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Gravel Pathways

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Whether pathways on your farm are used for walkways between garden produce or for thoroughfares between barns and pastures, there’s a type of footing for every situation.

Sue Weaver Tells of Spring on the Farm

Farm Management
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Sue Weaver, a Hobby Farms contributing editor, recounts lessons learned during the mostly magical spring births on her farm.

It’s Tax Time: How To Navigate The Tricky World Of Farm Taxes

Farm Management
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Whether you farm as a hobby, as a full-scale business or something in between, use this advice to navigate tax forms and save yourself some money.

11 Steps to Successful Farm Marketing

Farm Management
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With a little forethought, you can create successful marketing plan for your farm that will expand your customer base and increase your profits.

How Do You Make Money Farming? Raise Meat Goats

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Want to keep an unusual meat breed with market potential? Try your hand at raising meat goats—a true farm money maker.

Farming and Entrepreneurial Life

Farm Management
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Finding your path to personal and financial satisfaction as a farming entrepreneur

Farm Maintenance Checklists for Spring

Farm Management
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Review these checklists to make sure your tractors and other farm tools and equipment are ready for spring.

What Does Your Garden Grow

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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This fun garden planning activity is the creation of a student of the Sustainable Agriculture Program at the University of Kentucky. Try it yourself this season.

How to Create a Farm Newsletter

Farm Management
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Farm newsletters are a great way to draw new business to your farm and keep repeat customers appraised of what is happening.

Keep Animals Safe in Disasters Such as Spring and Summer Storms

Animals | Farm Management | News |
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Planning and preparing are key to making sure you and your animals stay safe in a disaster such as stormy weather. Our safety tips and checklists can help.

Understanding Invasive Plants: Lessons from Floracliff

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Learn what to do after you indentify invasive plants, find out why they're so bad and what you should choose instead from nature preserve manager Beverly James.

Hunting on the Farm

Farm Management
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Hunters and hobby farmers can work together toward wildlife management, hunting access and help ensure the health of the farm and environment.

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