Preharvest

noun
1.
Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
2.
the season when ripened crops are gathered.
3.
a crop or yield of one growing season.
4.
a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored:
a harvest of wheat.
5.
the result or consequence of any act, process, or event:
The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
verb (used with object)
6.
to gather (a crop or the like); reap.
7.
to gather the crop from:
to harvest the fields.
8.
to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.).
9.
to catch, take, or remove for use:
Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.
verb (used without object)
10.
to gather a crop; reap.
noun
1.
the gathering of a ripened crop
2.
the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season
3.
the season for gathering crops
4.
the product of an effort, action, etc: a harvest of love
verb
5.
to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
6.
(transitive) to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
7.
(transitive) (mainly US) to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation

the season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Lev. 23:9-14; 2 Sam. 21:9, 10; Ruth 2:23). It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for seven weeks (Ex. 23:16). The harvest was a season of joy (Ps. 126:1-6; Isa. 9:3). This word is used figuratively Matt. 9:37; 13:30; Luke 10:2; John 4:35. (See AGRICULTURE.)