Ecofibre's Industrial Hemp Fibre Production Guide. 2. Hemp is a 4 m tall annual, daylight sensitive, fibrous plant. It is a summer crop, grown for Fibre, Grain & Oilseed in many countries. There are over 2,000 lines, with low THC.
That cost gap has narrowed, however. With better screens and technology that helps the plants power themselves by recycling the energy used to suck in water-in a way, like a hybrid car regenerates power from its own motion-the typical cost of running desalination plants can dip below $2,000 an acre-foot.
The five highest costs are cash rent ($290 per acre), fertilizer ($148 per acre), seed ($124 per acre), machinery depreciation ($69 per acre), and pesticides ($60 per acre). Cash rent plus these four non-land costs account for 80% of total costs.