Reddit reviews The Potential of Herbs As a Cash Crop

Lavender is difficult to propagate from seed. It is usually done in more controlled environment like a tunnel or greenhouse and then transplanted when much larger.

Income is wildly depending on the form and processing of the lavender before sales. It generally is sold as value added crop, not raw. Most of the lavender places I have researched or seen grow and process to some extent and sell products such as essential oils, soaps etc. If you are looking to sell large quatities there needs to be a place slose bby that is capable of handling the bulk. Ie shipping truck loads of bulk lavender across the country to be processed is expensive.

You need to find out if there is a company that does large scale oil extraction or processes lavender near you. Shipping form SC to the PAC-northwest or to upper Michigan where I have seen a bunch of these operations would be cost prohibitive.

This book is a pretty decent look at a lot of the things you would need to think about. But from a farming prospective there is going to be difficulty in being profitable on 50 acres if all you are able to do is the tilling.