HOS 4332C & 5085C

Harvest & Handling Systems

• Lecture - Narrated Powerpoints
  • Pt. 1 - Harvest Principles
  • Pt. 2 - Preharvest Factors
  • Pt. 3 - Hand vs. Mechanical Harvesting
  • Pt. 4 - Packing in the Field vs a Packinghouse
  • Pt. 5 - Common Postharvest Handling Steps
  • Pt. 6 - Packing & Palletizing
• Printable notes handout
  • 6 Slides/Pg
  • 2 Slides/Pg
• Sample questions
• Supplemental Reading: PH Tech Ch. 5; PH Tech 9; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 16; Packingline Machinery for Citrus Packinghouses
• Videos:
  • Fruit Harvesting Machines
  • Robotic Farming of the Future
  • Orange Harvest
  • Orange Fruit Mechanical Harvesting (2012)
  • Citrus Mechanical Harvesting (2020)
  • Orange Growing, Harvesting & Shipping (California)
  • How Oranges are Grown, Harvested and Shipped (2012)
  • Mechanical Cherry Harvesting

  (2011)

  • Mango Harvest
  • Mechanical Harvesting of the Florida Blueberry Crop (2020)
  • Blueberry Harvesting
  • Blueberries: Harvest, Storage & Handling
  • Strawberry Harvest
  • Strawberry Packing
  • Watermelon Harvest
  • Watermelon Packing
  • Avocado Packing
  • Breatfruit-Best Practices for Harvest & Postharvest
  • Carrot Harvest, Cleaning and Loading
  • Carrot Packingline
  • Tomato Harvesting
  • Tomato Mechanical Harvesting (2018)
  • Tomato Mechanical Harvesting (2018)
  • Tomato Mechanical Harvesting for Processing (2019)
  • Sweet Corn Harvest
  • Squash (Yellow) Harvesting
  • Squash (Yellow) Packing
  • Potato Harvest (2016)
  • Sugar Beet Harvest (24 min episode-2011)
  • Asparagus Harvesting & Packing in California