The Shocking Truth About Running a Mushroom Farm

The Shocking Truth About Running a Mushroom Farm - Our Costs Revealed!

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Want to know how much money it costs to run a small scale mushroom farm? Lets dive in and take a look!
In this video we will break down the expenses that goes into a growing mushroom farm. We established our farm in 2018, and it's been growing ever since. Now that the financial year is coming to an end, we can look at the cost involved for this years trading. Currently we are over $220k in expenses, but that's acceptable as we are growing. Our revenue is higher than our expenses, so we can maintain these costs. I am happy to spend money growing my business, and spend a considerable amount of capital doing that.
Starting a small scale mushroom farm is full of challenges, and not for the feint of heart. It is an extremely rewarding career, and when done correctly can be financially rewarding.
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Want to star a career in growing mushrooms for profit? checkout this link
👉 www.oakandspore.com/farmforpr... 👈
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Or visit my NZ website -
👉 www.oakandspore.co.nz 👈
❤️ Join my Patreon and I can help you grow mushrooms! - / oakandspore
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@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Want to grow mushrooms for profit? 👉 www.oakandspore.com/farmforprofit 👈

@mycosouth Жыл бұрын

Keeping costs down is even harder now a days. Thankfully the mushroom business seems to be booming for us.

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

It is hard, especially in the New Zealand market....

@jesse638 Жыл бұрын

Been watching on and off for the last two years, absolutely love your progress man, beyond stoked to see you continue to expand. Currently taking steps to try and start my own small scale farm online, though the legalities around specifically medicinal mushrooms and their associated extracts in Australia are vague and convoluted hahaha. Hopefully can figure it out eventually, either way appreciate the inspiration, always here for the content. Keep it up!

@jeffbee6090 Жыл бұрын

so open with your information... much appreciated

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@ForestRossi23 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome mate, can't thank you enough for your sharing. 🤘🤙

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@blj1964 Жыл бұрын

Your honesty is appreciated

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@choclitmilk6364 Жыл бұрын

Amazing quality content as always, keep it up tom

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@gabrielness4306 Жыл бұрын

Hey man love the videos! Really informative. Don't stretch yourself too thin though you look stressed AF!

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

It's a stressfull life!

@markfcoble 6 ай бұрын

Good work!

@HitsandHeadlines Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! That's a lot of expenses!!

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

@wayne_3791 Жыл бұрын

Tom, watching your channel and seeing how far you've come from such humble beginnings is amazing!

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lots of work, but pays off in the end.

@ScottYdo Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your videos. Your place is amazing. I wish I could come for a visit. I’m trying to set up a 1 man production of fresh mushrooms for farmers markets. Hoping to produce 100+ lbs /week. Trying to keep costs low and sustainable. If you had to start all over again, what would you do differently? 👍👍🎯

@annapolissolarpunk Жыл бұрын

If you tell adobe you want to cancel a lot of time they’ll try to give you a better deal before they let you cancel..worth a shot😂

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

I've actually done this once before lol

@chriswalton2287 Жыл бұрын

Your the third best thing to come out of new Zealand after Fisher and Paykel and Blindspott. But seriously mate keep up the good work, love the content.

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Boy do I dislike Fisher and paykel! Bought a new freezer and it was broken out of the box :/

@chriswalton2287 Жыл бұрын

Well theres still blindspott. If you dont like them either, im afraid we cant be friends. And lets face it, everyone needs the friendship of some random person online halfway accross the globe.

@danielalt7508 Жыл бұрын

I admire your passion for mushroom cultivation and as you are always figuring out new things, I would like to share a thought with you. Have you ever tried to grow mushrooms in plastic bags with no mushroom filter? *I wonder why we even use the filter bags. If CO2 is heavier than AIR and the filter is maybe 10cm above the substrate, how will mycelium then breathe any AIR?* Also, many people cut holes in the mushroom to remove all AIR when making the bags ready for the fruiting stage. How come people need to cut any hole to the mushroom bags, if they have the filter whose only purpose is to "breathe"?

@danielalt7508 Жыл бұрын

I found a solution. It is not air exchange that happens, but instead "gas exchange" by diffusion... and therefore a filter is needed.

@romainarnoux Жыл бұрын

I want the good old times bad jokes back on this channel ASAP !

