Chestnuts

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Factor e Farm

2020

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2017

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Yields

  • 2000lb/acre, or $10k/acre gross [1].
    • Compare to corn at $0-400/acre - wuith record highs of 180 bu/ac [2] at about $4/bu - or about $800/acre. But after costs, near zero at $34/acre??? See Corn Economics.
  • Harvest costs - 43 cents/lb - [3]. Hand harvest rate is 40 lb/hr. Document: File:Chestnutergonomics.pdf.zip

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