Farming Calculator

Four hundred trees is what the spreadsheet says you should plant, but the truck holds only two hundred. The reason is that raw geometry ignores … Read more

Spacing out a walnut orchard isn’t as easy as drawing a dot-to-dot. Every tree you plant is a bet for its own future size, where … Read more

It’s a crisp September morning, and you’re digging the first row. Everything looks great: The soil comes off easy, exposing a fat line of strong … Read more

When planting an avocado orchard, it’s important to keep in mind that distance between plants will impact your bottom line. How much of an acre … Read more

Potatoes are easy enough to plant. Right? But when you add up the seed weight and space between plants, they becomes hundreds of pounds worth … Read more

The best way to think of planning for how densely to plant bananas isn’t so much “how do I fit as many as possible on … Read more

Estimating yield isn’t guessing; it’s math. To calculate yield per acre, you must convert the number of hills, size of tubers and loss rate to … Read more

Before we even get to planting, there’s some math to do: How many potatoes will be planted on each acre? To a crop expert, that’s … Read more

To determine true state of your field, simply calculate how many plants per acre you’re looking at. The planter drops them with accuracy, but sometimes … Read more

All you need to do is plug in the number of samples, your area, and percentage of anticipated losses (or whatever factors you use). You … Read more

Most cashew growers start with a simple question about how many trees fit in an acre, but that question is actualy a trap. But it’s … Read more