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How to Write a Farm Business Plan

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Want to take your farm from hobby to budding enterprise? Make your business endeavor a success story by formulating a plan and putting it into action.

8 Types of Homemade Items You Can Potentially Sell at a Farmers Market

Farm Management
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Extend your market season and set yourself apart from other vendors by selling signature homemade foods, care products, crafts and resale items.

7 Winter Projects You’ll Thank Yourself For This Spring

Farm Management
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Use your winter downtime to do things around the farm that were neglected during the growing season to make spring planting a breeze.

9 Responsible Uses for Your Meat By-Products

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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To live more sustainably, let no part of your butchered meat go to waste. Implement tips to feed your farm and build soil fertility.

20 Tips To Cut Costs Around The Farm

Farm Management
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You don’t have to be rolling in dough to live out your farm dream. Here are thrifty ways you can save money and live a happy lifestyle.

Outfit Your Barn with an Herb-Drying Station

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Don’t let any corner of your barn go unused. Take simple steps to turn your barn's rafters into a place to dry your farm-grown herbs.

4 Myths About Pastured Poultry

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Don’t let your farm customers get confused about package labels. Set them straight about how a pastured-poultry operation works.

5 Barn Improvements to Make You a Better Farmer

Equipment | Farm Management |
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Streamline your workflow and increase efficiency by making minor changes to your your barn space and farm plan.

6 Unique Features of Permaculture Greenhouses

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Permaculture greenhouses differ from conventional ones, both in growing practices and benefits they can bring you and your farm.

5 Tips to Renovate Your Barn and Keep Its Historic Charm

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm Management |
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In a nod to your farm’s history, maintain the rustic appeal an old barn offers while updating it the right way with modern conveniences.

4 Foods that Boost Soil Nitrogen

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Plants in the legume family have the ability to fix nitrogen in your farm’s soil, but these four crops will feed you, too.

The Best Eco-Friendly Barn Insulation

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm Management |
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These green insulation materials offer an alternative to fiberglass and foams made with petroleum products.

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