Most PROFITABLE Ideas For Your Small Farm..

Most PROFITABLE Ideas For Your Small Farm..

Welcome back to Down On The Farm, today on the channel we are going to check out 21 Of The Best Small Scale Farming Ideas. Do you want some creative ideas for what you can do on your small-scale farm beside the obvious farming of fruits and vegetables? Check out this list of 21 creative alternative ways to put your farm to use. It includes some of the most profitable crops for small farms, which can become great income sources if you are looking to generate money from your farm. However, most can also be done on a small scale for your own personal use and enjoyment.

Growing Mushrooms. Mushrooms are a crop that most people don’t consider when it comes to farming. But there’s a big demand for them, and often a lack of supply depending on where you’re located. While growing mushrooms you can make use of vertical space to get high yields in a small area. A single room is enough to grow a full-time income’s worth of mushrooms. Mushrooms also have a quick growing cycle and you can get many harvests in the same amount of time that it would take to grow one season of wheat or corn. That said, it’s good to know that they are more time and labor intensive than traditional crops like tomatoes. Growing Microgreens. Microgreens are the stage a plant goes through after they’re a sprout, but before they become a baby green and start to grow into a full-sized vegetable. They only take a couple of weeks to grow and they’re packed full of nutrition and flavor. Like mushrooms, microgreens are another crop that doesn’t require a ton of room to get started. You can begin growing microgreens on a small scale with just a couple of trays in your basement or greenhouse. Then your business can scale up as your confidence and demand for your product starts to grow. Check out our own super simple microgreens farm for inspiration. More on 21 Of The Best Small Scale Farming Ideas In this video.

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[johannklassen]

1. Mushroom Farming
2. Microgreens
3. Marketing Garden
4. Permaculture Culture
5. Forest Garden
6. Hydroponics & Aquaponics Farming
7. Fruit Farms
8. Urban Farming
9. Micro Diaries
10. Meat Farming
11. Nurseries For Farming
12. Herb Farming
13. Bee Farming
14. Poultry Farms
15. Christians Trees Farming
16. Snail Farming
17. Fish Farming
18. Slaughterhouse Business
19. Corn Mazes
20. Petting Zoos

[steeldriver]

Some of these are old news, as in after every entrepreneur channel posted them in a top 10 list and every hobby farmer started them up, they quickly became saturated markets in some areas, so do your research. I'd encourage a young farmer to research deeper and think outside the box:

1. Research alternate finishes to products... like dried/grounded mushrooms which become fillers in medical pills, good additives to supplements, or even some mushroom oil extracts for medical companies - the lion's mane mushroom is believed to have properties combating Alzheimer's. This is much less cost and work than say trucking fresh mushrooms for consumption that must be refrigerated and you're earning pennies on the pound because of waste, shipping cost, handling, produce going bad/out of date, etc. There are many two and three tier finishes to some of the crops out there that are often multi-use. This allows you to change the finished product as needed or as markets increase/decrease in profitability (sunflowers and lavender - both edible, both decorative, both medicinal and both used in the making of dyes for fabrics)...

2. Also consider becoming a support farm. Visit the large farms, talk with owners, ask them what they need. Being the small farm guy with the extra excavator to lend or rent to a larger neighbor working on an expansion project will definitely build cash flow and good will. Maybe you can help start their trees, fruits, or do some pre-plant work for them. The corporate farms make money, so sometimes you can get subcontract work from them.

3. Re-invent or brand a quality product in an area that's suffering from chemical saturation. In my area, there are many chicken houses. I saw a small farm spring up literally a week after the TSC chicken feed fiasco. If you don't know what this is, Google it, but basically Tractor Supply Company is accused of bad seed because on many farms, chickens stopped laying eggs. So suddenly the demand for organic chicken feed went soaring, and this new farm was mixing custom chicken feed loaded with soybeans, barley, oat, corn, peas, and healthy alternatives to the big chicken feed companies using chemicals and preservatives.

4. Also consider marketing your small farm as an experience, whether on film or in person. Interactive tours, outdoor weekend classes, DIY farm experience is working in many places. Also there's no denying the homesteading channels that have sored online. You could venture into a farm breakfast side restaurant, become a B&B, host events and weddings, etc. I ate at a massive steak restaurant right on the ranch out in Texas.

[ChrisBGramzu]

I'm looking to have small farm. Seems the crops I've added to my could be list, are on your list.Good to know I'm on the right track.

[vyorobe]

Passion & perhaps, your favorite fruit/veggies as you are the first customer.

All these bizs are good, just be on the lookout for right market for sustainability.

[ritamamavi]

I love these farming methods. We should produce the food. This system you have sustainable.

[knowone-sts]

Some of their recomendations are dated and complex. Do great research first !

[FryedSaw]

I have 2 farms #CustomPlayingCards & ''MOBS''= #PlantRoots.... I always wanted to make my own food from #scratch doing farming the other way but made it in the #SmallMircoFarmers lifestyle so #GoodLuck #thanks

[wazalee]

there were a few ideas in there that in Australia you will need biosecurity registration, check your local laws ok!

[sfc]

3:14 You said pears twice.///I like pears.

[davidastle]

I don't see cattle being part of a market garden. Maybe chickens, goats or rabbits.

[jabulanikhumalo]

I am fascinated by snake farming.How to get started?

[anomalous]

Maybe it would be cheaper to start a business just harvesting half a cow instead of a whole cow. I'm not exactly sure how to leave the other half of a cow unharvested when you harvest the other half. Maybe it would be good if this video was just a couple of minutes longer. Also, many people really thrive on variety. Maybe one could start a temporary culture business instead of a permaculture one.

[hansensteyben]

Selling/Delivering/Collecting can be the hard and more dangerous part of this enterprise.
Annoying background percussion - is mental obsession also a side effect?

[jabulanikhumalo]

Correction please. Snale farming and not snake.

[electronicmail]

They are picky and don't breed invasively. I tried in side a box. Yeah pathetic but it's the only space I can afford for it. I live in the city, no space and can't afford to escape.

1. Mushrooms don't grow invasively. Fussy fungi to grow, it's picky about its environment.
2. Micro greens only increase the mass of the food bought.

[Vulgaryty]

Why is every video on this channel so gawd damn 'click baity'.
It's trashy.

[doulagpowerfulmind]

no meat farm
no poultry farms those are animal cruelty practices.

[frwansie]

fish farming is not a good sustainable option. Period