Considering Adding Broilers? Here’s a Tool to Help You Plan
Poultry processing regulations are one of the primary challenges for small farms hoping to add broilers to their farms. To give small farms a chance, in many states, there are exemptions for small farms to make. You’ll need to check your local regulations, but here in Vermont, the 1,000 or less bird exemption allows farms […]
Read More →Before You Start, Figure Out How Your New Project Could Die
Once something is dead, a post-mortem analysis can tell you why it didn’t make it. A Pre-Mortem Analysis can tell you why a project might fail, so you can adjust before you start, and hopefully save your project from a gruesome fate.
Read More →Your Guide to Figuring the Right Farm Rental Rate
Last week’s articles described how you can make more money leasing pasture, and shared a website that can help you find pasture to lease anywhere in the United States and Canada. Now, here’s how you can figure out what the right rental rate is.
Read More →Risk Sharing Implications for Today’s CSA Farm
Considering a CSA? Here, Mark shares different CSA options and how they distribute risk among the farmer and the consumer so you can figure out what could work for you.
Read More →Plan Ahead for Broiler Profits
Last week Kathy shared the budget for a backyard broiler operation. Now, here’s a budgeting tool for doing it on a larger scale to tell you what kind of profit you might expect from your own operation. Does it pay to do this? Tell us!
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