Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days ago"Carnivore" in name, and doesn't understand the actual labor and land space needed to grow grains and livestock. Checks out.hexbear.netimagemessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1image"Carnivore" in name, and doesn't understand the actual labor and land space needed to grow grains and livestock. Checks out.hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square68linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 days agoIt comes down to economies of scale. In the US grains like corn and wheat go for about $4.25-$5.25 per pound. One acre of land can produce about 2.3 tons (48,000 pounds) of wheat. So being generous, lets say you could make $240,000 per acre. Now you have to factor in the costs to grow, harvest, process, store, and ship that. Along with that you need to equipment to do all of this. Ultimately, a large farm might spend more initially for bigger equipment, there going to beat out smaller farms by shear volume.
minus-squareEstraDoll [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 days ago In the US grains like corn and wheat go for about $4.25-$5.25 per pound. oh, i see. I was thinking kCal/acre instead of cash value/acre, assuming you were eating this instead of selling it
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 days agoEven if you were, you’d still need alot more than a small portion of one acre of you were trying to grow enough to eat throughout the year.
It comes down to economies of scale.
In the US grains like corn and wheat go for about $4.25-$5.25 per pound.
One acre of land can produce about 2.3 tons (48,000 pounds) of wheat.
So being generous, lets say you could make $240,000 per acre.
Now you have to factor in the costs to grow, harvest, process, store, and ship that. Along with that you need to equipment to do all of this.
Ultimately, a large farm might spend more initially for bigger equipment, there going to beat out smaller farms by shear volume.
oh, i see. I was thinking kCal/acre instead of cash value/acre, assuming you were eating this instead of selling it
Even if you were, you’d still need alot more than a small portion of one acre of you were trying to grow enough to eat throughout the year.