Farm Income, I Need Me Some

[You]

I need to generate a Schedule F (aka profit/loss from farming/ranching activities) for the next three years. What I'm working with and other tid bits:

1. Only dealing with 10 acres +or- (so livestock it is). Not garden type dirt but the property is quality, protected, grassy, tree rows, good fences, outbuildings, water, power, etc.
2. I need/want to legitimately turn a profit. (I understand I'm not guaranteed this, and it may take a few years to get there with set up costs)
3. I don't want to HAVE to go out there EVERY day. (I can set up a camera system mid property and basically see every corner if need be. Fwiw)

I don't have a tractor.

Doable? What's the answer? Chickens? Pigs? A pair-o-steers? Beehives :;:smokin?

Keep it small, keep it simple, keep it profitable, keep it legit. Thanks.

 

[svnmag]

I wish Kenney Chesney used Melissa Sue Anderson in his tractor video.

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This may sound crazy but native plant, specifically flower, seeds. Look into it.

 

[SDMF]

This may sound crazy but native plant, specifically flower, seeds. Look into it.

Prairie Roses and Leafy Spurge?

 

[deleted_account]

goats. those little screaming bastards on YouTube, raise them.

 

[dust in the wind]

worm farm?

 

[svnmag]

No shi'ite Buck!

 

[Trip McNeely]

mary jane would turn a tidy profit

 

[Rut2much]

I, like many on here i assume; am always looking to buy a 1/4 or 1/2 beef to fill the freezers up if you wanna expand into butchering as well..
other than that, I think we could make a shetland pony rodeo and/or pig wrestling a pretty neat time. (Dudes are excluded and bikinis are required)

 

[LBrandt]

Buy calves at about 400# in spring and put them on pasture, sell in fall. You should be able to handle 5 or 6.

 

[svnmag]

Won't they shit all over his property?!...

 

[Bed Wetter]

Alpaca or sheep. They require little room. you'll need to learn to sheer but you get two harvests. Grandpa paid off the farm with sheep. After a couple years, ewes will start having twins.

Regardless of your livestock, I'd be concerned about yotes.

 

[svnmag]

I'd go with alpaca. Less chance for producing weird offspring.

 

[Wild and Free]

Need to sign the petitions to legalize Jamaican cotton here in the state then one would be into one hell of a money maker for a small property.:;:smokin

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Drag a butt load of car bodies out there. Pigs love them for shelter and with the seats out the babies use the trunk area much like a farrowing crate.

 

[Bed Wetter]

Need to sign the petitions to legalize Jamaican cotton here in the state then one would be into one hell of a money maker for a small property.:;:smokin

Nah, he'd smoke his profit, all 10 +/- acres of it.

 

[wildeyes]

plant hemp that's the in thing now , apply for a test plot and the gov. will help you make money Win Win.

 

[ndbwhunter]

Buy 3 of every type of livestock and start making meth in the outbuilding. Everyone will think you're so f*cking crazy that they won't want to question you.

 

[SDMF]

Alpaca or sheep. They require little room. you'll need to learn to sheer but you get two harvests. Grandpa paid off the farm with sheep. After a couple years, ewes will start having twins.

Regardless of your livestock, I'd be concerned about yotes.

You's Ewes wool and escorts?

 

[FishSticks]

Buy 3 of every type of livestock and start making meth in the outbuilding. Everyone will think you're so f*cking crazy that they won't want to question you.

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