[Market-farming] $90k per acre
lucy Owsley
boulderbelt at voyager.net
Fri Apr 25 07:35:46 EDT 2008
I average about $5K to $7K and acre here in Ohio using polytunnels
part of the year and having a widely diversified crop on 3+ acres. I
expect to get the gross up to around $10K to $15K in a couple of
years when the asparagus, raspberries mature fully. though these are
gross, not net figures (and i suspect this is true of the figures OSU
is using)
I am not saying such gross cannot happen but you would have to be a
great marketeer with a really excellent market in your region to pull
it off. And of course perfect years with no storms to rip apart the
high tunnels or too much rain/too little rain, deer, etc.. I suspect
this guy also gets a lot of free help from students at OSU. I have
noticed what universities do is good research but not exactly real
world conditions.
Though with the coming food shortages it may be quite possible to net
$90K per acre in a couple of years.
On Apr 22, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Christian wrote:
> http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story-print.php?id=4487
>
> I am not a real farmer yet (YET) but this sounds like a good idea
> to me. Polyculture instead of monoculture. In other words. Don't
> grow so many acres of just one product but mix it up. Grow multiple
> products per acre. High value crops. And grow them close to town so
> the customers don't have to travel so far to get to them.
>
> Any thoughts? I can't wait until 50 people tell me it can't be
> done. That will assure me that it CAN be done.
>
>
> http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story-print.php?id=4487
>
Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com
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