Some regions of the country, like the Golden Horseshoe surrounding Toronto, have been blessed with an abundance of Class 1 soils.

According to the Saskatchewan government, the province “is home to more than 40 per cent of Canada’s cultivated farmland, some of the most productive land in the world.”

Farming TRCA Lands TRCA leases over 279 hectares of agricultural land to farmers, who grow food for the Greater Toronto Area. When you visit a TRCA farm, you are supporting local food and sustainable farming, right in your backyard.

“This particular soil series is highly productive, glacial-till-derived and as one of the best soil series in Ontario, it helps the province’s farmers to grow a plentiful bounty of corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa and other forages and legumes,” said a ministry statement about the designation.

As Figure 2 shows, the prime agricultural land in the Central Ontario Zone is located south of the Canadian Shield, along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and down into western Ontario. Soils analyses done for southern Ontario have confirmed that over 50% of the land in the central zone qualifies as prime agricultural land.

“There’s just more money in canola.” The crop – Canada’s most profitable – provides big earnings for the seed firms, too. Canola accounts for one-third of Monsanto’s total annual Canadian revenue, said spokeswoman Trish Jordan, who declined to specify the amount.

The value of farm cash receipts for grain corn alone reached $2.08 billion in 2011, ranking it as the third most valuable crop in Canada, after canola and wheat….Corn for grain: the world’s top cereal crop.

20 Most Profitable Small Farm Ideas

1. Tree Nursery. A tree nursery can be a great investment when done right.
2. Fish Farming.
3. Dual Crop Farming.
4. Dairy Farming.
5. Herb Gardening.
6. Bee Farming.
7. Aquaponics.
8. Microgreens Farming.

Most Profitable Crops

• Lavender. Lavender can be used in just about everything, from food flavoring to medicines to fragrances.
• Chives. Chives can be grown indoors or out.
• Saffron. Saffron is a spice that comes from saffron crocus bulbs, a purple-blue flower that thrives in sunny environments.
• Arborvitae.

Ways to Make Money Off Your Land Almost Immediately

1. Rent plots to groups looking to build a community garden.
2. Start blogging about your newest farming adventures.
3. Sell local honey at farmers markets.
4. Sell plant seeds online.
5. Offer indoor or outdoor storage.
6. Create fishing lakes or ponds for local fisherman or groups to rent.

Five acres may not sound like a lot of land, but many farmers have been successful at making a living on 1 acre and 2 acres, and even less land than that. It takes careful planning, creativity, and hard work, but it can be done.

Now let us get into the most profitable crops in India:

• Cotton:
• Lavender:
• Herbs:
• Tea:
• Spices:
• Medicinal Plants:
• Horticulture Plants: Horticulture plants like fruits and vegetables are the commercially profitable cash crop plants to produce.
• Sugarcane: Sugarcane is one of the highest yield crops.

1. Pramod Gautam: Meet Pramod, a former automobile engineer who switched to farming in 2006, and now earns upwards of a crore yearly, after implementing a radically different method of cultivation.

High quality hay and corn are two crops that are in high demand due to poor growing conditions.

Yubri melon

No matter where you are starting from, here are the basic steps to starting your own market garden.

1. Step 1: Do your research.
2. Step 2: Start small (and don’t quit your day job)
3. Step 3: Buy or lease land.
4. Step 4: Gather your tools.
5. Step 5: Find a market.
6. Step 6: Determine what you want to grow and sell.

JMF claims that a well-established, smoothly running market garden with good sales outlets can generate $60,000 to $100,000 annually per acre in diverse vegetable crops. That’s a profit margin of over 40%.

Pretty much any leafy greens like arugula (rocket), kale, spinach, swiss chard, and others are great crops to grow in a market garden. You can sell them individually, or make various different types of salad mixes that you can market for farmer’s markets and other places where you can sell direct to consumers.