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>>53624653
I used to work in agriculture (for the biggest vegetable seedproducer in the world)
Margins are so utterly dogshit it's barely worth the effort
In the UK for example, the average open field grower (broccoli, cauliflower cabbage etc) will get about £1.20 for every £1 they spend

Crops are grown all across the world and priced differently in each market, even tomatoes produced in Spain are priced differently in say Italy compared to how they are priced in France.
There is an "order" to these things, but it's a very competitive industry.

The most lucrative thing you can grow are small cocktail style tomatoes and similar varieties. 1 tomato seed can net you up to 30kg of tomatoes, but go look at the price of seeds. They are worth more than gold by weight.

That said, it's a great thing to get into and you should take pride in doing it, but growing fruit and vegetables should be done as a hobby or for personal and local consumption.