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5 minutes ago, mikeman said:

Oh yea, it's good money for sure, is it picked by hand?

I saw a farmer with a stand selling it for $7 dozen, i thought that was high, it's 30-40 cents in the store(each)

Sweet Yakima corn used to be 10 for $1 just 10-11 years ago.

3 for $1 now at the stands and 5 for $4 in the stores.

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1 minute ago, Screw Andrews said:

Looks like it's about 1%....but I know 5 guys with 3 to 5 hundred acres that kill it every year...and yes harvest not picked...the small guys with a few acres seem to be the pickers...the guys I know just unload the small stuff to be processed....canned ect....

Sweet corn  can be a crapshoot, i've bought stuff at walmart for 10 cents/ear that was great, And I've got the fresh picked from a stand that was not so good.

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9 minutes ago, Screw Andrews said:

Looks like it's about 1%....but I know 5 guys with 3 to 5 hundred acres that kill it every year...and yes harvest not picked...the small guys with a few acres seem to be the pickers...the guys I know just unload the small stuff to be processed....canned ect....

i would imagine those guys treat the corn like gold, they wouldn't wait for rain, they'd irrigate, prob even set up radios to play soothing music for the plants.

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26 minutes ago, mikeman said:

i would imagine those guys treat the corn like gold, they wouldn't wait for rain, they'd irrigate, prob even set up radios to play soothing music for the plants.

I don't know about their operation but I would think so.....I know several local stands that sell their stuff as "just picked today" 

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