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Researching a Potential Small Acreage Enterprise

Researching a Potential Small Acreage Enterprise. What type of information do you need?. Production information about your crop or livestock enterprise Marketing information about your product Income and expenses projections. Passive vs Active Information Gathering.

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Researching a Potential Small Acreage Enterprise

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  1. Researching a Potential Small Acreage Enterprise

  2. What type of information do you need? • Production information about your crop or livestock enterprise • Marketing information about your product • Income and expenses projections

  3. Passive vs ActiveInformation Gathering • Not all of the information you need will be available without asking, phoning, visiting • Secondary information • Primary is developed by your experience

  4. Information Gathering & staying ahead of the market Click on image to start video

  5. Sources of Information • Books, publications (library, bookstore) • Journal articles (library, bookstore, subscribe) • Other farmers • Universities (Extension) • Agencies (NRCS, SBDC, FSA) • Non-profit organizations, farmer networks • Internet

  6. Universities/Extension Service • Idaho Small Farms http://www.SmallFarms.ag.uidaho.edu • WSU Small Farms http://smallfarms.wsu.edu/ • Missouri http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/ • Penn State http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/ • UC Davis http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/ • Texas A&M http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/alternatives/alternativelinks.html

  7. Federal (USDA) sites - general • CSREES http://www.reeusda.gov/ • SARE http://www.sare.org/ • Small Farm http://www.reeusda.gov/smallfarm/ • Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ • National Ag Library http://www.nal.usda.gov

  8. State Agency sites • Idaho Department of Ag http://www.agri.state.id.us/ • Marketing http://www.agri.idaho.gov/marketing/ • Organic http://www.agri.idaho.gov/plants/organic/gen_info.htm • Idaho Small Business Development Center http://www.idahosbdc.org/ • Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/

  9. Agencies - Prices and statistical data • Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/ • National Ag Statistical Service http://www.usda.gov/nass/ • Ag Marketing Service (AMS) http://www.ams.usda.gov/

  10. Farmer sites • The New Farm http://www.newfarm.org/ • Cedar Meadow Farm http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/ • Greentree Naturals http://www.greentreenaturals.com/

  11. Organizations • Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas http://www.attra.org • Rural Roots http://www.ruralroots.org/ • North American Farm Direct Marketing Association http://www.nafdma.com/ • The Food Alliance http://www.thefoodalliance.org/

  12. Periodicals/Journal publications • Growing for Market http://www.growingformarket.com/ • Small Farm Today http://www.smallfarmtoday.com/

  13. Summary • Read • Attend conferences • Network

  14. Credits Presentation developed by Cultivating SuccessTM : Sustainable Small Farms Education. Video segments taken from: “Meadowlark Farm: A Case Study of a Small-Acreage Farm” produced by Ben Troka, University of Idaho College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Copywrite 2005, University of Idaho.

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