If you plan to grow a lot of (small) grains like rice you will likely need a net and some sort of support system. We use Tposts that have cut off drink bottles on top to keep the net from catching and tearing. YMMV of course.
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Probably won’t grow grains but if I did, it would probably be oats.
RE: soil/compost. I have St Louis Compost out here with locations around the city. I plan on hopefully only buying it once and then start making my own. Need more animals than my 4 chickens. $26/yard and I’d need about 4 yards to give me almost a 2 inch layer. Disc or till it in.