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Muchos cultivos hortícolas se prestan bien a la producción a pequeña escala. Estos cultivos pueden generar ingresos y ganancias sustanciales con un acre de producción.

Learn how claiming your business on Google can benefit your online presence and watch a demonstration of the process.

An important task in starting a new venture is to develop a business plan, which is a "road map" to guide the future of a business or venture.

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.

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.

If you are planning to start raising poultry for the first time, it is important that you understand best management practices.

The beginning farmer program is a state-wide initiative to support a next generation of producers from diverse backgrounds.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Beef cattle feeding is possible on small and part-time farms, but the cost of feeding drops significantly as the size of the operation increases.

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.

There is very little grant money available but here are a few resources for loan and grant organizations to help you as you start or grow your farm.

These tools will assist with keeping good farm records and will develop enterprise and whole-farm budgets.

Enterprise budgets for several popular vegetable crops grown in the field and in high tunnels.

Articles and budget tools for small flocks of poultry used for meat and eggs.

Creating a budget can be a valuable experience not only for folks who are raising crops or livestock for profit, but also those who are homesteading.

A spreadsheet tool for assessing cover crops for improving soil health in strawberry plantings.