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Harvest, handling and sale

Contents · choose a chapter or topic
Start here
  1. 01Harvest, handling and sale
  2. 02What you need before starting
Records that make sense
  1. 03Follow one batch from input to sale
From crop to customer
  1. 04Harvest weight and saleable grade are different
The process
  1. 05Agree maturity and grade
  2. 06Handle without avoidable damage
  3. 07Keep grades and quantities separate
  4. 08Control the handover
Practise and review
  1. 09Mistakes to avoid
  2. 10Trace one container
Sources and next steps
  1. 11Keep learning with the field guides

From crop to customer

Look closely

Harvest weight and saleable grade are different

The three lots show why one harvest can have different outcomes. Intact compact clusters, broad fragile clusters and broken pieces may not meet the same buyer specification. Agree the crop, maturity, pack and quality requirements before the harvesting shift.

Keep weights separate for each accepted grade, rejects, unsold stock and returns. Do not quietly place every kilogram into the highest-price category. Handle gently and follow the applicable hygiene and temperature-control procedure; the illustration is not a safety assessment of any product.

For an invented record, suppose 20 kg is picked, 16 kg meets the agreed grade, 2 kg is damaged and 2 kg remains unsold. The production sheet shows 20 kg; the accepted-sale sheet does not. Costs were incurred for the full crop, including the portion not sold.

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English learning edition · Independent technical review pending. Keyboard: focus the reading page and use ← / →. Page turning does not mark practical competence.