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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

Uniontown Youth in Agriculture

June 29, 2012 By admin

Jacob Waddy, now in his retirement years, could probably get by on just four acres of mixed vegetables. He grows watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, green beans, snap peas, squash, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes to sell at the farmers market in his rural Uniontown, Alabama, and in the neighboring towns of Alberta, Marion and Thomaston. But this […]

Filed Under: Alabama, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Sheep and goats, Vegetables

Eagle View Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Time for a Change In Lake City, Minnesota, Dennis and Sue Rabe are taking an alternative approach to farming. After finding that they were working more hours on the farm and getting less for their input, it was time for a change. As Dennis said, “the idea of a family farm had been lost. We […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Hogs, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Rotational Grazing, Soils & Compost

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