More Illustrations of the 4 row harvester

Determining the cost of mechanically harvesting asparagus

The Challenges of machine harvesting asparagus

Meeting the challenges and solving the problems

Sample Cost-of-Harvesting Spreadsheets

How Much Money Can I
Make Using a Machine To Harvest My Crop?

Machine Specifications

New Design Improvements

Asparagus harvester movie clips  

Pictures of Asparagus Fields

Other Asparagus Harvesters (My competition)

Links  

Other Asparagus Harvesters - My Competition

I'm not the only one developing an asparagus harvester.  At the moment I know of two others that are actively pursing a commercially viable asparagus harvesting machine. 

One is the Haws machine being developed my Kim Haws in Mesa Washington, and the other by Mike Schwarz at Oraka Company based in New Zealand.

       
Pictures of the Haws Machine taken at the Middleton farm in Pasco, Wa. in May 2010.

Here is a  movie of the Haws Machine in Operation in 2009, its a big file and will take a while:       Haws Machine - Huge file

My pictures of the Oraka machine aren't all that great. The machine is still on it's trailer will stretch wrap on some of the components.

 I've got an old movie of the previous Oraka prototype here: Old Oraka Movie

The photos show the newer version of the Oraka machine that they have mounted a sorter on.  My question is why put an automatic sorter on a machine that operates slowly enough for the operator to sort it himself?

Here are a few photos of an old non-selective asparagus harvester. It was called "The Snapper".