Nov 28, 2016
If you are thinking about transitioning from a career in one field to a career as a part-time or full-time farming, you need to be careful in this stage. The obvious reality is that you get infinitely many chances to make a business work, but the not-so-obvious reality is that everyone gets infinite changes, and most...
Nov 21, 2016
The person buying Darby's turkeys isn't focused on the sticker -
they have other reasons to buy a turkey from him, reasons that are
strong enough for them to look past the price.
Reasons like being locally raised, being raised in better
conditions, being raised by a farmer that they know, and them as a
customer being...
Nov 14, 2016
Set yourself up for success from Day 1 by putting in place a plan that has a chance of success in reality. There's some danger in putting in a plan that's too aggressive up front, because what happens on the back end when you don't meet your own level of expectations, unrealistic or not? Not a situation that you want...
Nov 7, 2016
When it comes to a small scale livestock operation, there are
two main choices that stick out when it comes to selecting starter
enterprises: pastured poultry and pigs.
This season we have discussed each of them in depth, looking at the
nuts and bolts and pros and cons of these enterprises.
And if I had to guess, I...