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Tiffany Family Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Diversifying the Farm Bruce and Ann Tiffany have designed a new new wildlife feed that they are producing and marketing through Tiffany Family Farms. Not content just to raise corn, wheat, peas, sweet corn, alfalfa, soybeans, sheep, cattle and hogs, Bruce also manages Quality Repair by Tiffany, a farm equipment repair shop. “Making feed for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Diversified, Diversified Funding, Education, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Livestock, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Packaging, Processing, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Starting a business, Value added

The Berry Patch

June 29, 2012 By admin

More Berries, Less Chemicals The Berry Patch is a 120-acre farm near White Bear Lake, in Washington County. Kevin Edberg is the primary farmer, with other members of the seven family farm partnership participating in financial record keeping and machine repair. The families have been partners in the farm for 25 years. The Berry Patch […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: u-pick, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Integrated Pest Management, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Small Grains, Wildlife Management

Peterson Farm: Linking Farming & Tourism

June 29, 2012 By admin

Corn that Twists and Turns Sever Peterson is a third generation farmer whose large, extended family helps him run a 1000 acre farm in the Minnesota River Valley in Eden Prairie. Vegetable farming has been a way of life for Sever’s family since his grandfather acquired the farm in the 1880s. “Since the turn of […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Corn Mazes, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables

Moonstone Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Long Range Vision Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen of Moonstone Farm raise cattle on 240 acres on a bluff above the Minnesota River in Montevideo, Minnesota. Since 1992, their cattle have been selected from a hardy, crossbred lineage and raised on diverse pastures. The intention is to provide their customers with a direct source for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn & Soybeans, Cover Crops, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Guest House, Hay & Alfalfa, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Practices, Renewable Energy, Riparian Buffer, Rotational Grazing, Solar, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality

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