what can be most pructive to grow on 10 acres and make some money?

Answer 1

Where do you live? What type of soil do you have? What kind of weather does your location experience in a years time? Knowing these answers would help for starters...

Added Info: Nobody can give advice on what to plant if we don't get more info. You could live in Meat Cove, Nova Scotia Canada (real place) for all we know. And what will grow well in Meat Cove, I guarantee, will be different than let's say, Modesto, Ca.
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Answer 2

You're asking a question that includes a need for market research. You need to know what people in your area will buy.

You also need to thnk about how many people you are going to hire to be harvesting your produce. Ten acres is a big space to be working. You must have a tractor if you think its easy.

Get a good introduction to yoyur growing area. Are you in SEAsia? Or in Montana? Or where???

Soil makes a big difference in what you can grow. And your water situation, rain or irrigation?

Look for a link to your local Agricultura Extension, if you're in the USA. Usually at a State University website you can find out what you need.

Good luck. I'm trying to get my little acre plus to be productive after 3 years. Very poor soil and strange climate.

Answer 3

Love the first answer but if you want a legal answer here are a few suggestions. I understand that strawberry plants sell as fast as you can grow them. Fresh raspberries are quite profitable. However, you need to see if there is a demand in your area. It will also take about two years to make either one pay off. If you are shaded and/or can create the right environment, ginsing is worth its weight. However, you have to wait... 5 to 7 years for productive, saleable roots. You can also make good money selling herbs to local stores again if you are in an area where there is a demand. One sage plant can get you as much as $200 in just fresh sage cuttings. I am going to be selling heirlloom tomato plants and herbs this year at alot of the farm markets. I plan on getting about $2 to$4 for each heirloom tomato and about the same for various herbs that I grow.

Answer 4

Hi,

First I would think of how you will sell it. Sit at a farm stand on the weekends or sell to someone? If you can find customers early, then you can plant what they tell you then need. The farm stand is more work. I would go with a bunch of crops. This way, all is not lost if one crop doesn't do well. Plus, if you have a wide variety, people will spend more at your stand - how many tomatoes can one person buy?

In PA - here is what sells good at our organic stand:
Potatoe
Corn
Pumpkin
Tomatoes
Herbs
Pepper
Eggplant
Squash
String Bean
Onion

The next factor is harvesting. By hand, it takes a long time to harvest a bag of string beans. Or you can pick one eggplant and sell for about the same amount. So I would go with what is easy to plant, care for, and pick.

Good Luck

Answer 5

wow need a little more information on that question.. how much time do you have to work on it, how much is some money, what is your farming experience?

I have a green house, strawberries, asparagus and cantaloupes. I make good money on my 1/4 acre of asparagus but it takes 3 years to get up to producing sale able amounts, strawberries 2 years to produce, cantaloupes i sell for .50 or a 1.00 apiece but I spend my weekends on the side of the road. Corn requires equipment, cattle are relatively easy but can be very costly, goats are becoming more popular and are low maintenance and easy to feed but you need to watch them every day and have a guard dog to keep the coyotes and bobcats away.

You need to decide your commitment level and how much is some money.

Answer 6

Radishes grow really fast, you can get at least 4 crops in before fall. Soybeans are also a good bet. With all the talk of ethanol, corn might be worthwhile but it has good years and bad years... some years you won't get hardly any money for it.

Answer 7

Marijuana...now THAT will make you some money, unless of you get caught : )