How to Minimize Farm Startup Costs
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I'm 79 years I'm going to be a small farmer next spring. We have 14 acres never farmed the land before thanks for your help.
Inspiring! Good luck!
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Hey James that's awesome to hear! Good luck with your farm!
The best of luck with it James Steffens! I'm considering it too, I thought I might be too old to do it being 42 but I guess not...
Hey James. Where there is a will.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
One advice that I've been given which I think is excellent is: look around where your future farm is, and see what grows like weeds. Farm that first. E.g. don't try to grow berries that need you to change soil PH. Don't grow veg that requires an amount of water you can't provide. Don't farm stuff that requires a whole lot of sprays, fertilizer and treatments. Grow what grows.
thank you this is so smart and i should have thought of this
our land is so very fertile and grows many high nitrogen weeds very tall grass lots of netels so i think corn would be a very good choice using this knowlege
@neuralcircuit I know that's why I thought corn first
Hello, I am a small Chilean farmer, 18 years old, I love them and they teach a lot your videos one day I would like to get to be like you, greetings from Chile.

Hey Nacho, thank you for the kind words! Glad the videos are useful!
Well done young farmer, keep farming
Thanks dude.
You talk about the challenges that I am experiencing is giving me hope to a better result. Sometimes my mind messes with me when I'm in the garden, "am I going to make it?" I ask my self and then you present us with this Video.
All I can say is thank you.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Ps I received mushroom spores and a couple of chickens this week.
Hi Moreno, thank you for this video. Good point about the jang seeder ;)
My tip: write a simple business plan. It clarifies the whole farming process and the costs involved. I am currently writing one and have split costs into necessary startup costs, annual reoccuring costs and costs for year two and later. Each time I go back to the plan I will revisit the costs and most of the time something can be moved from startup to later. It really helps to clarify what you really need.
Exactly that Sabrina! I know you want the Jang, but it might be better for later;) A lot of the success comes down to this initial planning! But at a certain point it's time to make the move ;)
Wow, yes!!! thats it!! i wil also write a bussiness plan!! thank you for sharing
@@mary-patsheridan2989 Hi Mary-Pat. I will share it soon. I am currently building my own youtube channel. Coming soon.
I started with chickens and my first goal was to break even... I ended up making 3000 extra because people loved the care I put into it. Now I want to expand to other feilds seeing I have plenty of land to work with. This is good info/ encouragement.
Sounds amazing man, cheers! What was the size of working area you started with, to break even on chickens? (metric :D)
All plants of your garden are so beautiful I hope so much to have garden like this 🙏
I sent this to my mother and she is watching it right now...She really like it!!
I'm happy to hear that:)
I’ll say don’t quit a good paying job too soon, I may have to get a job again after 1.5 years because I’m moving the farm to a new location and I’ve been without veggies since the beginning of summer. I finally got my first plantings in. But there’s a whole lot to preparing land, some more than others, and you either need lots of money, lots of your own hard labor, or both. And that’s just the land. It is all idealistic, but reality is quite the opposite, especially when you start actually doing the physical work to complete your goals. So either have a bunch of money saved, like $50K or keep your job even just working 3 days instead of 4 or 5, until you are confident of your ability to maintain production. Thanks for the video Moreno!
Thanks Brandon! You're right. It's often better to transition into farming than burning all the boats and go all in. I definitely need to make a video about that topic!
VERY well done sir! I have been homesteading most of my life. It is definitely a struggle to get started, and sometimes there are rough seasons where one needs to have a reasonable back-up plan in place, as well. I very much enjoy your videos and am always looking forward to the next ones. I learn something EVERY time
This video is keeping my light up!!! Thank you!!!
Greetings from Hungary!
I couldn't agree more on building the foundation in year 1 and/or 2. We're in year 1 and just discovered the no dig method through your channel. Thank you for sharing. This is huge for us! Even in our small growing space.
I’ve watched your vids before, your farm is awesome sort of Argo-forestry with the trees, lots of living biology and harmony... And all the compost and chips you’ve brought in has really helped with fertility and production, definitely regenerative agriculture at work! It would be amazing if one day all production was like that, or similar, best Joe Merritt.
great advice for everything you start in life, make it simple, little by little. your farm is very neat, congratulations.
Thanks!
@@TheDutchFarmer sir we r daily watching ur farming videos and you're Very inspiring many of them. And we want to more information on insects control
Thank you! I’m learning so much from your postings.
