Do small farmers need crop insurance?
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How's the property search going? Did you offer fall thru?
Hey Curtis. Do you think it would be feasible to just focus on "microgreens", sprouts and shoots? Is there a big enough market for them in your area?
I think an interesting video would be how much you spend on inputs into the farm each year. ROI for some are quickย andย some carry over for a year or two, some are consumables. It varies a lot farm to farm, but would be interesting for your farm since yours is rather unique .
Curtis like always great presentation and content your way of speaking really comes across as professional and easy to understand and learn from. Do you think clamshells are a better way for retail packaging? Or do u find a lot of businesses that don't care what they are packed in? Main question is packaging and different types of it. Thanks curtis in advance and have an awesome day bro.
Never put all your Eggs in one Basket ๐
Curtis, the farmers market we sell at requires us to carry farm insurance. This is something the city requires from every farmer selling fresh produce.
How does the CSA Work &How do your farm deals with it ?
When scaling your farm up (beyond .25 acres), what are some of the hurdles that you hit first when scaling, and at what acreage do you start to run into these hurdles? My guess is labor would be one, post harvest station another, but can you make a video and give commentary on the challenges to scaling beyond .25 acres when 10x-ing or even 20x-ing?
My natural comedic side ponders on crop insurance for those growing weed in California and Colorado etc etc, LOL Go to insurance office, "Hey man somebody ripped off 150 lbs of Northern Lights from me and i want 200K in cash back".
Hey, would you still recommend a type of insurance for if a customer claims to get sick from your produce and tries to come after you? if so what's that called?
Sir Curtis I have a question for you. Do you use herbicides or pesticides? I am struggling due to last year I would have lost entire crop to insects if I did not spray for cut worms and organic treatments just didn't work. Thanks in advance for your reply.
One of the saddest things to read recently on BARZA WIRE(farming news from Africa) is that insurance companies are selling crop insurance to small farmers in some African communities. Probably with some pie in the sky dreams of making money from weather disasters. These small farmers have very small fields just around their homes, not even acreages. We can all read of the tragedy of Indian farmers who gave up their heritage seeds when promised the product abundance of GMO seeds.
Question: When using or making your own fertilizer using chicken or horse droppings how do you prevent diseases from infecting your crop from these droppings.
What is a CSA
I have purchased liability insurance. I'm wondering if you have the same . Or if it's even needed.
I'd say crop insurance is more applicable where large up front costs in fertilizers and seed are put in, meaning that if the crop fails the grower could very well go bust.
Hi Curtis. What is your fertilizing schedule with the various crops you grow? Do you only add fertilizer (like the pixie dust you have mentioned before) when you seed/plant out a bed, or do you add it periodically throughout the crops growth? Or do you perhaps only supplement if you can see deficiency symptoms? Kind regards, Jason
I have always thought Crop Insurance was a bull crap way to suck more money out of farmers. The small print does not pay anyway…
Curtis, you should check out http://thevegeplot.co.nz/2017/11/29/spring-update/ great entrepreneurial market gardener in NZ! Keep up the great vlogs
Second year into farming on 1/4 acre and things are going really well. I'd love to see some content directed at retirement planning for small scale farmers. Thanks.
Hey Curtis I'm a Chef For a large hospitality company , I love cookIng and I'm currently loving my position, I want to grow the best salad greens farm as a side hustle to grow it smartly so after watching as much of your shows and learning from your books. I'm planing to build walk in cooler this December , . I have not decided with a brand farm name or spend money on a business license or set up and business accounts for purchasing seeds, soil, seeders, ect, when is this important to do , and do you think I should target the company I work for fist or people in the community I live in and keep it really locally grown I live 40 minutes south of Seattle . At the place I work at I want to provide a better salad green it may cost the Resteraunt more…since purchase 20 30 pounds of mixed greens a weeks, from California a 2 a pound , we are located in a Seattle WA just wondering your advice or use this thought as a topic .? Wonder if anyone ha s any advise
can we cover the tray with any other material apart from the tray itself do avoid fungus. I get lot of fungus in mustard greens.
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Thank you for saying this.. I'm so sick of this insurance idea… diversity is nature's insurance… with no "insurance agent" to take your money and give you nothing UNLESS you have the thing you dont want to happen happen.. ๐ Insurance is basically betting against yourself. ๐
updates on new farm??
Hi Curtis, thanks again for all your great material. This may be mundane and too "dry" for a lot of folks out there, but as far as the "business" of urban farming, for us starting to get in deep, additional topics like liability/property insurance, accounting/professional services, real estate, utilities, etc., would be extremely helpful. Maybe even a separate seminar/workshop on this type of "non-dirt" stuff, specific to your experience as an urban farmer, might be well-received? Thanks!!!!
Give us an update on that awesome greenhouse
You r wrong? U apparently dont understand what Insurance is…
You need liability insurance