2006-12-28 17:03:09 · 10 answers · asked by asoke s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Available money, future market, soil, manpower availability...
And last but not least... Know How to produce...
This is a part of the hard work to be done and decided by the owner of the land.
Happy 2007
2006-12-28 21:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
Farmers' production programme depends mainly upon the local demand for agricultural products, the most profitable among the things in demand that he can raise with his resources (soil type, water potential in his holding, etc) is chosen for cultivation...
There are no common crop belts in India as in the US where cotton or corn belts exist for a season... With the result all sort of crops are raised by each farmer in a typical Indian village... from flowers, vegetables, grain crops, fibres etc, depending upon his farm resources (a rainfed farmer may choose cotton - which is deep rooted and can withstand dry spell for long period - while and irrigated land holder would choose sugarcane, banana or rice depending on the area)....
Hence one may say that though the market plays a primary role in the choice of crops to be raised, the resources at his disposal finally decide the cropping programme ... Therefore, the delta farmer can not choose a garden land crop - like flowers and vegetables - as his fields lie in lowlands and the choice can lie only among rice, banana or other wet crops.
2006-12-29 01:18:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The area in which the farm is at and the soil. After this the farmer decides what crops are cash crops or long term crops. From there what seed he/she can get at a reasonable price to make $$
I worked on a 1100 acre place and at the time the government was paying my boss to grow wild seed for that area, why? For the hunters to come in and hunt the deer and elk which feed of the natural grasses. This brought in more money then other crops....
In the area we are in now there are carrots, carrot seed,onion,flowers, potatoes, alfalfa hay, grass, and Timothy hay and I am sure lots others that I can not think of right now...
2006-12-29 01:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He does, based on the prices he can get from different graineries. For example, my father owns 4 farms, and he participates in a program where he gets an additional 10 cents per bushel of corn if he uses certain food-grade strains. Also, to some extent it's a matter of forecasting what the price may do. If the farm is capable of producing twice the amount of corn as soybeans, and the farmer believes prices will hit $4.00 per bushel of corn and $6.00 per bushel of soybeans (very good prices), it makes for sense for him to try to plant corn. Also, if the spring is wet to the point they can't get out in the fields, they may have to hold off and plant soybeans. They can be planted later, since they have a shorter growing season.
2006-12-29 08:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farmer, with a whole lot of help from the Good Lord.
2006-12-29 01:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by rosey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farmer must observe the "Law of supply and demand" which product is needed most by consumers.
2006-12-31 02:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farmer and mother nature decides if it grows.
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-29 01:11:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read "The Painted House" by John Grisham.
2006-12-31 07:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up farm subsidies
just so u know the government gets involved in this... so many ppl make up answers on this site its disgusting
2006-12-29 01:05:31 · answer #9 · answered by emtyen69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the animals
2006-12-29 01:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by pnina234 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