Heard of Dutch canal road systems, but your farming advise is igniting passion for farming in my friends. You are absolutely right. Working 9:00-5:00 6 days a week for someone is suffocating
I'm enjoying your videos as a refresher to see others who love their work and the many different challenges they face along the way .I'm old-school organic gardener and career landscape professional from Florida now living in N Georgia . I'm currently turning my home lot in town into a living entity with fruits,veggies and herbs . Starting my life over from scratch and with very little cash but my experience has taught me resourcefulness and patience .Thanks for sharing your experience with us .
Greetings from Brazil!
Excellent video with tips and insights.
Thank you very much
Thank you so much Mr. Moreno you inspired me on how to start a small farm will start as soon as I go home.
@Dutch Farmer Moreno, again you have presented practical and wise information for the benefit of the farming community 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Thank you so much and I look forward to future videos 🙏🏾
Thanks for the well-articulated videos that cut out the fluff, get the point across clearly.
Wishing you all the best for the new year. So looking forward to seeing more of your posts.🧐🥕🥦🥬
"Is Market Gardening profitable?" is the very first video i encountered of your farm, which is very helpful with time signifiers. start small, start smart seems to be a personal golden truth, even with experiences. thanks.
Its gonna be an exciting for me to shift from 9 to 5 job into organic gardening,thank you so much very inspiring and informative channel.god bless
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GOD BLESS YOU AMEN!
Well make sure that if you should have questions that you look into Dutch farm methods, especially the organized and efficient way of working. Going to a Dutch farm you’ll see the farm is well organized with designated work areas and well thought out garden layouts.
There is so much knowledge about cultivation, soil improvement, water management.
And it’s very specialized, so specialized that they’re on of the smallest nations in the world but also the world’s second food exporter after the US. There is endless online written and spoken information in English on farming from Dutch farmers and the famous international renounced agricultural university of the country educating people from all over the world.
But there is also a great American invented method where a guy got an old greenhouses and created a way to grow plants and Tilapia fish in a closed loop hydroponics aquarium pumped round into grow bed setup with fish feces feeding plants and plants in a natural gravel like medium to hold the roots filter this water for the fish. Can’t remember what he fed the fish, but you could grow your own maggots as fish feed with a solar plus batterij driven ventilator air vent connected to a enclosed hanging box with rotting kadaver/ organ meat on a platter placed on a mash bottom, so maggots crawl out and fall into the water and flies can come in to lay their eggs. And with compost designated areas to even heat the greenhouse during cold periods it’s extra efficient (he got additional compost materials for free saving heating cost whilst making great compost soil for his outside gardens saving on having to heat the greenhouse). This with the several hydroponic growing levels makes it very space efficient and cheap way to garden/ farm.
informative and honest, people need persons like you...
Nice to hear your voice again... Happy for you brother!!!
Haha thanks :)
Soy Español y aunque no entiendo casi nada de lo que dices me encantan tus vídeos!
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Suerte y cuidaros!
Great going. I'm from India (Maharashtra) you inspired me a lot. Thankq for being here.👍
Thanks for the video! Very useful. Creating your own compost is a way to save money. You can find leafs, grass, woodchips, sea weeds and other stuff and turn them into compost.All the ingredients are free you just need space and patience!
That was a good advises for new farmers. Planning to have my own organic farm.
Great advice. As some one who is looking to start a small farm, I completely understand how easy it is to get swamped with the idea that you need to start with everything, all the bets equipment etc. I've already planned a budget and a few weeks ago, I started stripping it back to the most essential bits.
That's the way to go! Start with the essentials!
We were just renting a simple regular house next to the Las Vegas strip but somehow managed to have a huge Garden front yard & back yard and chickens and even fish in the swimming pool it was a great 10 year run now we just bought a few acres in Florida and we're on our way to make our nonprofit therapy garden & Homestead dreams come true! watching your videos has helped us a lot! 👍🏽👍🏻👍🏿👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽👍🏻👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏻👍🏿👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽
Hello moreno...i am so glad watching you work it's so hard...that is so nice...good job...
Thank you!
Excellent job . This was an amazingly awesome video presentation…organized, detailed, very informative. 🎉Pammie from Chicago Illinois
boer is in ons bloed!! Hi I am moving today to my off grid village land. I thank God for the Nerderlander blood that is in my veins.
Your videos are great! Awesome b roll and great value!
This one is very encouraging 👍your crops are so clean and attractive bravo
I live in NYC and my dream is to start a bee farm. You've inspired me so much! But there's still so much to learn being a city kid my entire life.
