Several new studies that look at the enterprise budgets of standard and high-density sweet cherry orchards and the economics of establishing a high-density sweet cherry orchard in the Pacific Northwest document what most growers know—it costs a lot to put in a new orchard. But seeing the numbers on paper shows just how tight profit margins are these days and underscores the importance of getting things right when planting a new orchard. Updated orchard economic reports released by Oregon State University during 2012 include Orchard Economics: Establishing and Producing High-Density Sweet Cherries in Wasco County (an update from a 2008 […]