Looking To Get Into Farming In Denver

GarZamach71 · May 5, 2016

hi everyone! I hope everyone has had a great week! This is my first time here and I just have one quick question for all the farmers from Colorado: I am considering whether to start off as a farmer or go with edible production first and then set my own cultivation facility. I read somewhere that farmers were having a hard time with competition and as a result, were being hassled by costumers to lower their prices. So in the end a farmer would end up giving away more product just to keep a sale. However, i also read that the avarage salary ranged around 115,000 yearly, which sounds good but i wouldn't know. Can I please get some feedback as to the current situation and your opinion on the outlook of the situation so I can better decide what path to take? Thank you all so much for your time and have a greath weekend!!

gravekat303 · May 5, 2016

That ship sailed a long time ago pal

GarZamach71 · May 6, 2016

gravekat303 said:
That ship sailed a long time ago pal

Im sorry, im not sure what you mean?

DrMcSkunkins · May 6, 2016

I heard they found gold in california...

GarZamach71 · May 6, 2016

DrMcSkunkins said:
I heard they found gold in california...

California hasn't been too great in this biz due to its weather- too much product bur not enough demand. So farmers are basically giving it away... According to an article I read.

DrMcSkunkins · May 6, 2016

GarZamach71 said:
California hasn't been too great in this biz due to its weather- too much product bur not enough demand. So farmers are basically giving it away... According to an article I read.

They are giving gold away in california!? Where?

GrowGod · May 6, 2016

DrMcSkunkins said:
They are giving gold away in california!? Where?

:D

muir · May 6, 2016

I have a license for a grow and a store if your interested in a consultant. BTW, how much cash do you have?

scoop · May 6, 2016

Someone needs a new source of reading material!

$115,000 annually? Somebody misplaced a decimal point. More like $11500.00 annually/minimum wage/no benefits.

"How much cash do you have?" LOL. Ain't that the truth!

xavier7995 · May 6, 2016

GarZamach71 said:
hi everyone! I hope everyone has had a great week! This is my first time here and I just have one quick question for all the farmers from Colorado: I am considering whether to start off as a farmer or go with edible production first and then set my own cultivation facility. I read somewhere that farmers were having a hard time with competition and as a result, were being hassled by costumers to lower their prices. So in the end a farmer would end up giving away more product just to keep a sale. However, i also read that the avarage salary ranged around 115,000 yearly, which sounds good but i wouldn't know. Can I please get some feedback as to the current situation and your opinion on the outlook of the situation so I can better decide what path to take? Thank you all so much for your time and have a greath weekend!!

What articles/publications are you reading? They are pretty inaccurate, wildly so. Average salary is minimum wage for the most part and that will not cover cost of living, I am rather doubtful even a head grower would pull over 100, I have heard around 50k. To meet the demand in denver, you would need to be able to drop enough cash to set up a warehouse grow. Thats a rather cash intensive process as most warehouses are not equiped for the AC and electric needs of a grow. Licensing looked to run about 35k, plus your legal fees...so theres another 100k. ETC ETC ETC. If it was a simple business like they have in CA, maybe you could make it, but the time to come to CO for weed was already gone by the time they legalized.

There is room in the various smaller towns and such, but denver is not at all a market to try and enter unless you are coming in with lots of cash (millions) and resources, teams of growers, etc. Currently pricing out some options for a friend, and honestly think I am going to tell them to stay away. You may want to look into WA, OR, or MI for a friendlier competitive landscape.

edit: have been looking at actual farming as a life choice. Eastern plains...your land is cheap and denver loves organic farm to table stuff....maybe someday.

gravekat303 · May 6, 2016

GarZamach71 said:
Im sorry, im not sure what you mean?

Unless you have a shit ton of cash good luck bro the green rush happened along time ago and you missed it.please don't become one of those guys us Coloradans hate the wow pots legal I grew before so I'm going to be rich then gets here crys about high ass rent and living in the hood because everything is rented out then cry because you didn't make it in the biz and no one highers you because you don't have a resume other than brah I blew up my homies basement with 20 light

GrowGod · May 6, 2016

I know a guy who will consult you for a $1000 an hour

LocalGrowGuy · May 6, 2016

GrowGod said:
I know a guy who will consult you for a $1000 an hour

I would be willing to lowball growgod at $998 per hour.

Also, can we please circle around and get back to this gold in california thing? I am thinking we could start one of those ball-foot games with the funny shaped rugby ball. We could have a team play against other teams, we could even use a gold/prospecting mascot! Holy shit, I'm a genius! We could call them the Two Thousand And Sixteeners! We could take all the mobnies! I know a Nigerian prince who can bankroll us.

This is gonna be huge.

Wait, I just saw in my feed that WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know a guy with this killer strain. I forget the name, Poop Drop Soup or Logs McNasty or something.

DrMcSkunkins · May 6, 2016

LocalGrowGuy said:
I would be willing to lowball growgod at $998 per hour.

Also, can we please circle around and get back to this gold in california thing? I am thinking we could start one of those ball-foot games with the funny shaped rugby ball. We could have a team play against other teams, we could even use a gold/prospecting mascot! Holy shit, I'm a genius! We could call them the Two Thousand And Sixteeners! We could take all the mobnies! I know a Nigerian prince who can bankroll us.

This is gonna be huge.

Wait, I just saw in my feed that WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know a guy with this killer strain. I forget the name, Poop Drop Soup or Logs McNasty or something.

Head for them thar hills, theres gold in them thar hills. On your way you could hunt gensing and truffles, I hear you can train a pig to find the truffles. And if you happen to see a rainbow on your way...

DrMcSkunkins · May 6, 2016

I really think you would be better off getting into farming in louisiana...seriously...
And they give you 13 and 1/3 years for posession of two joints if black there soooo...

BudBogart · May 6, 2016

GarZamach71 said:
California hasn't been too great in this biz due to its weather- too much product bur not enough demand. So farmers are basically giving it away... According to an article I read.

Yup, not much demand for cannabis in California. We are a pretty straight laced crowd, even though the weather is not good for growing weed, there is not much demand. Where the heck are you getting your information?
As for Colorado, farmers have been there forever and now they have investment dollars getting into the market. Unless someone has experience, money and talent to produce clean top shelf bud they shouldn't move to Colorado with expectations of starting a profitable grow venture, imo.
The time to make money growing cannabis was while it was a felony. Shhhhh.

DrMcSkunkins · May 6, 2016

If you are like me you think of it as a spiritual experience and a gift from God. I will not sell it, whatever I have extra is given to veterans or native americans with ptsd.

fishwhistle · May 7, 2016

Dont let those rado boys scare you away theres riches under those fourteeners,lol.

DrMcSkunkins · May 7, 2016

I am thinking of moving to grand junction, that fishing looks amazing.

GarZamach71 · May 7, 2016

muir said:
I have a license for a grow and a store if your interested in a consultant. BTW, how much cash do you have?

Thank you for the offer! Right now I'm still saving up, I am in grad school for the time being and so the questions are more for direction purposes. Well, if by consultation there would be a fee then Ill keep it in mind for later on, because I still need to further research the topic. But if you ment you are willing to share your experience then by all means!

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