How to start the farming as a profession?

Question

starting a new venture by adopting the farming as a profession

needs your guidance for

how to start

from wher to start

do's & don'ts

wish to make a farm as a enterprise [means want to run a farm as a enterprise ]

suggest all about the

book keeping

record

technics of commercial crop patterns

crop combinations

MANPOWER

preference to the flowers vegetables

does any body can suggst a model/pattern for western maharastra

regards

Answer 1

In south Jersey there are flower and food crop farms. We have the largest produce

auction on the east coast. 40 million plus

in sales from apr/nov. Also flowers peaches apples and blueberries and

cranberries are grown here. For a few hundred dollars please feel free to visit

the garden state. Will offer as much help as possible in solving your questions with the daily life of a farmer

as your guide [e-mail]

Answer 2

Get the soil test done in the govt. agricultural laboratory. With this they will tell you which crops can be grown in that land. Also tell them the water resource whether solely on nature or irrigation also.

Study in that area maximum people are growing what and why. Discuss with them by making friends with them. Attend agricultural seminars and exhibitions.

Study the peridicity of sprinkling pesticides and which ones for which crop. This also will be avilable with pesticide mfr.

Employ an experienced Munim as an incharge of all the farm related activities. He will control labour and advise about allthe wherewithals also.

Like all other books of accounts you have to maintain all expenses and income rcords under various heads.

Answer 3

Good to hear your interest.

Follow latest technology like IPM ( integrated pest management) follow Crop Rotation and choose crops based on your climate factor.

Strictly use Economic methods for better cultivations.

Answer 4

A nice way is to first start in small land with the use of fertilizers, good soil and hybrid varieties of seeds of plants.

If you succeed to supplement the yield you may start on a larger area of land.

Answer 5

Hello

If You are interested in farming please  visit Dr.M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

Answer 6

You are asking for a GREAT DEAL of information.  Actually you are asking for so much, you need to find an experienced farmer, and PAY them to help you, and advise you.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

"Sweet P" is plagiarizing me.  He has cut and pasted from another question I answered.  PLEASE JOIN ME IN REPORTING HIM!

These are MY words:

If I were you, I'd invest in the more specific books, especially if you are a newbie to raising crops and livestock. You will need as much information as possible on each individual crop and animal.

They all require such different things.

Like cattle, goats, and horses need copper in their mineral blocks. Copper will kill sheep.

Rabbits will die if left in the sun for just 10-15 minutes, yet they need light to properly reproduce.

Geese are perhaps the best "watchdogs" ever....of course this means they almost never shut-up, and will usually attack any stranger coming to your property...like the postman.

Chickens are lovely, make sure you get a breed good for your area. Some chickens have large combs. They do best in hotter climates. Those combs will freeze in areas of cold winters.

Pigs are hard to keep fenced. They are powerful animals that uproot fences easly. Invest in an electric fence right from the start.

Cattle are lovely. Always get them in at least a pair. One cow is a lonely cow, who is very likely to go through the fence looking for others of its kind.

Do you know how to load an adult pig? Put a trashcan over its head, and back it up....they load easly that way. People that try to wrestle them into trailers head first, and by brute force are just plain idiots.

Make friends with an experienced small farmer....they will be your best friend, and be able to give you advice and knowledge you simply will not find in books.

P.S. Here's a link to Storey books:

http://www.storey.com/

Answer 7

You need more help than you can get from Yahoo Answers. I would suggest that you get a job with an established farm and learn the answers to your questions through experience. It may be that you are suited to a farming lifestyle. It would be better to find out, one way or another, before sinking a lot of money in getting started farming.

Answer 8

BEst wishes and a prayer,  its in your mind to do this, so be careful make sure you.... put the horse ahead of the cart!  

as an enterprise talk to local enterprises, hire their accountant part time, talk to them about crop patterns and rotation, and flowers if not there the local greenhouse grower

as far as animals for the farm'=You need to look into the Storey books and basic library books. They put out books on specific flowers and vegetables, maharastra wetern area,  livestock, and some on general animal husbandry.

If I were you, I'd invest in the more specific books, especially if you are a newbie to raising crops and  livestock. You will need as much information as possible on each individual crop and animal.

They all require such different things.

Like cattle, goats, and horses need copper in their mineral blocks. Copper will kill sheep.

Rabbits will die if left in the sun for just 10-15 minutes, yet they need light to properly reproduce.

Geese are perhaps the best "watchdogs" ever....of course this means they almost never shut-up, and will usually attack any stranger coming to your property...like the postman.

Chickens are lovely, make sure you get a breed good for your area. Some chickens have large combs. They do best in hotter climates. Those combs will freeze in areas of cold winters.

Pigs are hard to keep fenced. They are powerful animals that uproot fences easly. Invest in an electric fence right from the start.

Cattle are lovely. Always get them in at least a pair. One cow is a lonely cow, who is very likely to go through the fence looking for others of its kind.

Do you know how to load an adult pig? Put a trashcan over its head, and back it up....they load easly that way. People that try to wrestle them into trailers head first, and by brute force are just plain idiots.

Make friends with an experienced small farmer....they will be your best friend, and be able to give you advice and knowledge you simply will not find in books.

P.S. Here's a link to Storey books:

http://www.storey.com/

the bible under agriculture farming and animal husbandry, noah's arc is a good place to start

then read Storeys book and an idiots guide to animal husbandry

you may find it very expensive depending on your climate and location

each has benifits and detriments, each has their on nurture

it would be best for you to impiment this one species at a time. also make sure there are no wolves wild/loose dogs, mountain lions cayotees etc. in the area or you will have to have things very secured.

a good way and neighborhoodness is locate those in your area and go and talk with them that raise different ones of these. you will need help in many situations, babies, illness, feeding, and on and on....

David in Jesus amazing grace John chapters 3 & 10 basic to life