Up-front costs offset by incentives and cheaper operation Here at Moonshot Farm in Central New Jersey, we produce cut flowers year-round for retail markets, including during the cold winter months from December through March. Winter production has a lot of upsides, including a less competitive market and selling flowers during peak floral holidays. Yet, a […]
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How to keep track of what maintenance needs to be done when I’ve been maintaining tractors and tractor implements on farms for more than a couple of decades now and I’m still using the same simple system I started with for keeping track of maintenance schedules for each piece of machinery. These days the tractor
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At the height of the growing season, when the fields are planted and we’re busy harvesting vegetables and flipping beds for fall crops, how we package our produce may seem like an afterthought. But packaging is one of the first things the customer sees and it impacts shelf-life. In addition to marketing and product quality,
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Compost mulch in tarped no-till did the best; research is ongoing In recent years, many small-scale organic vegetable farmers have adopted reduced or no tillage approaches. However, few university research trials have been conducted or published on these promising practices. Cornell University researchers Ryan Maher, Anu Rangarajan, and Brian Caldwell, along with many students, conducted
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At my flower farm in St. Louis, Missouri, I grow more than 150 varieties of flowers exclusively from seed. I know that sounds strange in an era where many flower farmers get product to market faster by ordering plug plants, but I personally love the whole cycle of growing. It takes longer, but I really
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