Re: Green Acres Help

Posted by John S-B on August 25, 2005 at 19:38:45 from (64.12.117.7):

In Reply to: Green Acres Help posted by Steve Schemenauer on August 25, 2005 at 18:07:48:

Steve are you planning to farm as a side job? There is a great book called "How to make $100,000 farming 25 acres" by Booker T. Whatley that I highley recomend. It covers a lot of basic small farm techniques and specialty crops that pay alot more than typical grain crops. It's not a absolute sure-fire money maker but has some good outside of the box ideas.
Why do you want to plant soybeans? I'm not an expert but I don't think you can make enough off of them as a typical grain crop. Unless you are going for roasted soy beans or fresh soy beans to sell to asian food markets 60 acres would probably be to small to bother with.
As far as tractors, 60-80 hp tractors are cheaper than the compact diesels and the implements are inexpensive too. A 2 btm plow will take forever to plow 60 acres, maybe 3 long days to plow it all. take your time and do some good research, lots of info here and plenty of knowledgable people. BTW what part of the country are you in?

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