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- From: "MMN" <sedona44 AT verizon.net>
- To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:44:58 -0500
Thanks for all the good advice
and also for the wise words from Robert Schuler regarding the economics of
farming. Heres more information that I
gathered this morning. The 4 BR/2BA house with attached carriage shed
(possible shop?) and with a two or three-story former dairy barn, pond and
swimming pool (when do farmers have time to lounge around the pool?) is being
sold with 4.7 acres of land (that includes a buildable lot) for $410,000.
Another 50 acres around the house can be leased for a nominal amount from the
land trust. Finances dictate (at least in
my book) that if I pay $410K for the property I must NET $41K a year for this
venture to make sense economically. About 10 acres of soil
surrounding the house is Paxton PbB. I would grow cut flowers and herbs
nearest the house. Leased acreage could be used for blueberries,
raspberries, strawberries, but Ive been told the land wouldnt work well as
vegetable growing land on a large scale. Can one make $41K net a year
selling flowers, herbs and berries??? My instincts tell me $41K would be a
difficult goal to reach. Marj |
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[Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming,
MMN, 03/10/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Tom at Limerock, 03/10/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Liz Pike, 03/10/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Wiediger, Alison, 03/10/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Wiediger, Alison, 03/10/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Bill Shoemaker, 03/10/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming,
IdleThymeFarm, 03/10/2004
- [Market-farming] High Tunnel, Joan Vibert, 03/10/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] More on Jumping Into Farming, Errol Castens, 03/10/2004
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