1. Ginseng
Average price per pound: up to $150 (seeds) and up to $600 (roots)
Yes, you saw it right, $600. You might ask yourself now, why isn’t everyone in ginseng business as one of the most profitable crops to grow on a small farm?! Well, there sure must be a reasonable answer why that is not the case. First of all, it is a lot of expense even to buy ginseng seeds at the beginning. After that, you would need a lot of patience to get your plants mature; it would take almost six years for the first harvest! But despite the amount of time required for collecting first cash from ginseng, maintaining the crops doesn’t require much work. So, while waiting for the most profitable crop to fully grow, you can simultaneously try out some other crops from our list.
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