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Agriculture vocabulary · Harvest and Storage

Grading

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, grading means: Sorting harvested produce into classes by size, weight, color, shape and defects, so that each class meets a market standard.

In Turkish: sınıflandırma, boylama, kalite sınıflandırması

How it is used

Done by hand or on grading lines with optical sorters. Exporters grade fruit into classes such as Extra Class, Class I and Class II. The verb is 'grade' ('grade the apples by size').

Example sentences

  1. After grading, only the Class I lemons go to the European buyers.

  2. The new optical grading line checks every cherry for color and cracks.

Common collocations

  • grading line
  • size grading
  • quality grading
  • grade by size
  • optical sorter
  • packhouseA facility where fresh fruit and vegetables are received from farms, then washed, sorted, graded, packed and cooled before going to market or export.
  • ripeFully developed and ready to be harvested or eaten, with the right color, sugar content, softness and flavor.
  • cold storageKeeping fresh produce at low, controlled temperatures and humidity to slow ripening and decay; also the building or room used for this.
  • post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.
  • harvestThe work of gathering a ripe crop from the field, the time of year when this happens, or the total amount gathered.

This word in other fields

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