How to Set Your Farm Prices Like Pro and Skyrocket Your Profits!

[@mrnkaija]

Amazing presentation. Respect from Uganda👏

[@Redfoxy_94]

I just came across your videos and I'm hooked!! I absolutely can't get enough, and I love how real and down to earth you Are! Thank you for sharing all the wonderful ideas. I'm so excited to see more! Thank you Leah

[@gregfee1120]

great info again Curtis, appreciate all the material you post.

[@vkhanel]

Thanks Curtis! Glad to hear my way of doing research is similar to yours...I'm always the one taking pictures of the microgreen prices at every grocery store I visit! ;)

[@ronnielong9676]

Actually a really great idea

[@caravanlifenz]

Nice one. When you said you were in New Zealand looking at food prices, I thought you were going to say we pay so much here for food 😂 Locals and foreigners are always complaining about our high food prices. Things actually weren't too bad when you made this video 7 years ago, but now it's very unaffordable living in NZ.

[@AprilLynnDowney]

Thank you so much for all these videos you are posting! :) I am working on developing a business plan for a micro farm and these videos are great! Your book is on order and should be here soon. :)

[@Andiphor]

I find your theory very useful but I'm just starting out as a farmer and yes I'm young. Its difficult but hard pays off, my only problem is setting a price to the product that I'm producing. So I'll give your way of doing it a try. Thank you

[@alexmsb69]

Thanks for these videos Curtis, they really get me excited to start my own project... even though I'm primarily interested in aquaponics and microgreens, it would be great to have a patch of root vegetables in the ground. Kind regards from Toronto!

[@TombstoneHeart]

Here in Australia, the government owned national radio network has regular ( I think daily, but don't quote me ) market reports where they give you all of the going wholesale prices for fruit and vegetables in or near to your capital city. There are also rural market reports for larger country towns and cities as well as meat and livestock market reports. I don't know how it works in other countries, but I think that tuning in for the Market Report on ABC radio will be more of a help than a hindrance for those wanna-be Aussie urban farmers who aren't too sure what to charge. However, there maybe a marked difference between the Market Report wholesale prices and what is being charged retail by the large supermarket chains. The supermarket retail price might be lower than the market wholesale price. This may be because the supermarket chains have their own buying and marketing wings that handles the purchasing, handling, storage, processing, packaging and delivery of fruit and vegetables. They also regularly approach small crop farmers and negotiate a price for their vegetables before they even plant them. So, if for instance, a tomato grower is offered a set price for his next tomato crop, he, the seller is taking a gamble that his crop will earn him more money than it would if he had gone through an agent at the markets. The gamble is this: If there is a big season on tomatoes and the market is flooded with them and the price drops, the supermarket farmer is sitting pretty. His income is guaranteed AND above the going rate. However, if it's a bad season for all of the tomato growers in the region and the cost of tomatoes soars, he's missed out big time. He's still going to get paid, but at no where near the going rate that every other producer is getting. The thing is, win, lose or draw, the supermarket chain and to a slightly lesser extent, the farmer are both on a winner usually. And who's the loser? Well, the supermarket customer of course. Because of too early harvesting and too long in cold storage, chain store tomatoes in Australia don't even taste like tomatoes. In fact they have absolutely no flavor at all. So, if you want to know what a real tomato tastes like, grow your own or go to a farmers market. There can be no better confirmation of the quality, or lack thereof, of supermarket produce than my daughter, who, while visiting , went grocery shopping with me. As we stood at opposite ends of the fruit and vegie sections, she made her feelings known by announcing in a very loud voice, "Dad, this stuff is shit!"

[@jaywood17]

very informative, and put together very well.

[@BaileyZLeone]

So the total price of land divided by the foot of land total equals price per square foot... So then we take price per foot squared plus material cost plus time spent times two equals are wholesale times two more equals are retail price.

[@FreddiesFarmPHILKEN]

thank you for sharing this video...very inforamtive!

