$1.75 Honey

[sqkcrk]

I have a friend who asked me if I'd heard of anyone getting $1.75/lb for their honey. I have not. Has anyone else?

I do have another friend who told me today that a western honey buyer offered to pay him $1.50 for his honey, to be picked up in northern NY. What w/ the price of fuel, that would make the investment in the honey more than $1.75. Wouldn't it? The honey producer and the honey buyer are about 1,000 miles apart.

Is there a shortage of honey in the U.S.? Forgien suppliers?

Any ideas?

[greenbeekeeping]

Nope haven't heard of that high. $1.50 yes.

[irwin harlton]

honey, .........freight is cheap if your hungrey

[the buzz]

honey is 1.40$ for white wholesale and 2.75$ retail

[Constance]

Hi

Looks like somebody mixed up $/lb and EUR/kg. International market prices are about 1.70 EUR/kg in barrels.

Kind regards

Michael

[mwjohnson]

Mark,
try giving alan nirschl a call. he says he is getting $120./5gal. pail from a guy from vermont.
hope he will share,LOL
mark

[Ian]

Our honey cooperative is suggesting the market holding at 1.5$ Canadian funds, Not too far of US funds anyway,

[the buzz]

white Honey 1.40$ per lb wholesale and 2.75$-3.00$ per lb retail or 6.00$ per kg . I am also a math Professor.
thanks Steve

[the buzz]

canadian dollar .96 vs american (around my area its even 1-1)

[sqkcrk]

Mark,
try giving alan nirschl a call. he says he is getting $120./5gal. pail from a guy from vermont.
hope he will share,LOL
mark

That's what I sell my 5 gallon containers for too. But usually to stores or individuals. I'll give Allan a call. See ya at ESHPA?

[dcross]

That's what I sell my 5 gallon containers for too.

$24/gallon? $.67/pound? Yikes!

[RDY-B]

better double check those figures :scratch: RDY-B

[sqkcrk]

$24/gallon? $.67/pound? Yikes!

Right and WRONG.

Five gallons of honey/ 60 lbs of honey at $120.00 per comes out to $2.00 per lb. Not 67 cents. So $24.00/gallon is correct and 67cents per pound is incorrect. I don't know how you got the 67 cents/lb idea. Maybe you shouldn't use a calculator. :)

[dcross]

Sorry guys, sometimes I pull one out of... well someplace anyway:0

[sqkcrk]

Sorry guys, sometimes I pull one out of... well someplace anyway:0

Thin air, perhaps?

[Dan Williamson]

I've been selling some pails at $140 each.

[sqkcrk]

I've been selling some pails at $140 each.

Some? How many? I have been thinking about going up to $2.50/lb. $150.00/ bucket.

[Dan Williamson]

Some? How many? I have been thinking about going up to $2.50/lb. $150.00/ bucket.

I only harvested 5 drums this year so my supply is limited. So you can take my comments with a grain of salt. I obviously retail most of my honey but offered pails at $140. I only sold a handful because I decided to stop selling anymore this year as it would have wiped out my supply. The demand was there.

I had one guy who wanted up to 1,400 lbs in pails at that price. I told him I couldn't do that volume. I have sold some to others at that price. I have been moving the honey retail in small containers quite fast and obviously make more money that way.

I guess I was just surprised at the demand at $140/pail.

FWIW.... most of the interest came from other beekeepers.

[the buzz]

stick together on the price. You are better to produce less and sell it more expensive. Less work more playtime and more money. Look at gas prices... I don't know about you guys down in the states , but here it's 1.40$ a litre , but Canada hasn't sold a drop less....

[Michael Palmer]

I got $1.50 for most of my extracted crop, about 34T, in my customer's pails. The rest is going for $1.75 to small packers. They're not complaining a bit. In fact, they're glad to get it.

[jjgbee]

LA area lt. amber in barrels going for $1.20. In Kansas they are paying around $1.40. Golden Heritage honey at Costco is $11.50 for three bears, (4.5 lbs) in LA. I sell water white sage in 5 ga buckets for $160.00. Up from $130.00 per bucket. There was a little resistance to the new price but my customers are coming around. Oct 2 2008