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Originally Posted by pornguy
Not really sure, but each water mellon I would guess weighs about 4 to 8 pounds
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Ok so let's take 6 pounds a watermelon. I have no idea how many can be picked but I'll take a guess at 25 an hour.
So 25 watermelons at 6 pounds is 150 total pounds. At $0.03 a pound that's $4.50 for the hour.
If he has to be paid $5.50 an hour that's an extra $1 in cost for every 25 watermelons. Making the cost of each watermelon $0.04 more (assuming they all weigh the same).
He can eat the cost or pass it on to the consumer. If he can't do it then he should change crops and grow something profitable. That's how economies work.