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Eggs: What You Need to Know to Raise Ducks & Geese

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming | Waterfowl |
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Duck and goose eggs are quite different than those of chickens. Here are the basics about the eggs, breeds, yields and laying habits.

Know These 3 Invasive Plants From Their Native Look-alikes

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Native species can be great for your property's looks and ecosystem, but avoid unknowingly introducing one of these invasive plants that look similar.

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.

Chicks for Profit: Launch a Custom Hatching Business

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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Do you want to convert your love of hatching chicks into a viable home business? Follow these steps to hatch chicks for other people.

7 Ways to Keep Your Greens Looking Fresh at Market

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Follow these steps to keep your greens looking fresh from the day you harvest them until late in the day at the farmers market.

Cutting-Edge Crops: How to Grow and Sell Saffron

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Saffron carries a high entry cost, but in subsequent years this crop with three marketable elements can provide a big profit margin.

Find Your Niche in the Poultry Business: 5 Options

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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Interested in putting your birds to work? Consider these possibilities for a homegrown poultry business, including eggs, feathers and manure.

Living Off the Grid: Create Renewable, Farmable Energy

Equipment | Farm Management |
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With renewable energy projects including solar power setups and wind turbine systems, you can use the grid to your advantage.

3 Ways To Turn A Landscape Problem Into Opportunity

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Weedy trees? Steep slopes? Mismanaged forests? Kentucky innovators work with natural systems to find beneficial outcomes in these problems.

USDA Census: More Goat Dairies, More Women Farming

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals | News |
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The survey shows big increases in the number of goat dairies and women farmers; other data reveal the popularity of goat products such as cheese and soap.

How to Create Habitat for Solitary Bees

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Supporting leafcutters, masons and other species of native solitary bees is just as important as helping their managed-colony counterparts.

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