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This summary is intended to help new farmers decide what enterprises are feasible on five acres of cleared and fertile land. It is a companion article to this overall resource on enterprise selection.
VEGETABLES/HERBS/CUT FLOWERS These enterprises are only feasible if an adequate supply of water is available for irrigation and other needs. Intensive production techniques such as raised beds, high tunnels and low tunnels can be utilized to maximize production. These enterprises have high labor requirements and new farmers may want to start with substantially less than 5 acres.
FRUITS/NUTS If no on-site water source is available, it may be possible to grow blueberries, blackberries, grapes, figs and pawpaws, but only if it’s feasible to haul in water periodically during the first year after planting and in times of drought. Where an adequate supply of water is available, other fruit crops become feasible, including strawberries, apples, peaches/nectarines, pears, persimmons, chestnuts and pecans.
GREENHOUSE/NURSERY These enterprises are only feasible if an adequate supply of water is available for irrigation and other needs.
LIVESTOCK/FORAGES With an adequate water supply, five acres is suitable to raise poultry for meat or eggs, as well as small ruminants (goats and sheep). It may be possible to produce hay or silage, even on non-irrigated land, if harvest can be contracted out.
SPECIALTY GRAINS Five acres is likely the bare minimum to produce a meaningful quantity of grains such as wheat, soybeans or corn.
NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS In shady areas of the property, it may be possible to raise woodland botanicals and/or log-grown mushrooms. In both cases, irrigation is essential.
TIMBER PRODUCTION Five acres is likely the bare minimum to produce a marketable quantity of timber. It may be challenging to find a logger who will harvest a tract of this size.
Five acres is likely the bare minimum to produce a meaningful quantity of grains such as wheat, soybeans or corn. In shady areas of the property, it may be possible to raise woodland botanicals and/or log-grown mushrooms. In both cases, irrigation is essential.
A 5 acre homestead design is more than enough land to feed one person. If you're farming your land on your own, you'll probably produce more than enough to pay for your homesteading costs and make a profit on top of that.
In some cases, two acres is recommended for the first horse and one additional acre for each additional horse is suggested to prevent over-grazing of pastures.
Knowing the area of an area doesn't tell you its shape or dimensions. Five acres could be a square that's 466.7 feet on each side. Or it could be a circle with a diameter of 526.6 feet. Or a rectangle that's 1 foot wide and 41.25 miles long.
You may have heard a rule-of-thumb is that it takes 1.5 to 2 acres to feed a cow calf pair for 12 months. That means we should be able to have 10 to 13 cows. Let's see how this rule-of-thumb holds up. It looks like our rule-of-thumb held up pretty good, 11 cows on 20 acres, is 1.8 acres per cow.
You can use this as a general rule when deciding on the number of animals that are sustainable on your farm. A rule of thumb for productive pastures is 2 acres per animal unit. This provides you with a starting point. Each animal will have diet preferences, so you'll get different grazing patterns.
For the average family of four, you can expect to grow a year's worth of food on three to five acres. We really do think that five acres is the sweet spot because it allows you to stack your animals and really utilize permaculture practices. One acre for gardens, perennials and fruit trees.
The total land surface area of Earth is about 57,308,738 square miles, of which about 33% is desert and about 24% is mountainous. Subtracting this uninhabitable 57% (32,665,981 mi2) from the total land area leaves 24,642,757 square miles or 15.77 billion acres of habitable land.
However, it is possible to create a more self-sufficient lifestyle on a larger piece of land. Estimates for self-sufficiency typically range from about 1 to 10 acres per person, depending on the factors mentioned above and the desired level of self-sufficiency.
A typical 1 AU, 1,000 lb, cow might require as much as 8 acres (3.2 ha) on poor quality pasture with low precipitation or as little as about 0.27 acres (0.11 ha) on an irrigated pasture in excellent condition.
A minimum of 0.5 acres per donkey is needed to provide space for grazing, although it is rarely necessary to graze the whole area at once. If more land is available, then the donkeys will benefit from having more room to graze and to move.
In some cases, a decent income can be realized from as little as half an acre of land if you are doing something like greenhouse plant production. Other enterprises, such as pine straw production, beef cattle, or Christmas trees will take considerably more acreage.
Five acres could be a square that's 466.7 feet on each side. Or it could be a circle with a diameter of 526.6 feet. Or a rectangle that's 1 foot wide and 41.25 miles long.
Dubbed "red gold", saffron's high market value makes it arguably the most profitable agricultural crop. Though it requires careful cultivation, the potential profits per acre are unmatched, highlighting its viability for small farms looking to maximize their earnings.
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