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Access to Markets: Pricing
2017-06-02 17:08:14| National Farmers Union
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern Pricing has been one of the most difficult ideas in farming for me to wrap my head around. Estimating cost of production can be difficult in a small but highly diversified operation. Most farmers dont keep track of how many hours were spent weeding and managing rows of carrots versus rows […]
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Access to Markets: The Perils of Price
2017-05-31 22:11:56| National Farmers Union
By Chris Holman, Co-Owner/Operator of Nami Moon Farms As beginning producers, what sorts of obstacles do we create in order to keep doing what were doing? There were plenty of them, but today lets talk about one that will kill you and your farm faster than almost any otherprice. When we started out at Nami […]
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Access to Markets: The Greenway Farm Family & Farm Advocacy
2017-05-26 17:42:31| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union A $200 scholarship from the Davison County Pork Producers in 1984 launched Brad Greenway on an agricultural advocacy journey which has put him in front of thousands of consumers coast-to-coast and around the world to share his story. That scholarship got me involved, explains the third-generation pork producer. Brads engagement […]
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Access to Markets: Value Added Producer Grants
2017-05-25 19:33:30| National Farmers Union
By Matt Perdue, NFU Government Relations Representative When my mother was growing up on her familys farm near Bergen, North Dakota, they produced most of the food they ate. Their eggs, butter, milk, cream, fruits, vegetables, beef, pork, and chicken were all raised and processed on the farm. The good Germans that they are, my […]
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Access to Markets: Black Rabbit Farm, Media, and Marketing
2017-05-18 18:08:43| National Farmers Union
By Tommy Enright, Wisconsin Farmers Union Communications Associate My spouse, Sam, and I started Black Rabbit Farm in 2013 with very little farming experience. We had just moved back to our home state of Wisconsin after living in Seattle, and we were excited to start this new chapter in our lives. As soon as we […]
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