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Field notes from Jay Evans on cannabis post-harvest economics, recovery rates, value recovery, and the operational levers that move margin.
Field Notes
Short, data-grounded essays from Jay Evans on the economics of cannabis post-harvest, recovery, sorting, drying, automation, and the gap between projected and delivered yield.
A 5-point recovery improvement produces 7.1% more sellable flower, not 5%. Why post-harvest value recovery is the next decade's margin story.
· 6–8 min read
Why cannabis drying and curing is where yield gets won or lost, and how over-drying quietly costs operators up to 5% of saleable weight.
· 7–9 min read
Best-in-class cannabis post-harvest hits labor, yield, and quality at the same time: $20/lb labor, 75–82% A/B recovery, <2% scarring, ±1% potency vs hand-trim.
· 9–12 min read
Every automated trimmer trades labor for yield, quality, or consistency. A field guide to the trade-offs across T-Zero Pro, Mobius M108, Tom's Tumbler Python, and Softrim.
· 11–14 min read
Post-harvest is 6–30% of production cost. The goal isn't the cheapest pound processed, it's the most gross profit per pound harvested. The math on spread, labor and yield.
· 7–9 min read
Labor cost per pound and sellable flower yield tell you more about a cannabis operation than an entire board deck. The benchmarks, the trap, and what to ask management.
· 6–8 min read
A July 2026 head-to-head at a licensed Pennsylvania producer: Softrim averaged 68.0% flower recovery, T2 + Marvel 77.0%, with eleven more points of A grade.
· 8–10 min read
Bucking machines are sold on labor savings. On premium flower they fragment buds, cut A-grade recovery and push work downstream. When they make sense, and when they don't.
· 9–11 min read
We built our business on wet trimming, then the market taught us otherwise. Why 98% of our customers now dry trim, and how to wet trim well if you still must.
· 9–11 min read