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Estimated Costs and Returns of Hemp Flower Production

Trent Blare, Zachary Brym, Andres Bejarano Loor, and Fredy H. Ballen


Release Date: 8/22/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ag479-2024

Agriculture

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to provide a framework and provisional values to estimate costs and returns of hemp flower production for commercial producers in Florida. Written by Trent Blare, Zachary Brym, Andres Bejarano Loor, and Fredy H. Ballen, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy, August 2024.

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-483, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2024 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

About the Authors

Trent Blare, assistant professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics; Zachary Brym, associate professor, agroecology, Department of Agronomy; Andres Bejarano Loor, visiting scholar, Department of Food and Resource Economics; and Fredy H. Ballen, economic analysis coordinator II, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Blare, T., Brym, Z., Bejarano Loor, A., & Ballen, F. H. (2024). Estimated Costs and Returns of Hemp Flower Production. EDIS, 2024(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ag479-2024

Authors

Trent Blare
Trent Blare

country manager/scientist, International Potato Center, Quito, Ecuador, courtesy professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Zachary Brym
Zachary Brym
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, agroecology, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Andres Bejarano Loor
Andres Bejarano Loor
external
University of Florida

former research assistant, Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Fredy Ballen
Fredy Ballen
staff
University of Florida

data management analyst II, agricultural economics, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

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