Near-north Ontario, French River | The kid that answered 75gals per acre may not have been too far off depending on what is produced on the farm. I can see a processing tomato farm easily exceeding that number. Figure 2-3 tillage passes, a pass for form beds, a pass to plant, couple of cultivations, multiple sprayer passes, diesel powered irrigation pumps. Toss in a harvest that may only cover 5-10acres a day and involve4-6 tractors,a large harvester ( running WOT at 1mph) multiple trucks ( 2-3 per acre harvested) followed by post harvest tillage etc etc and you could easily surpass 75gal per acre. |
How much diesel do you burn per acre?
