{"id":59,"date":"2010-08-04T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/?p=59"},"modified":"2010-08-25T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T17:11:32","slug":"commercial-scales-for-the-farmers-market-can-cost-over-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/2010\/08\/04\/commercial-scales-for-the-farmers-market-can-cost-over-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Scales for the Farmers Market Can Cost over $400"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legal for Trade Commercial scales can cost well over $400, but if you do a little research, you won’t pay near that much for a set of high quality farmers market scales<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, you could get away with using a set of “household” scales, either hanging or digital, but that is ultimately not the way to establish trust and legitimacy with your customer who is buying produce from you.<\/p>\n

Do some research and buy a legal for trade price computing scale that can be certified by the state<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0In most states it is a requirement.\u00c2\u00a0 However, sometimes due to budget restraints and manpower, merchants\u00c2\u00a0get the idea that they can\u00c2\u00a0get away with not purchasing a legal for trade scale.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes every now and then you hear comments from sellers of\u00c2\u00a0fruit and vegetables\u00c2\u00a0who sell produce at farmers markets,\u00c2\u00a0that they\u00c2\u00a0don’t worry about bending the rules of the\u00c2\u00a0State Weights and Measures Department.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0thought process basically being, “we\u00c2\u00a0are not a priority for the Department of Agriculture.”\u00c2\u00a0 Need proof, take a look at the article below<\/p>\n

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On most summer Saturdays, the Florence-Lauderdale Farmers Market is packed with vendors, but market manager Thurston Harper fears a state crackdown will prevent many farmers from selling at the market. An inspector from the Alabama Department of Agriculture visited the market in late May to test the accuracy of scales farmers use to weigh fruits and vegetables. Harper said the inspector told farmers they must begin using scales certified for commercial use.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legal for Trade Commercial scales can cost well over $400, but if you do a little research, you won’t pay near that much for a set of high quality farmers market scales.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, you could get away with using a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,1,9],"tags":[45,39,44,26,27,53,17,42,43,41,38],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battery-power-retail-scale","category-recommendations","category-general","category-ntep-legal-for-trade","tag-certificate","tag-certified","tag-coc","tag-farmers","tag-market","tag-new","tag-ntep","tag-produce","tag-scales","tag-standards","tag-weighing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}