Cost of Harvesting, Packing, and Storing Apples for the Fresh Market with Regional and Seasonal Comparisons

Joseph Podany and Hilarius Fuchs

No 327171, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Harvesting, storing and packing costs for fresh apples during the 1972/73 season were obtained in a regional survey of apple grower-packers and packers. These results were compared with costs from a similar survey conducted during the 1969/70 season. Total harvesting cost in 1972/73 varied from 46 cents per bushel for Winesap apples in the Northwest to 75 cents for McIntosh in the Northeast. In all major production regions except the Northeast, a comparison of the surveys indicated lower or constant charges for regular and controlled atmosphere storage. Total packing and selling charges during the 1972/73 season for tray packed Red Delicious apples ranged from $1.30 per carton in the Lake States to $1.83 in the Northwest.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 1974-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327171

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