A beefarm does sound good, did you start yet? :)
Hi, Gaby - the first thing I was thinking: DIVERSIFY, if anything happens to your bees, disease, some chemical that is used by big ag - you could be wiped out through no fault of your own. If bees are only 30 - 50 % of your operation, you would be on the safe side. As you are in the state of NY would a bread and breakfast be an option ?
I know of small farmers who gave up on most of the traditional farming, they have fields but no more animals except a few pigs (what they need) plus likely chickens. They house construction workers (breakfast, and evening meal, good homecooked food), in summer they have families with the kids.
A touristic region is within 30 - 60 driving minutes (only summer and some fall tourism), the town where they are is nice but nothing special, they would not attract normal tourists. When they have nice weather the tourists will drive to the lakes or go hiking and if it is raining the lady of the house will sometimes drive with them to a do sightseeing in the city.
The interesting thing is that the children come back when they have kids, it is not a glamorous holiday, but very family friendly, the animals, and the region has enough attractions that it works. I guess she is a good cook and she is a social person that knows to make that into a special experience (like making the tour guide for them to compensate for bad weather).
If you are close enough holiday on the farm with visiting touristic spots - like NYC could be an option, folks may want to visit the National Parks (looking for beavers etc), a few days on the farm with the animals and fruit / forest or organic garden, (if you have bees not suited for people with allergies) and they could do a one day tour to the big apple as well.
That family also makes money from baking bread and baked goods, but they sell only at the market in a nearby larger town, their town does have a farmer's market but they do not bother (our residents know where to find us) so they are quite time conscious.
It helps that it is a couple. And adult daughters as backup.
I was thinking of pasture raised animals but having the pasture shared by goats, chickens and pigs. I discovered a new breed of pig that does not dig up roots. You might think of bees and raising flowers. A partner might want to raise flowers for their local shop. Two or three uses for one farm will reduce costs.
Merci pour toutes ces précieuses informations. T’es conseils me permettront peut-être de me lancer bientôt. Bon courage
Thank You 🙏 so much for sharing such valuable advice ! May the Universe continue to Bless you and your family with ABUNDANCE
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Effective and wise advice, thank you. We are new subscribers and happy we found you! The best of luck :)
Thank you for the tips. First steps can be scary to certain degree and your sincerity and good advises encourage people to don't be afraid. Very good video, as usual.
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Hi, thank you for sharing the video that gives good knowledge to people who will do gardening and gardening before. To get a great sheet. Thank you again.
Hi.... great video & love your positive attitude... cheers from Australia
Hugelkulture saved me over a thousand dollars on my garden. I have 14 beds and I used wood as a base layer, compost and a medium similar to coco core with a small amount of top soil for my beds. I paid a total of $40 to fill my beds this year using this method. My plants were much more healthy as a result and my expenses were lessened enough to allow expansion the same year.
You are amazing friend.
Im portuguese men. And i love planting food, trees.
So a send you a big hug* ☀️🌾
This is insightful, thanks Moreno. Baby farmer from Sub-saharan Africa. ✊🏿
I love the lichen growing on your trees❤️
What does the lichen on the trees mean?
Moreno, we are in need of the next addition.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Thanks for always posting great videos!
Your explanation is easy to understand.
My English is not good.
I would appreciate it if you could add subtitles.
Thank you! At this point it's impossible for me to add subtitles. Maybe in the future!
Thank you for another great video!
Brilliant content, much appreciated.
Hi Moreno
Thank you so much for your great effort
Hey Shafeeque. You're welcome!
Thank you I needed to hear this I am currently in the process of starting my own nursery/farming business and I am worried!the seedlings I don't sell I put them in the ground to seal the vegetables they produce but thanks for giving those tips!! Money is tight and the farming economy in my country is not so great. I'm a first year farmer and hoping to feed my family off the land.
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Thank you. Depending on the crop, perhaps saving seed, or propagating from cuttings.
We have been planning and searching for the right place for us. Hopefully, next year will be the year.
Very nice helpful and potential information. Lots of thanks to you.
One of the best channels
Hellooo.. it is me... from Indonesia.. I love to plant in pot 🙂.. love you my friend..
Thank you so much for taking your time to help us with such helpful information... Your videos are very helpful and useful.
You're welcome! Glad to hear that:)
Hey Dude, are you based in Africa?
Thanks man. It is encouraging to see how the barriers to entry are so low if you use a bit of creativity and plenty of crafty planning. I've just read JM Fortier's section on startup costs, his were very high! We are trying to buy a house with land, waiting to sell our house first!
