Harvest Period Pattern

One key piece of data that you may enter for the block is the harvest period pattern. The harvest pattern defines the typical growing cycle for a given piece of land or block. For example, grapes typically have an annual pattern, which means that the land is used for a year to grow the grapes. Other crops such as broccoli may have a quarterly pattern because they have a 90-day growing cycle. Still other crops such as bananas may use a weekly pattern as they are harvested weekly and continuously.

If you assign a harvest pattern to a block, then all the harvests associated with the block inherit the pattern from the block. You can change the harvest start and end dates at the harvest level.

If you leave the harvest pattern blank on the block, then you must enter a unique period, which need not be based on an existing harvest pattern.

A harvest code (UDC 40G/HP) must be set up before defining the harvest pattern using the Harvest Period/Pattern Maintenance program (P40G003). If you are using crop rotation, you must create a blank value in UDC table 40G/HP.