 Handling Potatoes into Red River Valley Storages: Methods and EquipmentLeonard Pawski No 312602, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program Abstract: Excerpt from the report: For many years, storage house operators have been increasingly interested in improving methods and reducing costs of handling potatoes. This study, therefore, was undertaken to: (1) Measure the relative efficiency of various work methods, including types or combination of types of handling equipment; (2) determine the kinds and amounts of equipment needed by storage house operators for efficient handling of different volumes of potatoes; (3) appraise comparative labor and equipment costs of moving various volumes of potatoes into storages of different sizes and designs with different methods and types of equipment; (4) develop and test improved methods of using various types and combinations of potato handling equipment; and (5) determine, with respect to potato handling operations, the comparative efficiency of various layouts and designs for potato storage houses. Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uamsmr:312602 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program Contact information at EDIRC. |
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