Aug 12, 2014
Mechanical Harvesters and the Asparagus Industry — VGNtv

John Bakker, Executive Director of the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board, talks at the industry’s research farm near Hart, Michigan about why mechanical harvesters have not been successfully developed to supplement hand harvesting in the asparagus industry.




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