Farm Small Farm Smart

With a solid crop selection, tight crop succession, and unwavering customer base, you can ABSOLUTELY run a profitable business on 1000sqft. of land. 
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 Farm Small Farm Smart
 Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
 The Growing Microgreens Podcast
 The Urban Farmer Podcast
 The Rookie Farmer Podcast
 In Search of Soil Podcast
Check out Diego's books:
 Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon 
 Ready Farmer One on Amazon
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Your farm has a salary cap. Land and time are finite, and every crop you plant spends some of both. The question isn't "what makes me the most money," it's "what makes me the most money per day it occupies my bed."
That's dollars per day (DPD), and after interviewing over 200 farmers, it's the number the highest earners track that struggling farms don't even know exists.
Watch the episode here!
Interested in watching the series? Hop on over to our YouTube Channel! 
 Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! 
 Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower.
Follow Modern Grower:
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Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:
 Carrot Cashflow
 Farm Small Farm Smart
 Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
 The Growing Microgreens Podcast
 The Urban Farmer Podcast
 The Rookie Farmer Podcast
 In Search of Soil Podcast
Check out Diego's books:
 Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon 
 Ready Farmer One on Amazon
**** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

In this episode, Dr. David Laird of Iowa State University breaks down the most common beliefs around growing in clay soils. 
 Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! 
 Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower.
Follow Modern Grower:
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Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:
 Carrot Cashflow
 Farm Small Farm Smart
 Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
 The Growing Microgreens Podcast
 The Urban Farmer Podcast
 The Rookie Farmer Podcast
 In Search of Soil Podcast
Check out Diego's books:
 Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon 
 Ready Farmer One on Amazon
**** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

You can only grow so much by yourself. If you're planning on growing your business, you'll eventually need to hire out help. 
 Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! 
 Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower.
Follow Modern Grower:
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Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:
 Carrot Cashflow
 Farm Small Farm Smart
 Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
 The Growing Microgreens Podcast
 The Urban Farmer Podcast
 The Rookie Farmer Podcast
 In Search of Soil Podcast
Check out Diego's books:
 Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon 
 Ready Farmer One on Amazon
**** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

More than half of new farms fail in their first five years. In almost every case, it's not a growing problem...it's a money problem.
 After a decade interviewing hundreds of farmers and running a farm supply business serving thousands of customers, the same financial mistakes show up again and again.
Watch the episode here!
Interested in watching the series? Hop on over to our YouTube Channel! 
 Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! 
 Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower.
Follow Modern Grower:
 Instagram
 Instagram
Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:
 Carrot Cashflow
 Farm Small Farm Smart
 Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
 The Growing Microgreens Podcast
 The Urban Farmer Podcast
 The Rookie Farmer Podcast
 In Search of Soil Podcast
Check out Diego's books:
 Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon 
 Ready Farmer One on Amazon
**** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.