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Wapwallopen, PA | We grow 40 acres of sweet corn and these are our costs
45 gal 28-0-0-5 $93.75
200 lbs 10-20-20 $51
5 gal of 8-24-6 starter with micros $35.85
22k seed $176
2 qt Bicep $25
1 qt Touchdown $5.00
1 qt Gramoxone $6.50
4oz Corogen $25.62
2 1.92oz Warrior II $8.00
150-300 Cardboard boxes $337.50-675
Hand Harvesting $187.50-375
Machinery Costs $90
We average around 225 4doz crates an acre. We have a grocery chain that pays $10-16 a crate delivered. Plus we sell about 10 acres retail. It only took 15 years to get into a grocery chain though!!! | |
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How is sweet corn different than field corn $$
