Oxbo International manufactures harvesting equipment for specialty agricultural products. Many of these harvesters remove fruit from crops that are grown in tall rows, similar to jatropha. Crops similar to jatropha for which we have harvesters include grapes, raspberries, blueberries, rose hip, coffee and currants. Oxbo also produces a line of equipment designed to shape and prune woody crops, like jatropha. These pruners can be mounted to Oxbo mobile equipment or attached to a tractor. Oxbo has three manufacturing facilities in the United States. Oxbo distributes it product through over 50 dealers locations and seven company owned distribution centers. Innovation, Integrity and Customer Service make up the core values of the company.
Speaker Profile
Scott Korthuis, BSME, BSChE, University of Washington. Professional Engineer. Currently a Product Manager for Oxbo International Corporation. He has worked extensively over the past 20 years developing harvesting equipment for niche crops similar to jatropha. Has designed and tested harvesters for a variety of specialty agricultural crop.
Overview of Presentation
Oxbo has a harvester designed for harvesting jatropha. The harvester uses technology developed in other small fruit crops similar to jatropha. Oxbo has been testing a variety of methods of removing ripe jatropha from the tree. Testing has shown that ripe fruit can be harvested while leaving green fruit on the plant. Once harvested the fruit is conveyed, cleaned, and then either stored in the machine or further conveyed into a trailer in the next row. This trailer travels with the harvester and is capable of removing the crop quickly from the field. When planning for machine harvest the grower must consider row spacings, headland area, and plant density. All of these will affect the harvester’s ability to selectively remove, and collect ripe fruit.
JatrophaWorld 2009 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Wednesday, June 10
16:15 MECHANISED HARVESTING – KEY TO FUTURE SUCCESS
JATROPHAWORLD 2009 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Maimi from June 10 to 11, 2009, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.