[@RafsKitchenGardenChannel]

Thanks a lot for another useful advice Curtis :) Interesting to hear that food prices are the same across all these countries.

[@astroineum]

I looked up on google on how much money for a 50 pound bag of potatoes and it was about $7.00 but how much does grocery stores buy a 50 pound bag of potatoes for?

[@GrowingGreenNZ]

Awesome video! As someone who aspires to start a farm like yours this is really helpful and realistic! Thanks :)

[@davidschinsing8789]

check the vegetable rice report from the agricultural marketing service

[@mreightytwenty8709]

Hi Love your videos. I hope you enjoyed your stay in New Zealand... A Kiwi living here in Australia.

[@mwilamwila2807]

makes sense....

[@thesupermom1975]

We have acreage and free time...I just don't know where to start. I'm sure some agency or bureau and a bunch of paperwork is involved (which is no problem, I'm just swimming around in how to get to the selling point). We grow a lot around here, but I just give it away to friends, neighbors, and family. So what's the first step for someone who already grows food??

[@rickbroekman5058]

Thanks bro! That was very helpful! Gonna have to give a donation after I sell my first tray! ✊🏼

[@tarabottogino]

Hi Curtis, how are you man, quick question if I made please, what are the top 10 (more or less) microgreen salad? the reason I ask this to be honest is because I never heard the word microgreen before, things changes so quickly now a days that it is hard to keep informed with need products so fast, thank very much Curtis.

[@travisrhaley]

Excellent and very useful. Thank you!

[@rjg4851]

If selling to a grocery store, what margin % do you sell under their retail? What is acceptable?

[@GILLEBRATH]

Interesting observations and advise , Thanks so much, I am subscribed already.

[@dirtpatcheaven]

I think I have a few years before I have anything to sell. our soil is so bad we need to build it up.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+dirtpatcheaven Start with low feeders. The beauty of low feeding crops is that they are most often the fastest growing and the highest value. Salad greens and baby root veggies are easy ones.

[@dennisha2147]

I have a secret formula, however 99% people may decline this use. I was taught to use human urine. daily, collect your urine, leave it in the sun. save a weeks worth of so this way the sun brings out all the minerals etc. and this way you'll have urine daily to use as fertilizer. most may assume this sounds totally bs. I can say I learnt from traditional farmers from China.

[@kimberlycabanas5131]

+Dennis Ha Nothing too awful there. Urine is sterile and full of minerals and trace minerals that plants need. Studies have actually been done that prove urine's worth as a fertilizer. It just doesn't "advertise" well. www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-urine-is-an-effective-fertilizer/www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-urine-is-an-effective-fertilizer/

[@kimberlycabanas5131]

Yes. Thanks RoseRedRoseWhite. I actually found that shortly after I commented.

[@kimberlycabanas5131]

Lol.. probably because grass is the WORST, most tempermental ground covering EVER. Also probably because it's straight and undiluted.

[@re.natured]

Hi Curtis, just wondering do you charge a delivery fee? Love your videos! Thanks for all you share.

[@darthvader5300]

Input production costs, transportation costs, storage costs, and other input costs plus taxes and a "REASONABLE mark up equals your price.

[@SilverWolfQueen]

How would you, and should you, calculate your cost of living as well into these prices? If you are going to make a living off of farming should that not be a factor as well?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+SilverWolfQueen absolutely. It's the first place to start. For me, that's more of a big picture thing. Factoring cost of living into your prices is kind of pointless though because what you want has nothing to do with what you'll get. The market place dictates that. As a starting place though, it's great to set up expectations from there.

[@md.ashrafulalamakand802]

In my country, people don't know microgreen and not available. I want to start microgeen and I am trying to grow now. Will people accept it? If they, then how can I set my price? Please help.

[@TRITON6710]

Hello, have you travel to Argentina? I'm moving over there, any sugestion?? I need to make a living. I like your proyect and I think it could be run in parallel with gourmet mushrooms farming.

