Reducing Costs of Packing Mature-Green Tomatoes at Florida Shipping Points

William G. Grizzell

No 313435, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpt from the report: A study was made to determine the labor and equipment requirements and costs of the present system of packing mature-green tomatoes and to develop more efficient systems of packing. These systems were developed around work methods now in use in Florida packinghouses. For purposes of comparison in this report, a packinghouse packing an annual volume of 12 million pounds of mature-green tomatoes (200,000 60-pound boxes or 300,000 40-pound boxes) with a 31-man crew was taken as being representative of the present packing system.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 1965-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313435

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