Ultra-Niche Crops

What Is the "Ultra-Niche"?

Ultra-Niche means exceptionally high-value crops that can be grown on ten acres or less.

What Will You Find On This Site?

Each crop will have a variety of resources including:

• Virtual Field Trips: These 20-minute videos include a farmer, a consumer and an expert. You will be able to virtually visit the farm, see how the crop is grown, see what buyers look for and hear from an expert about any specific difficulties a crop may pose.
• Online Crop Profiles with Budgets: Budgets are an essential part of planning and risk analysis for agricultural production systems. Crop budgets allow you to estimate costs and potential income, before allocating funds and other resources.
• Food Safety and SWOT Worksheets: The worksheets guide farmers in performing an enterprise analysis and design of a food safety plan, enabling farmers to determine crop feasibility and identify crops with positive net farm income potential.

In addition to the crop information, you will find 13 video fact sheets that provide a road map for managing a business successfully. In today's competitive market, all businesses need a business plan, but most don't have them.