2019 harvesting and yield survey HGANZ Winter 2019 survey - orchard yields and harvest methods OK Question Title * 1. How many trees have you/do you expect to harvest this season (in your whole orchard)? OK Question Title * 2. What is your main crop variety? OK Question Title * 3. How many kilograms do you think you have/will harvest of your main crop this season? OK Question Title * 4. How do you manage your orchard floor? full canopy cover (trees have shaded out the grass) sprayed strips with grass between organic (please describe) other (please describe) (Additional information) OK Question Title * 5. How do you prepare your orchard before harvest (select all that apply)? cut grass to soil level (scalping) blow nuts to one side rake nuts to one side place nets on the ground or suspended pre-harvest clean to remove any remaining old nuts from the orchard floor Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 6. What equipment do you use to harvest? manual harvesting (buckets etc) Mechanical/sweeper - Nut Wizard (wire basket), Bag-a-nut etc Mechanical/sweeper - tow behind or out front (please put the make/model in comments, if known) Mechanical/sweeper - self-propelled (please put the make/model in comments, if known) Vacuum - Cifarelli backpack, Beck TurboVac etc (please put the make/model in comments, if known) Vacuum - tow behind or out front (please put the make/model in comments, if known) Vacuum - self-propelled (please put the make/model in comments, if known) Other (please specify below) Other or model details OK Question Title * 7. Do you need specific additional equipment to use your harvester? (eg tractor minimum power rating, or require an ATV) OK Question Title * 8. How many hours does it take you to harvest in total or per block? Please include time for preparation as well as time for the actual harvest. If you need more than one person for a step, please include hours for all people (eg 1 person takes 2 hours to rake/blow the nuts = 2 hours; plus 2 people take 4 hours each using the harvesters = 8 hours: total = 10 hours) OK Question Title * 9. How many trees do you have in each orchard management block? OK Question Title * 10. Do you have any other comments about your harvest this year? OK DONE