Eqraft, a Netherlands-based company, has installed its first optical onion grader on U.S. soil. The newly installed Eqrader went in at Big O Farms in Elba, New York, four years after a fire destroyed a packing house at the farm. The machine, which inspects onion quality both externally and internally, allows the facility to process two to three times more onions per hour and reduces hand grading by 75 percent, according to Big O Farms’ Max Torrey.
Eqraft Equips New York Onion Facility
