Model Business Plan for Season Extension with Hoophouses

David S. Conner, Assistant Professor
C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Michigan State University

With good management and growing consumer demand for locally grown foods, hoophouses (also known as high tunnels) can contribute to farm profitability.  Farmers can use this information to develop a business plan for hoophouse production.
High Tunnel Raspberries and Blackberries

​Cornell University Dept of Horticulture Pub. No. 47

Budgets for single-bay and multi-bay high tunnel raspberry and blackberry production are detailed beginning pg 39 of this production guide.
Strawberry Production Season Extension Using Low Tunnels


Kim Lewers, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD

Low tunnel construction costs are included in this USDA website.

​Berry Abundance: Year-round supply increases over all demand in the United States
by Eric Hanson, Professor & Katherine Hanson, TunnelBerries Communications Coordinator
Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University

Using data from the USDA Agriculture Marketing Service Specialty Crop Retail Report, this article published in
​Fruit Grower News describes berry sources, volumes and price trends.