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Safety Tips For Dealing With An Aggressive Sow

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Mother pigs can be fiercely protective. In the end it's a good thing, but you do have to be careful around an aggressive sow. Here's how.

5 Crucial Considerations For Growing Great Summer Lettuce

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Lettuce is always a positive addition to the market table, but the summertime requires different rules for growing and harvesting.

Chiggers: What They Are, What They Do & How To Avoid Them

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Chiggers are the larval stage of the harvest mite that use human skin for food. They're young arachnids rather than insects.

“Mastering Stocks and Broths” Can Help Farmers In The Kitchen—And The Market

Farm Management | Recipes |
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Rachael Mamane offers recipes for stocks and broths that maximize the potential for health and flavor as well as efficient farming business.

6 Reasons Every Market Farmer Should Consider Honeybees

Beekeeping | Farm Management |
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Bringing honeybees into your operation can provide more than just honey. Among other things, they're relatively inexpensive and endlessly fascinating.

Invasive Plants: What To Do About Wild Apple Trees In Your Fields

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Keeping fields clear of invasive plants is a challenge many farmers face, and those shrubby bushes invading your fields actually might be apple trees.

How Shrews Fit In The Ecosystem Of Your Garden

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Shrews share characteristics with bats, snakes and insects. This fascinating animal can tell you something important about your soil diversity.

6 Marketing Tips To Help You Sell More Lettuce

Farm Management
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Approaches to packaging, preparation, harvest time and sharing your knowledge with customers can increase sales of lettuce, a high-profit crop.

3 Pricing Strategies For Reasonably Priced Peas & Beans

Farm Management
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As bean- and pea-picking season approaches, here are tips on determining prices for these labor-intensive crops that reflect the cost you put into them.

I Was A Vegetarian But Now Raise Animals For Meat: Here’s Why

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Ethics, economics, food safety and my own health all played roles in my transformation from vegetarian to livestock farmer.

The Opossum: Awe-Inspiring But Often Underappreciated

Farm Management
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The opossum is a marsupial with many fascinating attributes; it's also a superhero when it comes to cleaning up around your property.

Connect With Your Customers Using Farm Videos

Farm Management
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Keep farm videos short, personal and informative using a smartphone and common editing software.

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