Truck crops. The Amish around me make far, far more off strawberries and vegetables than off milk, meat or hay. An acre or more of strawberries might well bring you $4-5K a year done right, or so it appears if what they tell me is true. Asparagus, broccoli, sweet corn, peas, those are staples that add to the income. Soft fruit like raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, currants, elderberries, etc would be real money makers. The problem with all of these is labor. It's all labor intensive, but you get a great return. Another option is to include a greenhouse and sell bedding plants and seedlings.
The options for a guy with a little land are there. "Smallholders" the Brits call them, a good term IMO. Hay isn't going to make you any money considering the costs involved.
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