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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Holistic Farming
Best "crop" for building OM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kidds" data-source="post: 7841146" data-attributes="member: 5589"><p>If you know what you are doing you should be able to make £5k profit on an acre of rhubarb each year (not the first year while it establishes), treat it as a 3-5 year crop and then dig it up and split the roots for circa £10-15k profit assuming you keep enough back for the next planting. (and I do mean profit not income)</p><p>Half a ton of Nitram even at current prices is feck all and the next crop grows like mad due to the OM and probably residual N. I doubt much washes away as rhubarb can't get enough water so none washes through. Make the next crop raspberries or strawberries and you are making more per acre than any cereal grower can imagine.</p><p>Next time someone comes on here and says "I just bought 2 acres of land, how can I make enough profit to build a house on it?" just nudge that Welsh straw dealer and ask if he knows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kidds, post: 7841146, member: 5589"] If you know what you are doing you should be able to make £5k profit on an acre of rhubarb each year (not the first year while it establishes), treat it as a 3-5 year crop and then dig it up and split the roots for circa £10-15k profit assuming you keep enough back for the next planting. (and I do mean profit not income) Half a ton of Nitram even at current prices is feck all and the next crop grows like mad due to the OM and probably residual N. I doubt much washes away as rhubarb can't get enough water so none washes through. Make the next crop raspberries or strawberries and you are making more per acre than any cereal grower can imagine. Next time someone comes on here and says "I just bought 2 acres of land, how can I make enough profit to build a house on it?" just nudge that Welsh straw dealer and ask if he knows. [/QUOTE]
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