Water Chestnut Harvesting Update

What a week! 2.7 MILLION POUNDS of Chestnuts out of Baldwinsville!

 This could only be possible with the help and support of:
–CASE MARINE (access for the boats to off load onto shore and into dump trucks)

                -Cayuga SWCD (operating two 11-Ft harvest boats, one forwarder boat, one dump truck) cutting out ~ 27 10-ton loads per day

                -T. Van Buren Highway Department (dump trucks for hauling)

                -T. Lysander Highway Department (dump trucks hauling)

                -Emmi Farms (provided 2 fields to beneficially reuse the Chestnuts)

 To date, we are at ~9,190,465 pounds of Chestnuts removed in 2023!!!!!

 ***We have checked the loads daily and there are still A LOT of seeds on the plants. Seeds not on the plants are observed floating in the “cabbage” and being pickup up by the harvest boats.***

 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!  

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