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What You Need to Grow and Produce Hay

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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If you have enough land, it might make sense to grow hay to feed your animals and sell to other farmers. Here's what you need to know.

Find Wholesale Clients for Your Farm: Here’s How

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Selling wholesale has its advantages. Here are ways to greatly increase your chance of success with potential wholesale buyers.

Should Your Farm Make a Value-Added Product?

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Making value-added products such as pickled vegetables, jam or even wine from what you already produce could improve business. First, ask some questions.

4 Ways to Improve Your Farm’s Vegetable Harvests

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Improving the efficiency of vegetable harvests on your farm can save your business time and money. Follow these tips to make that happen.

4 Ways a Caterpillar Tunnel Can Benefit Your Farm

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Because of its low cost and portability, a caterpillar tunnel can be a great season-extension option for a beginning farmer.

Historic Henhouse: What Were the Best Chicken Breeds a Century Ago?

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Breeds | Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Before hybrid broilers and superlayers, authors of poultry books in the early 1900s recommended some chicken breeds that are still prevalent today.

Don’t Overlook These 5 Considerations When Buying Farmland

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Water? Good soil? A solid barn? Sure, those are obvious. Here are several elements you might not have considered that might end up being crucial.

4 Things to Do Before You Start a Farm

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Investing time and money now, before you start a farm, can save a lot more time and money down the line. Here's what you need to learn and have ready before you start.

3 Steps to Achieving Your Farm Goals in the Coming Year

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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New year's resolutions often fail, but if you follow this outline you're more likely to accomplish what you want in 2019.

Wishing You Cozy Comfort for the Holidays—the Danish Way

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading |
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As we create "hygge" at our farmhouse during the darkest part of the season, we'd like to extend you warmth and coziness, as well.

A Spoonful of Elderberry Syrup Kicks the Winter Off Right

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading |
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As snow hits the homestead, we stock our "medicine" cabinet with homemade elderberry syrup to help us navigate cold-and-flu season.

Clearing Out Invasives Opens Up Space for Desirable Natives

Beginning Farmers
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Removing invasive species isn't what I'd call fun farm work, but the labor refreshes my spirit and leaves me hopeful for our land's future.

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