,
fumigation, and temporary storage.
In contrast to the dry grains and legumes, most horticultural crops
(fleshy fruits such as apples and tomatoes, ornamentals, and
vegetables) are hand harvested for the fresh market. Some
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severe that the fruits and vegetables are only fit for processing.
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an “abscission zone” which permits the ripe fruit to be easily
separated from the tree. Other fruit, such as bananas, citrus, peppers,
and all vegetables (for example, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, lettuce,
and squash) do not develop an abscission zone and must be cut from
the plant.
Only human beings have the unique combination of eyes, brain, and
hands that permits the rapid identification and harvest of delicate
and perishable materials with minimal loss and bruising. Some
mechanical aids such as cherry pickers, ladders, picking bags or
baskets, stem clippers, and wheelbarrows are used by harvesters to
make their work easier, faster, and safer. Harvesters can be trained to
select only those fruits or vegetables that are of the correct maturity,
size, or shape, thus greatly reducing the amount of material that
must be removed on the sorting and grading line in the packing
shed. In fact, many vegetables and berries are harvested directly into
retail containers without further sizing or grading. Most other
horticultural crops are harvested into field bins that are taken to
packing sheds where the commodities are cleaned, sorted, graded,
inspected, packed, cooled, and stored before being transported to
regional markets.

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) actively seeks to bring down trade barriers or


change policies that may prevent an overseas customer from choosing U.S.
wheat. In most cases, these barriers violate a country’s commitments under
the World Trade Organization (WTO) or a free trade agreement (FTA).

Every Friday, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) compiles information from


market sources, including U.S. wheat exporters of all classes from U.S.
export ports. The price indications represent the value of grade number two
or better and the proteins indicated. These prices are not intended to
represent offers, nor should importers of U.S. wheat rely upon them as
such. Actual offers will vary depending on contract specifications, loading
terms and other contract terms and conditions.

As a key part of its commitment to transparency, U.S. Wheat Associates


(USW) produces an annual Crop Quality Report that includes grade,
flour and end-product data for all six U.S. wheat classes.

The report is compiled from sample testing and analysis conducted during
and after harvest by our partner laboratories. The report provides essential,
objective information to help buyers get the wheat they need at the best
value possible. USW shares the data with customers in person and at a
series of annual Crop Quality Seminars around the world. During harvest,
preliminary reports on crop quality by class are posted in weekly Harvest
Reports.

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