{"id":49703,"date":"2025-10-14T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/2025\/10\/14\/mechanical-pumpkin-harvest\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:30:43","slug":"mechanical-pumpkin-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/14\/mechanical-pumpkin-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical pumpkin harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49703\" class=\"elementor elementor-49703 elementor-49363\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558391b e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"558391b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1677bd cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1677bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Convincing Results<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ac2e0 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6ac2e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIn the past, we needed fourteen people to harvest,\u201d says David Egelmeers. \u201cNow we do it with four.\u201d The machine places the pumpkins onto a conveyor belt, separates the foliage, and automatically fills the crates. Without causing damage or losing the stems. This careful handling is essential, because at NZ27 we strive for the best possible product. The pumpkins must remain undamaged to ensure good storability. Thanks to the new machine, we can also harvest more flexibly and choose the exact right moment.      <\/p>\n<p>The investment was substantial, but the results are convincing. While manual harvesting yielded around fifty crates per day, the machine now averages one hundred. Quality remains high as well: \u201cMost varieties pass smoothly through the machine without damage.\u201d In addition to the well-known orange pumpkins, we also grow Jumbo Pink Bananas for baby food under Demeter certification and according to the highest quality standards.   <\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekoland.nl\/artikel\/1375172-machinaal-pompoenenoogsten-op-demeter-bedrijf-nz27-in-zeewolde\/\">Ekoland.nl<\/a>. Also watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekoland.nl\/artikel\/1375172-machinaal-pompoenenoogsten-op-demeter-bedrijf-nz27-in-zeewolde\/\">the video <\/a>showing how we harvest pumpkins with their stems intact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31fd7aa e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31fd7aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of manual harvesting, a pumpkin harvesting machine for orange Hokkaido proves to be a significant step forward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,79],"class_list":["post-49703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ongecategoriseerd","tag-agriculturelife-en","tag-agricultureworldwide-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49703"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49760,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49703\/revisions\/49760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nz27.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}