The 2019 tomato season has ended on our farm. In today's video I break down exactly how many pound of tomatoes I picked between the #1 and #2 tomatoes. In the 2019 tomato season I picked 9,272 lbs of the #1 and 2,655 lbs of the #2 tomatoes!!! We sell our tomatoes at different prices the #1 we sell at $3.50/lb in the month of june and the rest of the season we sell them at $3.00/lb. Our second tomatoes we sell at $2/lb the whole season! I also break down how much it cost is to get started in the season.
Drip tape.
1,000ft =$100
=$.10/ft
Plastic mulch
4000ft =$250
=$.06ft
Header line
Valves, caps
=$50
Seed. =$50
Tatal. =$450
We get the high tunnel through the NRCS high tunnel EQUIP grant that they give out. This gives the opportunity for small farmers to extend their season a month earlier in the Spring and a month later in the fall. This has been a huge help for us on our farm because we get a high tunnel with in $9000 reimbursement!
The total pounds of tomatoes I picked this year out of the tunnel was right about 12,000 lbs. With an average of $3 a pound we were able to make $36000 out of our high tunnel this year. This is a very impressive yield but I am looking forward to next year of having a better year!!
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