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Understanding the difference between markup and profit margin is critical to the success of your business.

Figure out which strategies and what equipment fit with your scale, your finances, and your style with this overview.

Branding goes beyond designing a visually appealing logo for your farm business. Your brand becomes your image and a link to your reputation.

There is a difference between price and pricing. Each method has own advantages and disadvantages.

Marketing is more than advertising. It is everything you do to promote your business and your food products from the moment you conceive of a product to the point at which customers buy it.

Before starting your new food business, you need a clear vision of how you want your business to operate, such as how it will be managed, marketed, and financed, and how you expect it to perform in the future.

Starting any business is no easy task, and becoming a food entrepreneur is a special challenge.

Muchas granjas urbanas tienen múltiples fuentes de financiamiento y una superficie limitada para producir sus cultivos.

The Penn State Extension Tree Fruit team has identified seven fundamental components of a successful intensive apple system "blueprint."

La creación de relaciones con los clientes constituye un valor fundamental para alcanzar el éxito empresarial. El objetivo es ser visto como un socio, no sólo como otro vendedor de productos.

Los educadores de extensión han producido artículos y videos en inglés y español para ayudar a los agricultores urbanos y otros productores que utilizan camas elevadas de siembra o lechos elevados.

Extension educators have produced articles and videos in English and Spanish to help urban farmers and other growers relying on raised beds.

Nutritional requirements of fruit trees differ from those of agronomic crops, cover crops, and orchard sod.

Raised bed gardening can be an important tool for growers. They allow for gardening in conditions that may not be ideal for growth. This video teaches you how to build one.

All businesses need to comply with local, state, and federal registration procedures in order to legally operate. Food-processing businesses are no exception.

Food business owners are held responsible for any harm that comes to employees, visitors who come to your establishment, and consumers who eat your products.

Have you considered ways to diversify your farm operation? Many families explore options for farm activities that invite the public onto their farm.

This article will overview the advantages and challenges that a farm, food or ag business owner may be facing when deciding whether to implement e-commerce.

This article will cover the process for developing a website, including technical aspects and general issues such as purpose, content, design, and maintenance considerations.

What a bargain! The price looks great, but are you really getting a bargain?

Internal parasites have been an issue in sheep production for a long time. Using Estimated Breeding Values allows producers to identify individual sheep with resistance to internal parasites.

Strawberries are the ideal fruit crop for gardeners with limited space.

El equipo de horticultura de la oficina de Extensión de Penn State ha identificado siete componentes fundamentales para un sistema de planos para huertos de manzana exitosos llamado "blueprint"

This video outlines the basic steps you can take to plan a vegetable crop rotation from the start.

Plant, weed, hoe, cultivate, water, plant, fertilize, water... No time to stop and take a close look for pests and diseases? Take a few minutes. It could save your crop.