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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

100 m^2 = 0.01 ha, so the implied yield here is 100 t/ha, which is about 2-5x the typical yield. Let's assume you can get $10,000 retail out of a single hectare (that assumes $2/kilo at a more reasonable yield). Farmers typically only see about 1/10th of that, so it'll take 100x more land to produce the stated amount of revenue - about $1,000 per hectare rather than per 100 square meters. Find 100 hectares of land (probably doable with a minor 1-2 million dollar investment) and keep your inputs down and you're on easy street!

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

To be completely fair, 100ha of agricultural land in the countryside in Spain will set you back much less than 1-2M€, but yeah, your calculations seem more believable

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

If you want to make money farming, you don't grow potatoes. They are possibly the cheapest thing you can grow. Instead you grow salad greens, a cash crop.