[@1111awake]

Supply and demand, market driven economics mainly. Canadian stores recently had the price of cauliflower up to 8 dollars. The media reported it, and guess what? No one bought the damn stuff and they couldn't sell it. Next shipment that came in was priced a lot lower. Reminds me of like wave/particle theory. The act of observation changes the results of the experiment.

[@rabdhan]

Janet Greenhalgh I

[@gw2macken757]

You are my best friend. You just don't know it lol. Love your work.

[@Keepskatin]

Prices vary greatly even locally,not just from state to state. I can get a cup of McCafe for 1 dollar,which taste just as good as Starbucks regular coffee,or better;which cost 3 to 4 times more for regular coffee.Organic,high quality,non pesticide coated crops at affordable pricing can only be obtained on small scale farming. It can be done on industrialized farming,but the cost would be to high for corporations.They would cut corners,cut pay,and cut quality,because that's the nature of Bank controlled/influenced Capitalism.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

+Keepskatin Yes, exactly. There are many factors.

[@BayouCityBeauty]

Actually, it's Cheaper to grow organically. Organic soil amendments are cheaper than pesticides and man-made fertilizers since they are naturally produced and sourced with no negative side-effects to the environment. What Is expensive is the transition from traditional to organic.

[@dennisbridges8971]

When You started did you do all the work by yourself and when did you start hiring help?

[@offgridcurtisstone]

I have always had some amount of help. When I started it was more part-time help.

[@Rymorin4]

looks like north island NZ

[@goldenrosepaquette3727]

I like using organicpricetracter.ca . they sometimes don't have the price for a certain veggie. but you can select your region and veggie. Its thru COG Canadian organic growers

[@jadepenn7407]

Knew you were in nz!

[@anniegaddis5240]

Seemed strange hearing what coffee sells for now. I grew up in a world that gave you coffee for free.

[@Barbara-el5wl]

No info there

[@sylvarocks]

How do I sell my various salad greens for a profit, when our local WalMart is selling their Organic Spring Mix for $3.66 per pound? I suspect more than one of our Farmer's Market vendors is sourcing at least some of their green there.

[@mactek6033]

Selling a commodity means you don't get to price according to your costs. The market sets the price.

[@zacmcgrady2020]

supply and demand

[@bhearit5775]

3-4$(USD) Dollars for a cup of coffee, what are you going to a coffee shop or what?

[@jhenson5168]

So, you're saying that growing coffee beans are a lucrative business move, because $3.50 for a cup of coffee is insane haha

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Coffee beans?

[@jhenson5168]

@@offgridcurtisstone the beans from which coffee is made😁 sorry, it was a joke. I grow garlic, I'm nowhere near the right zone for growing coffee trees

[@fununderthesun389]

$3 fora cup of coffee?!! 😲😣

[@aprilbumbalough8283]

Did you ever dream that you would blow up like u have? U have become my gooroo. (No spell check)

[@backdoor5993]

Because of the ad that Google chose for your video, I disliked your video (sorry) even though I didn't watch your video. Unfortunately, it was a topic of interest but I'm so sick of Google attempting to press their agenda I guess I'll have to stop watching KZbin. Write more BOOKS!

[@jowoo7237]

bmud first do you know how add sense works...?

[@rorolonglegs4594]

Ads give him money

[@tideride4183]

Cup of coffee is $3:50? GTFO! How about $1-$2. Wondering if all your yield and income claims are also inflated?

[@tideride4183]

Realizing I sound like a hater

[@ngaio5743]

I was like GTFO more like 5-6 bucks for a cup or two bunches of beets for a cup of coffee or 1/3 an hours work ...or 1% of a an acre lease p.a or 1% of a a weeks rent on a house. and OI you industrialised farm haters. scale is equity its paying the bills paying the loan, feeding the family not living in a caravan. I don't cut corners I take it gently I digit deep I crop it clean I don't irrigate organic matter at 25% cropping 20 acres two hands three daughters. and drinking toooo much coffee organic certified like the mad.