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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

Earth-Be-Glad Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Traditions In the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota, a family is carrying on a farming tradition. The Rupprecht’s, Mike, Jennifer and Johanna, own and operate Earth-Be-Glad farm. Their farm site is located at the head of “Rupprecht’s Valley” which was settled by Mike’s great-great grandfather in 1854. Because of erosion and the extensive flooding […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Habitat Restoration, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Prairie Restoration, Rotational Grazing

Star Haven Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Growing a Business on Grass Iola, Texas The adage “Necessity is the mother of all invention” proved true for Ray and Karen Hadaway of Star Haven Farms in Iola, Texas. “When we started five years ago, we simply didn’t have the money to buy the quantities of grain feed needed to raise beef cattle to […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Human Health, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Texas, Word-of-Mouth

Thirteen Mile Lamb & Wool Company

June 29, 2012 By admin

New Ranching Pioneers Belgrad, MT Dave Tyler and Becky Weed epitomize modern day pioneers, blending historic roots with 21st Century business savvy. Drawing from the rich history and inspiration of the early settlers’ love for the fertile Montana landscape and combining it with today’s entrepreneurial world of Internet-based businesses and rural FedEx delivery, Dave and […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Business planning, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Internet/Website, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Montana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Processing, Renewable Energy, Sheep and goats, Solar, Starting a business, Starting a Business, Value added, Wildlife, Word-of-Mouth

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