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<blockquote data-quote="Earl Thigpen" data-source="post: 601892" data-attributes="member: 3999"><p>The short answer is no. </p><p></p><p>Studies over the past 30 or so years have indicated that the breakeven point for a farm/ranch operation has steadily increased from around 200 acres to somewhere around 400+ acres. Of course there are exceptions but overall it takes more than ten times as much land as you have to get even. I don't mean to rain on your parade and I wish you all the best in your efforts. </p><p></p><p>Have you thought about some niche market like, say, truffles? (Hold on there folks, don't dismiss this out of hand.) I don't know where you're posting from but maybe you live in an climate that will support something like this and at over $100/pound selling price ...... I guess what I'm saying you need to think out of the box on this. You don't have enough land to support a profitable cow/calf operation and even organic vegetables wouldn't produce enough money to call a "profit" of any significance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earl Thigpen, post: 601892, member: 3999"] The short answer is no. Studies over the past 30 or so years have indicated that the breakeven point for a farm/ranch operation has steadily increased from around 200 acres to somewhere around 400+ acres. Of course there are exceptions but overall it takes more than ten times as much land as you have to get even. I don't mean to rain on your parade and I wish you all the best in your efforts. Have you thought about some niche market like, say, truffles? (Hold on there folks, don't dismiss this out of hand.) I don't know where you're posting from but maybe you live in an climate that will support something like this and at over $100/pound selling price ...... I guess what I'm saying you need to think out of the box on this. You don't have enough land to support a profitable cow/calf operation and even organic vegetables wouldn't produce enough money to call a "profit" of any significance. [/QUOTE]
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