Other Asparagus Harvesters - Our Competition?

I'm not the only one developing an asparagus harvester.  At the moment I know of two others that are actively pursing a commercially viable asparagus harvesting machine. 

One is the Haws machine being developed by Kim Haws in Mesa Washington, and the other by Mike Schwarz at Oraka Company based in New Zealand.

 
Photo of the Kim Haws Asparagus Harvester. Pasco, WA. 2010        Picture of asparagus harvesting machine built by Kim Haws - a selective mechanical self-propelled asparagus harvester
Pictures of the Haws Machine taken at the Middleton farm in Pasco, Wa. in May 2010.

 
My pictures of the Oraka machine aren't all that great. The machine is still on it's trailer with stretch wrap on some of the components.

picture of the oraka asparagus harvester  Oraka Asparagus harvesting machine

asparagus picking machine  Experimental asparagus harvester - a selective harvesting machine

 The photos show the newer version of the Oraka machine that they have mounted a grader on. 

 

Here are a few photos of an old non-selective asparagus harvester. It was called "The Snapper".

The "snapper" a non-selective asparagus harvester  Picture of a non selective asparagus harvesting machine

Photo of a non selective machine for harvesting asparagus. Pasco Wa.  picture of a mechanical non selective asparagus harvester or asparagus picker