Information for beginning farmers.
Winter 2008
SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update
COWS AND CROPS
Small Dairy Success Story, by Joan Sinclair Petzen
Blind Cultivation, by Ken Wise
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Small Farms: Make Your Numbers Known
Carrot Project Seeks Input on Small Farm Financing Needs, by Dorothy Suput
The 5 C’s of Credit, by David Leverett
FOREST AND WOODLOT
Our Woodlot Ownership Plans and Memories, by Barbara Wenke
GRAZING
What Makes a Profitable Grazing Dairy? by Jim Grace
Whole Farm Health, by Karen Hoffman Sullivan
Added Nutritional Value of Grass-fed Beef, by Thomas Gallagher
STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Red-Tailed Hawks, by David Kline
Agricultural Environmental Management: Farming in Harmony with Stream Health, by Barbara Silvestri
MARKETING
I Want to Leave a Market: Lydia Ratcliff, by Martha Herbert Izzi
NEW FARMERS
Passing on the Farm, by Edward Staehr
Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery, by Chanda Lindsay
NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Livestock Processing Service, by Rebecca Schuelke and Kathy Houvis
Choosing A Breed for a Pasture Based Sheep Farm, by Ulf Kintzell
New Statewide Work Team Tackles Livestock Processing Issues, by Martha Goodsell
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Living History, by Susan Neal
ORGANIC FARMING
Getting Your Vitamins Starts with Variety and Growing Method, by Sarah Johnston
HOME AND FAMILY
Diet for Small Planet, by Susan Lang
HORTICULTURE
Getting Started in Christmas Tree Production, by Elizabeth Lamb
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
New Guide to High Tunnel Berry Production
Economic Viability of Grazing Dairy Farms
Northeast Grasstravaganza 2008
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