Awesome! Good luck with the sell of your house and your journey into farming!
@@TheDutchFarmer dank u. it'll be a big step up from my 60x6m allotment, but I spent 2 months every year on a farm for ten years, so hopefully that knowledge and exerience will serve us well :)
Well said. I started by looking what's lacking in my neighborhood. Found that gourmet garlic is not available in local farmers market or in the supermarket. Removed the lawn in the yard. Growing 20 varieties of garlic. Have more demand than supply. The key is keeping it small and do it well (being thoughtfull). Specialized 🚜 farming(Boutique.) $15 a pound. From Denver CO USA. Peace.
Awesome! Great job!
Thank you so much! You are a great inspiration for everyone of us! And it's great that you share all your experiences with us - for free! Every time to the your videos, your land, your plants,.. is very healthy. Everything looks so nice - I really love it. Would it be possible to show us how you make your planing for the year? For starters it is a really hard job!! You all - have a really nice day 🥰
Hey Nadja, thanks for the kind words! The topic of crop planning is quite dense. I want to make a video about it but haven't had the time yet!
@@TheDutchFarmer please do.
@@TheDutchFarmer that would be fantastic... only when you get time, thank you
Thank you very much for sharing valuable information with us.👍👍👍👌👌👌
You're welcome!
You truly farmer Bro. Have great days and succeed your business
Thanks, you too!
I love your video (from Japan)
Great vid Love your stuff kick on love it
🙏 from Bangalore, India
Good practising ideas
I am currently practicing with my balcony and plan on purchasing some property in the near future! Mainly for personal vegetables, but who knows where this will develop, as I kinda enjoy the idea of also selling products =)
Maybe you find someone that has a piece of land that they would rent to you. In which case you know exactely what you do not want when you buy - with some experience under your belt.
A good balcony game, maybe a few beds at a land of friends. Then moving up to leasing. a plan (planting schedule) and photos could help you convince owners. Like he mentioned - NOW that people see that he takes good care of a property he is getting offers to buy.
I think many people do not want to sell (be it a house or a farm or homestead or holiday cabin) and they are wary WHOM they would get as renter. If they know that you have your act together, will pay your lease or at least take good care of the place - most people would not mind have such a person on their land for 5 years or so.
The problem with people that fail to pay is often not even the loss of money - some people can weather that quite easily and they would not lose sleep over it. But if tenants lose control over their life to the point where they do not pay, they often are also in other kind of trouble, or they "lose" it alltogether. Not only do they not pay rent - they even cause damage, by negligence or even intentionally. (Happened to older relatives). I know people that would rather not rent than to get that kind of trouble, and even if you you fulfill all financial obligations that you will not put poison in the ground, try to get rid of tree stumps with diesel, bleach, old motor oil.
(no kidding, many people see that as legitimate attempt, no idea why they obsess with the tree stumps, I would grow mushrooms and let nature rot it down over a few years).
And in traditional farming it is almost a taboo to sell land or a part of it. Unless the owners die, move away, etc. Everything that reeks of: they need the money and "have" to sell is against the code of honor.
But if a person is capable and a good stewart, it is O.K. to sell to them. They are doing you a favor so to speak, the neighbours and community will not assume the seller needed the money.
I looked it up he is now in the South of France, you bet the farmers there roll like that, that is why he is now getting the offers.
I would make a _contract_ though - 5 years minimum and clarify what you are allowed to do on it. Setting up a metal garden shed or container ? Fences ? Digging a well ? - or is it only electric fences. sooner or later you migh consider chickens, or sheep - and maybe even a pig.
Thanks for your great work
Que lugar lindo Amei!!👍🌾🌺🌻🙋🏽♀️
Какое счастье работать на земле!!! Удачи и процветания! 👍👍👍
Can't Afford the tools for the farm,i so love watching your videos sir,very interesting
안녕하세요ㆍ저는 한국에서 정원을 가꾸는 임지수입니다 ㆍ 유튜브를 통해 당신의 가든을보며 배우고 행복합니다ㆍ
새해에도 건강하시고
행복한 성탄일 되시길 바랍니다ㆍ
Hello, I am Jisoo Lim, who grows flowers and trees in Korea.I always learn a lot by watching your youtube and I am very happy.
