Market Farming

["Bob Crowder" <bob AT money-net.com>]

Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pricing for Direct Sales
.  With hired labor,I
> get somewhere between 3 and 7 times the harvest and packing cost back
> in sales.  If a crop can not be sold for at least three times harvest
> and packing cost, I avoid it.  I am happy getting 5x and thrilled to get
>


The post above is a great bit of practical information. When I buy on the
salvage markets what I look for is a value that I can get 10 times the
return on the purchase price. It is just a formula that works. That allows
enough for the trucking expensis, warehousing, prep of goods labor,
advertising and office expensis. And I suspect that on a small farm to
market to make a profit would not be that different. The 5 ot 7 is probably
modest.
To change a subject --- finanly got rain and everything that was late
planted appeared to be popping up out of the ground this morning.

BobC