They used to figure a man could pick 40 bushel a day. At today's yields that is 1 or 2 acres a week. Better figure on a corn picker.
What many people on here are suggesting is overkill, in my opinion. What you need to do is figure out what crops your going to grow and in what quantities, then figure out what size equipment you need.
If you actually are going to try to make money and not just play farmer on weekends, you will need specialty crops. Otherwise you will be competing with guys who are farming 1,000 - 10,000 acres. Fruits and vegetables, pumpkins, Indian Corn, and other stuff that you can sell at farmer's markets. Naturally raised (i.e. no growth hormones) beef and pork and free range chickens and eggs sell well in some areas. Of course you will use a lot more labor, that's why the big operators don't do these things.
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