Industry Standard ?: A bud vs B bud vs Trim Percentages for a "normal" harvest

[mykecarton1206]

Hello, my name is Mykel and I work for a commerical marijuana company in Massachusetts. I am having some trouble finding solid information or industry standards for what is "typical" for a regular harvest. I am hoping some can share some info from their experience if any data has been collected on a commerical grow scale and would appreciate any input!
Currently is seems that out of a standard harvest (lets say 140lb dried weight) only about 25% goes to A grade flower, 25% B bud (popcorn nugs and preroll material) and about 50% ends up going to be processed into distillate (trim/shake/stems/extraction etc).
Is anyone else tracking what % of their harvest gets allocated into these categories? If so do these numbers seem about average or should there be much more A grade flower coming out of such a harvest? What are your approx percentages of A grade, B grade, and trim per harvest?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as it seems tricky to find online! Thanks!

 

[mikeross]

You shouldn't have to much "b" grade or popcorn bud if your training and removing anything that won't make it into the light. I'm pretty aggressive in the way I lollipop my plants. Everything ends up being large to medium buds with very few small buds mixed in the bag. I'm in Canada and its sold as a Quad or AAAA, if there are slight issues in the grow its sold as a Trip or AAA which is still considered really nice bud. I dry trim and only keep the trim, I throw away everything else. Not sure what the percentage of trim I have.

I don't know anything about distillates... people add stems and shake to make it?

 

[Pushrod Monkey]

Suggest visiting some operations in legal states and asking. If you have some sort of credentials from a marijuana licensing authority you should be able to arrange a look see and ask a few questions.

Colorado requires retail selling operations to grow a minimum of 70% of the products they offer.

I’m in Alaska and been in several. Professional courtesy can be found.

 

[Pushrod Monkey]

Or ask professional trimmers. They definitely exist. They operate on contracts and are beholden to nobody. Facebook friend request Triminy Cricket. She’s highly sought after. Fast and reliable. Ask her.