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

haha I know right.. Sometimes a man gotta be serious...

@angetodac Жыл бұрын

unbelievable!!!!

@InconspicuousOwl Жыл бұрын

Wow🔥

@PoljoprivrednoGazdinstvoTodic Жыл бұрын

How much is the cost of pelet, and what is the price of oyster mushrooms you getting?

@pushthemule Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, are you still going to be updating your existing online course? I bought it in December when you mentioned updating it. Hoping it's still on the to-do list 🙏

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Still is! Working on a new piece now.

@swarajghosh100 3 ай бұрын

How about helping us to import Shiikate mushroom out here in UK

@LazySillyDog 11 ай бұрын

Careful growing too quickly. Ive seen lots of buisnesses grow too fast and that causes them to overlook unforseen issues that get multiplied by the fast growth

@rameshthapa6530 Жыл бұрын

Hello sir, i grow oyster mushroom in nepal. I am planning to visit new zealand if i come to newzealand i will visit your farm too.

@smallkisaan6502 11 ай бұрын

Nice

@Davewheelz 11 ай бұрын

They're on telegram🔑 and also on twitter✅.

@brandonberchtold9484 Жыл бұрын

How do you do second flushes? (Particularly for oyster mushrooms)

@yeet-dg7cg 10 ай бұрын

Rehydrate the block that’s literally it

@KungFuChess Жыл бұрын

Grow some Psilocybe Cubensis. It's a good market.

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Class A drug in NZ, so that's a big no from me!

@HitsandHeadlines Жыл бұрын

Curious, do you keep track of the amount of pounds/ kilos you've sold?

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

yes.

@ajhall8214 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any competitors that sell mushrooms in your area? Dose it effect you much?

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

There is always competition. I just focus on my own business.

@zeratul600 Жыл бұрын

Do you guys offer consulting services? My team is looking forward to open a boutique gourmet mushroom urban farm, can you guys help us?

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

We do in some circumstances. Send me an email :)

@sacas9 Жыл бұрын

You stopped selling microgreens right? Was it for something in particular?

@OakandSpore 11 ай бұрын

to hard basket, gotta focus on what I am good at.

@midnightredditor1991 Жыл бұрын

Hey, somewhat unrelated to the vid, but is there any difference between using straw compared to hay or alfalfa? Jc

@OgunZenbil Жыл бұрын

How many watts do you use in total for 1 kg or 10 kg of product?

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

I don't know

@mushroomhousenz Жыл бұрын

Are you not worried about giving out your IP?, I see it as only stumping your own market and others with in NZ... Especially if you want to expand to other areas. If it's only a tiny bit of your income I would cut it or just save it for the International market. People can be brutal when it comes to Business. I would seriously think about it more as a risk.

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

There's not much IP in this video, other than the costs for the 2022 year. I retain a lot of business secrets close to the heart.

@mushroomhousenz Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore I was talking you lovely videos I was talking about your online classes :)

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

Oh!!! No, not really. I actually limit how much information I share to kiwis. For example, I basically won't consult anyone in NZ. I do defend the market here somewhat.

@esymon1711 Жыл бұрын

hiw many lbs do you do per week. Also, maybe I missed it but you have no employees?!!

@matthewwhite876 Жыл бұрын

Before even watching this my mushroom farm turned over 400$ in the first 6months we are still small and only do 158 blocks a week which costs about 1k a week to make so a word of warning to ppl starting out 😅

@subhadeepdas4435 Жыл бұрын

if i am not wrong your revenue should be around 1.2M per year

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

You're very wrong, its no where near 1.2m. I am unsure how you got that figure lol

@subhadeepdas4435 Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore hahaha I calculated as follow. u said 1 bag cost u 1.5usd to produce and one bag gives you around 1 kg of mushroom which sells for 40 usd now if u are harvesting 100 bags per day for the whole year its over 1.4M revenue hahaha sorry if this calculation is stupid correct me if i am wrong

@jeremyreinhold3620 Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore Would be interesting to see your revenues before expenses.

@OakandSpore Жыл бұрын

I'm not harvesting 100 per day. And we deal in nzd, not usd. Market rate for mushrooms is about 40nzd, which is like 25usd or something .

@mysterje 9 ай бұрын

So how much is the actual revenue, or how many kg you made in this year ?