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Elmwood Stock Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

If Elmwood Stock Farm were a song, and each family member improvised on a different instrument, then the weekends would sound like the chorus. Cecil Bell raises beef and tobacco, his son John raises vegetables, his son-in-law Mac Stone works off the farm and raises organic livestock with Cecil’s daughter Ann, who additionally markets the […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Cooperation with other organizations, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Kentucky, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added, Vegetables

Harvesting Paddlefish Caviar to Support Conservation and Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

Glendive Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Glendive, Montana The small town of Glendive, Montana – divided by the Yellowstone River, the largest free-flowing river in North America – has attracted thousands of anglers from across the country for the challenge of catching the fifty to hundred-pound paddlefish that the ply the waters. The thriving populations […]

Filed Under: Business Development - Ag specific, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cooperation with other organizations, Developing Models of Partnership, Developing new products, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fish, Fishing, Fishing, Harvesting Nature, Montana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Program - community, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

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

Midheaven Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Biodynamic Farming Dewane Morgan’s diverse Midheaven Farm is spread out on the sandy loam soils left by the glaciers that shaped northern Minnesota. Fields of alfalfa provide hat for the beef cows, and are also grazed by the cattle as part of a regular rotation. Native prairie grasses are also used extensively on the farm. […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodynamics, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Exchanging Labor for Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Small Grains, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Value added, Vegetables, Youth, Youth Workers

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