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Buriram Province - General Category => Farming in Isaan => Topic started by: hermest on March 23, 2013, 07:19:42 PM

Title: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: hermest on March 23, 2013, 07:19:42 PM

I am thinking of Buying some farm land which is next to a small river.
Any opinions on what would be the best crop to grow welcome??. character3

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: gotlost on March 23, 2013, 07:27:26 PM

If the water is year around and as dumb as the government is go for rice. You will get 2 maybe 3 crops per year. moneysmile

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: dundeemk6 on March 23, 2013, 09:19:23 PM

Just give 100k a year to your missus and her crop will be beautifull ... no earnings though, but she will be happy

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: urleft on March 23, 2013, 10:05:05 PM

Heard that poppies have high earnings. 

I was at first was being sarcastic, but there is actually a legal poppy crop for medicine.  I have no idea of the hoops required to make it happen. 

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: urleft on March 23, 2013, 10:23:37 PM

Seriously, I have given some consideration to this, my thinking would be not to limit to one crop.   

There is a market for pigs if you can get into it and develop it.  But make it as self sufficient as possible:


1.  Have area for large pig farm (100 -200).  Have breeder pigs to replunish.

2.  Grow rice, use pig shit as fertilizer.  Sell excess. 

3.  Double crop, when rice is havested, plant something like corn. 

4.  Maximize utilization of land, like between rice fields plant trees for paper.   

5.  Add a rice mill on land, to mill not only your own rice, but others as you can. 

6.  Use river water as irrigation, consider having ducks. 
 
 
Oops, and missed saying use crops as pig feed.


I had been thinking along these lines until I decided it was too much effort.  But if I was serious about trying to make farming profitable here, it is what I would look at. 

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: Speros on March 24, 2013, 12:08:21 AM

Next door to me they seem to be making good money from a type of sweet potato, the GF says they do well out of it....just a thought....

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: nookiebear on March 24, 2013, 06:24:58 AM

English Radish grow well here & fetch a premium price too!

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: davu on March 24, 2013, 09:51:14 AM

Going for Pla nin myself. I can't make pepper corn grow and it doesn't sell too well around here.. ฿300.- Kg. Same thing for prawns.

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: Mikeh on May 15, 2013, 10:58:00 AM

nookie   can you but the seeds for english radishes  locally    I have land around my house and wish to try and grow

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: nookiebear on May 15, 2013, 07:13:52 PM

Quote from: Mikeh on May 15, 2013, 10:58:00 AM

nookie   can you but the seeds for english radishes  locally    I have land around my house and wish to try and grow

No,you'll need to source your seeds from UK

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: mahdam on May 15, 2013, 07:28:10 PM

Quote from: nookiebear on March 24, 2013, 06:24:58 AM

English Radish grow well here & fetch a premium price too!

Am keen to give this a go, but wife is skeptical about the market.
Where would you suggest to be the best place to sell?

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: Mikeh on May 16, 2013, 05:28:38 AM

thanks nookie   

Title: Re: Best Crops for Cash.
Post by: davu on May 16, 2013, 10:02:52 AM

http://puraorganic.org/
sell radishes so presumably you might get some seeds from them. (Phuket). Alternatively you could buy some (non-hybrid) radishes, replant and collect seeds.
I really don't think that anyone will buy your 'Farang vegetables'.