How to Start Fruit Farming Business
Is growing fruit trees a hobby and a passion for you? Do you want to turn this pastime into a source of livelihood?
The following will guide farmers, novice entrepreneurs, and those who want to have a small business into the basics of startup a fruit farming business.
Fruits are among the constant commodities in the food market. Almost everybody eats fruits due to their nutritional value, or simply because they are delicious. Accordingly, growing fruit trees can be a good source of income for every farmer and new entrepreneur desiring to tap the potential of the fruit-growing industry. With these, the following are the basic things one needs to know when starting a fruit farming business.
Fruit Farming Business Plan
Every business venture needs careful planning and strategizing at the start. This plan necessarily includes all important and necessary matters to the farm. Having a definite plan will give the entrepreneur an overall outlook regarding the business, together with possible problems, which may be encountered. It involves the startup cost for the fruit farming biz, the place to start planting the orchard, the equipment necessary for farming and transporting the fruits, the market, the needs of buyers, and the existing fruit farming biz, competitors.
Where to Start a Fruit Farming Biz
One of the most important elements of every farming business is the land. Choosing the right location for your orchard greatly affects the growth and production of your business. Several factors must be considered in choosing the land to plant your orchard. This includes the type of soil, the soil’s PH, exposure to sunlight, and source of water. In determining these factors, an orchard owner must first determine what type of fruits to grow on the farm. It also involves choosing the size of the trees to be planted. As a general rule, the dwarf the trees, the sooner it will produce fruits.
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Equipment to Use
A fruit farmer does not need to invest much in equipment when the farm is not that big. The most common and basic tools needed are an air-blast sprayer, small tractor, mower, pull behinds, and carts.
The air-blast sprayer is for fungicide, insecticide, and application of plant growth regulator. The tractor on the other hand should be small enough to run around the trees in the orchard. A 30-60 hp tractor is sufficient for small farms. A cart or small truck is also necessary to transport the harvest from the farm to the storage area, and also to the market and other fruit farming biz clients.
Settle All Legalities
Even if your business grows over time, the need to settle all legal matters must not be taken for granted. Legal issues may arise in the future, which will hamper the growth of your business or even lead it to eventual loss. It is best to deal will legal matters at the start of the business by going directly to the local government office. Secure a fruit farming biz license. Ask for the requirements and comply with them accordingly.
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Seeing the increasing population and need for healthy food, I want to venture into the business of fruit farming. I have the land and little bit of skills and knowledge (I am a forester). There are other business opportunities in the vegetable industries like carrot, broccoli, cabbage, spring onion, buld onion, potato etc.
Where can I get help from outside my country? I am looking also for a partnership. I need start up capital to venture into this business. Biatus
@IDOWU OLUSEGUN, Hi IDOWU OLUSEGUN, There are two methods available right now. You can grow olive tree from seeds or use mature branch. It can survive in any type of soil with PH between 5 to 8. They need plenty of water so water the plants deeply in every 5 to 10 days. It need subtropical climate. It can not survive in too cold weather. Olive trees are shallow rooted and do not require very deep soils to produce well.
Raghunath Natarajan
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@Odella Filder Monica, Hi Monica, You have not mentioned details about your size of land, budgets etc so it is difficult for me to give the exact figures. Here are some points that may help you.
Raghunath Natarajan
Startup Biz Hub - Advisor (Staff)
@watyekele moses, Hi watyekele moses, Growing passion fruit is not so hard as people think. Infact i can say growing passion fruit is very easy. It needs only well drained soil, plenty of water and little care. There are different varieties of passion fruit and those grow well in different climate as well. Usually purple passion fruits grow well in subtropical region and yellow passion fruits grow well in tropical region. you can choose which variety you want to grow. You can find more information about passion fruit here.
Raghunath Natarajan
Startup Biz Hub - Advisor (Staff)
Dear @Pallavi Limaye, I am a farmer from Punjab and we been doing citrus plants( Kinoo - hybrid of orange, malta and mousami). On my last visit to Australia, I got involved in an Olive plantation and I have started with 2 acres experimental Olive orchard in Punjab, India . I would like to do it in a bigger way. Although I do not have any experience in AZ farming methods and systems but being from farming background, I am an advocate for alternate farming. If you can send details about what you have in mind for joint set up, we can discuss it further. All the best. Regards,
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@Raghunath, Dear Sir, Actually I got a bit confused about your response about irrigating Olive plants. I was told during my two weeks training with an Olive Association in Australia that "Olive plants do not like water at their feet". Drainage is very important for these plants. They can with stand dry weather better than water standing around the plant. This being a mediterarian plant, it does well with average water and thats why most orchards are on gently sloping land in well drained soils. My Plants in Punjab are just an year old and I am an experimental stage. Therefore, I wanted to clarify this if I am doing the right thing. So far I have not come across ANY established Olive farmer in India. If you know of someone, I would be thankful in introducing them to me so that we can seek necessary guidance and exchange notes.
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@Amarjit Singh Bhattal, you are right sir. I checked all my posts but I didn't see where I wrote about having standing water. They should be watered in every 8-10 days and water them enough so that it reaches the deep roots. These trees grow for many years so the roots go really deep.
Raghunath Natarajan
Startup Biz Hub - Advisor (Staff)
@Raghunath, Thanks for your update Mr. Raghunath. I had responded to your comment #21:
I am not Olive plants specialist. I just had some training in Australia as I mentioned and I do have a small experimental farm with Olive plants and I am seeking as much input as possible. I have tied up with an Israeli Agricultural consultant recently and they are due to visit my farm end of this month. Most Plantations in India are at very nascent stage and its mostly hit and trials going on. I hope we get better and concrete information for Olives with State specific information in India as this plant has a good future in India and is likely to bring good returns for farmers in India in due course of time. All the best. Amarjit Singh Bhattal
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@abinash kumar panda, Dear Abinash, Well drained soils and good irrigation source are very important for Banana plants. I suggest first get the soil tested and get the survey/mapping done of the land. Ideally land should be gently sloping to that excess water runs off as these plants do not like stagnant water for long. All the best
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