r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 31 '20

Video Wild Blueberries being harvested

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u/peeePOOOOOP Dec 31 '20

wonder what the loss ratio is...

still that machine is insanely efficient

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u/TheCheeser9 Dec 31 '20 edited Dec 31 '20

The results revealed that fruit losses of 17%, 21% and 23% were observed in early, middle and late season harvesting, respectively.

Found this on https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/72041

Edit: an older source from 1999 claimed the machines used at that time had 14-16% loss. Seems weird that yield went down with newer technology, but maybe speed increased so it's overall better?

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u/BlindAngel Dec 31 '20

Lost increased, but quality did too due to more efficient sorting machine, increased yield and decreased processing time.