How much will it cost to harvest by hand or with a hemp harvester?
On average, you will save about 97% on the cost of manual labor when using a USA Hemp Combine.
Input the numbers into our hemp harvest cost formula and find out the financials to harvest your hemp field. You’ll discover how many man-hours, how many people, how much it’ll cost, etc.
Manual Harvesting Cost Per Acre:
Manual Labor: $4,000 on average
Man-Hours: 250 hours per acre on average
Hemp Combine Harvesting Cost Per Acre:
Combine Cost: $100 on average
Combine Hours: 0.4 hours per acre on average
For example, it’ll require $400k in manual labor and 25,000 man-hours to harvest 100 acres. Or 40 man-hours with a combine harvester and $10k (not including the cost of the hemp harvesting equipment).