Greenhouse, Indoor Farming & Agri-Processing worked example

Harvest Labor Forecast at 99% crew attendance and on-task share: a worked example

What does the result look like when crew attendance and on-task share reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when scheduling next week's harvest crew, sizing temp labor for a spike order, or sanity-checking whether the planned crew can clear a bench before quality drops.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Pick rate per picker-hour: 40 lb / picker-hour (unchanged)
  • Scheduled picker-hours: 96 picker-hours (unchanged)
  • Crew attendance and on-task share: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • Packhouse packout from cut weight: 88 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross harvested weight = pick rate per picker-hour × scheduled picker-hours) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,345 lb for saleable harvest forecast, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,840 lb for gross harvested weight.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 38.4 lb for attendance and on-task loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 456 lb for trim and packout loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where crew attendance and on-task share sits at 90% and the headline result is 3,041 lb, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 3,345 lb.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when crew attendance and on-task share is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It applies single average percentages for attendance and packout, so it does not capture per-worker speed variation, fatigue over a long shift, or crop quality swings that change packout day to day.

Results at a glance

  • Saleable harvest forecast: 3,345 lb (headline result)
  • Gross harvested weight: 3,840 lb
  • Attendance and on-task loss: 38.4 lb
  • Trim and packout loss: 456 lb

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Harvest Labor Forecast calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.