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why are nuts so expensive?!

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You should try Schneiderguy's brand nuts. They're free if you buy me a couple of beers and 9/10 women said they would choose them again over the leading competitor's brand.
 
Nuts are expensive because of the time and expense invested in their growth relative to their yield. Unlike fruits, nuts have less mass and take longer to grow.
 
janas19 said:
Nuts are expensive because of the time and expense invested in their growth relative to their yield. Unlike fruits, nuts have less mass and take longer to grow.
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due to technological advancements, it should take less money and less time than 10, 20 years ago to grow and distribute them. its all lies
 
SandEagle said:
due to technological advancements, it should take less money and less time than 10, 20 years ago to grow and distribute them. its all lies
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What technological advancement decreases the time it takes for a nut to grow to maturity? I know of growth hormones for livestock, but I haven't heard of anything in agriculture.
 
bobdole369 said:
Have you ever seen how cashews are grown?
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Anybody who hasn't had caju juice is really missing out. For those who don't know, it's the juice made by the fruit that houses the seed from which cashews are made.

You can't get it outside of a few places where caju trees are grown.

I had it every day while I was in Brazil, along with Guarana Antarctica. Bawls ain't got nothin' on that shit.
 
janas19 said:
What technological advancement decreases the time it takes for a nut to grow to maturity? I know of growth hormones for livestock, but I haven't heard of anything in agriculture.
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What we do is we leave the trees in a stationary orbit around the sun and when we whip on back around next year we'll find that they've grown faster because the time-dilation effect of our movement made us experience time slower.
 
I couchsurfed with a guy in spain, he showed me how almond is made. there is an almond tree in his house. after he collects the almond, it will sit there for 1 year to dry.
 
they always were expensive, except for peanuts they must mass produce those things somehow

you should see how they get brazil nuts and pine nuts. Not easy...
 
lozina said:
they always were expensive, except for peanuts they must mass produce those things somehow

you should see how they get brazil nuts and pine nuts. Not easy...
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You probably know this, but peanuts aren't really a nut. They grow underground, so they're easy to deal with on a large scale.
 
bobdole369 said:
Have you ever seen how cashews are grown?
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youtube search cashew harvest. talk about a very labor/time consuming process.

my aunt had 8 HUGE pecan trees and grew peanuts. pecans you go out and pick them off the ground after they fall off the tree and peanuts you go out and pluck them out of the ground like carrots. easy

cashews.... wow.
 
I go to Farm and fleet. they sale 5 lb bags for like $4 or so. They are the cheapest place i have seen nuts.

though..a 5lb bag? i don't think i could eat it all before its gone.
 
waggy said:
I go to Farm and fleet. they sale 5 lb bags for like $4 or so. They are the cheapest place i have seen nuts.

though..a 5lb bag? i don't think i could eat it all before its gone.
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Freezing them should work. It's a small gamble if it doesn't. Separate it into 1# bags.
 
Nut prices often fluctuate a lot depending how you buy them. Even at Walmart and other stores like Schnucks. Look for things like superbowl sales and stuff like that. Demand goes up around typical party seasons like christmas and New years. Maybe what you are seeing now are newer nuts that have not been sitting in some warehouse. Some unshelled nuts may be cheaper.
 
amdhunter said:
OP can have my nuts for free. They are salty, brown and delicious.
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And because they're small and soft, they don't take much work to crack...

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I live in the middle of California's "almond country."

They're relatively labor intensive, but not like in years past.

Nowadays, instead of having to "knock" the nuts off the tree with a pole, they have equipment that shakes the tree...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grx1g1MfMsM&feature=related

Then, instead of having to hand rake them into rows, they have sweepers to do that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LhVyuSZmLM&feature=related

The sweeper dumps them onto a conveyor belt that loads them into trucks/trailers where they're taken to the processing plant where the hulls are removed and depending on the species, they're either run through and de-shelled, or cleaned and sent for packaging in the shell. (there are hard shell varieties like you buy for cracking...or soft-shell varieties that are sold in bulk packaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2CMxHPi9j0&feature=related

BTW, around here, they're "al-monds" while they're on the tree...but "a-monds" once they're on the ground...they've "shaken the "L" out of them. 😛
 
Most nuts are grown in only a handful of regions. Cashews are from Brazil, Thailand(i think ) and india therefore they are all IMPORTED. As you know, globalization has taken hold and their is every increasing demand for food commodities and those with limited supply experience price increases.

TL😀R:

Supply & demand for imported goods.
 
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