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).

Cost per acre hemp combine versus manual labor

Cost per acre hemp combine versus manual labor