Deciding if it is practical to grow some grain on the property. Like how much would I need to grow in order for it to be worthwhile. Found this nugget on the Howling Duck Blog:
presuming that you want to grow enough for your food needs and have enough left over for a subsequent year’s sowing, and are able to sow and harvest adequately, I suggest you could purchase a single 25 kg bag for example. If you sow 1/2 of it in good fertile soil with adequate spacing (30 lbs would sow about 1/4 acre….and save the other 30 lbs in case of need to resow due to natural disaster such as hail…) and it grows well, you could anticipate harvesting up to ~ 6 bushels (360 lbs) and that is based on a good yield of 25 bushels/acre.
A single bushel of harvested and clean wheat kernels would make ~70-80 regular sized loaves of bread.
- Grow your own bread « Howling Duck Ranch
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