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Wood For Burning: How To Start Heating With Firewood

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Interested in firewood heating but not sure where to start? Here's what you need to know to get started—best wood for burning, proper storage and more.

Attract Specific Bird Types With A Customized Suet Cake

Farm Management | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Creating your own suet cake is a great way to save money. Customizing the recipe also helps support certain species' winter needs.

Organic No-Till: Good For You And Your Land

Farm Management
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Done with tilling? Farmers now have biologically practical and mechanically possible options for utilizing organic no-till on their farms.

How To Make Homemade Suet Cakes For Bird Treats

Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Love watching backyard birds but tired of paying for expensive suet cakes? Rendering beef fat is the first step in making your own homemade suet cakes.

How To Start A Turf Farm On Your Acreage

Farm Management
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Looking for some added profits from your land? Turn your edible crop farm into a sod and turf farm for an alternative way to make some green.

These States Are Top In Organic-Certified Farms

Farm Management
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Which states top the nation in numbers of organic-certified farms? Here are the 12 in the lead, ranked according to a per-person basis.

Animals Heal The Land In Regenerative Agriculture

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry |
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The Combes family in California’s Central Valley turned a few acres of dirt into a multispecies hobby farm, using livestock for regenerative agriculture.

Grow More With Less Through Farm Efficiency

Farm Management
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Don't waste time, energy and resources on inefficient practices. Lean farming helps you do more with less for a happier, more productive farm life.

Meet Montana Brand Inspector Paul Johnson

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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As a brand inspector, Paul Johnson never knows what his day will hold. Read about his goat-wrangling, cattle-chasing career in the Big Sky Country.

The Many Wonders Of The Woodlot

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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You can reduce your fuel and food costs by heating with and eating from your woodlot and yard. Learn the basics of woodlot management.

Get Into The Micro-Farming Movement

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farm |
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Amy Stoss quit a teaching job to pursue some "dirt therapy." We spoke to her about bringing micro-farming and permaculture principles to the suburbs.

How To Deal With Drift And Overspray

Farm Management
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You need to be prepared when chemicals sprayed from airplanes onto neighboring farms affect your crops and property. Here's how to stay ready.

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