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The ultimate carrot harvester!

Geoff Riley

10th September 2017

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Teaching capital inputs in introductory micro? The Dewulf carrot top-lifter harvester is impressive and a good visual example to use when teaching capital intensity and productivity in farming.

A short video here on the monster carrot picker

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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