We are friends in gardening.
today is Christmas eve.Have a happy Christmas day and have a healthy new yearㆍ~~♡♡♡
Hai Moreno! Bedankt voor de informatieve video. Wij gaan in het voorjaar verhuizen naar de Vogezen en starten onze eigen market garden. Als het mag zouden we graag een keer op 'werkbezoek' komen op jouw mooie maraicher. Salut, Mattijs en Marije
Greetings from India 🇮🇳🌷🇮🇳
Beautiful View! Great job 👌 Thanks lot for sharing 🌻 friend 🌹
Stay safe and peaceful 💌👏
Best regards 💕🌲
Me urge aprender inglés,me parece demasiado interesante todo lo que haces y dices!..ojalá estuviera la traducción 🧐, felicidades por todo lo que haces y enseñas,lo haces ver tan fácil y rapido que piensas porque no lo he hecho antes,saludos desde México.
Thanks a lot you are inspiring
Great video!!!! Thank you, and can you do a video on how to reduce foot traffic while market gardening please!
Good idea! Most foot traffic is reduced by creating a good design for your farm BEFORE you start it! I'll see what I can do to make a video about it.
Love your work
The tools you have used is not visible in any online platform.😇😇 VERY CREATIVE
Your an athlete dude X: )
Good day Sir were you been hope things are good but looking forward to the next video stay safe
Hello, I'm from Cambodia. Your video is so interesting. I always enjoy watching it. Do you have any video to share us how the make the effective soil like you did to grow your vegetables. Thanks.
Thank you, very helpful
Saya suka video kamu. Sangat membuat saya bersemangat berkebun. 👍🏻
Very interesting and surprising tips. I'm left with 2 questions;
1. Why don't you use government grants as this is a big deal in France?
2. isn't it a pity to rent land and then move on while no dig farming is a lot about improving the soil on the long term?
Many thanks for the e-book, it's very helpful.
Hey there. We never needed any grants because we used our own money. As for the soil, the money spent in compost for the no dig beds is earned back in year one + profits. It also happens to be one of the fastest ways to convert a plot of land into a production area that simultaneously minimizes the workload significantly (a lot less weeding).
If you know that you can only rent the plot for 1 year I wouldn't personally do it this way. But we know that we're renting this land at least 3/5+ years so it's more than worth it. And if we leave the plot behind, the next person renting this land will have a fertile garden;)
@@TheDutchFarmer can I be first in line to get that farm after you find your own new piece of land land?)))))
Very impressed. How has growing under those trees gone for you so far? Would love to see a video of you talking about that. I can imagine some crops do better then others?
Just to let you know your "Benefits of farming under trees" link (provided in your reply here) unfortunately doesn't work. Thank you for great guidance and sharing your practical knowledge with us all, much appreciated!! 🙏
Yep - top video Moreno. You can't expect to start up a farm with really limited funds. I'd say it's better to wait till you've got enough money for a decent set up, rather than try to get by with not enough (or substandard) gear. You could even try to borrow money from family with a repayment plus interest. The only thing stopping me starting right now is Covid would you believe! And i'll take your advice and make the first year a pure trial. Nothing beats the voice of experience - thank you!
Thank you Smith! Good inputs! I have to say the Covid situation did make it a whole lot easier to market and sell the crops!
I really liked this..very good...
Vous êtes un très bon agriculteur et entrepreneur
Merci! :)
What a great video thanks
Hello in one of you videos you mentioned to start mushrooms in a deep cellar. We've a similar cellar wit average 12 to 16
Sorry new in commenting.
It's the temperature year round. Can you give some hints on how to start mushroom there
@@haukbayer4510 Hey Hauk, no problems! I would personally go with mushroom logs (since we have a lot of this available in my area) although I haven't tried it yet. I'm not really in a position of giving you any advice on mushrooms since I know very little of it. I recommend you find the people that do!
Hi Moreno ! Thanks for this very interesting content. I'm wondering where do you sell in France ? I'm french, grew up close to Grenoble. Would love to come and visit your farm ! All the best
Hi, great content! I've just discovered your channel and the information you give it's amazing. But I don't see eny recent videos, hope all is well...
@Moreno Eagerly waiting for your next video
Great informative video. Just wondering.Is it possible to visit your operation for hands-on training for a few weeks?
I would start by growing soil using cover crops. I would recommend the Jena experiment in plant biodiversity and also watching Dr Christine Jones' video Quorum Sensing.
Wise council! thanks.
Hi. . Lovely videos. . So informative. . I like ur greenhouse/tunnel setup. Could u pls make a video on how u set it up?
I'll do my best :)