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4 Ways to Flip Growing Beds Without Tillage

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Plows and rototillers make it easy to flip beds from one crop to the next, but these techniques can transition your beds and help the soil without tillage.

Protect Soil & Growing Beds in Winter With These 4 Tips

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Covering your soil at the end of the growing season is an important step in keeping it healthy throughout the winter so it's ready for spring.

Choose the Right Soil Test for Your Farm

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Different kinds of nutrient analyses yield different results for the same soil, so it’s important to select the test that fits your needs

4 YouTube Channels Small Farmers Should Follow

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management | Homesteading | News |
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YouTube is a great source to learn small-scale farming techniques from experienced growers. Here are four channels with especially high-quality farm videos.

Improve Your CSA Harvests: Create a Crop Plan

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Having a variety of produce ready to harvest weekly for your community-supported agriculture operation can be difficult. Here's how to create a crop plan.

3 Materials You Can Salvage on Old Farms

Beginning Farmers | Equipment |
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When you buy a farm, you buy a lot more than the land. Here are three common farm items you can salvage during cleanup and renovations.

Plan Your Farm’s Finances With a Cash Flow Budget

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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A cash flow budget shows you when your farm will and won’t have extra cash over the course of the season, allowing you to plan accordingly.

Pole Barns: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Build

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Pole barns are being made now to have room for bigger farm equipment and to last longer. See whether one is right for your farm.

Enterprise Analysis: Which Crops Make You Money?

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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An important part of building a successful farm business is knowing whether individual crops are profitable. Here's how to perform an enterprise analysis.

Creeping Grasses on Your Farm: 6 Management Tips

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Left alone, patches of creeping grasses such as quackgrass and Johnson grass can take over large portions of your farm. Here are ways to control them.

6 Tips to Improve Your Farm’s Productivity

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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If you have only a small plot of land, you can grow large amounts of vegetables. Here are ways to maximize your small farm's productivity.

Profitable Farming: 5 Farm Ventures That Make Money

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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If you aim to make a living off the land, consider one of these projects in profitable farming that will provide a good start and support longer-term ventures.

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