Farmer Joel Salatin joins me to talk farm startup and his new book Your Successful Farm Business: http://amzn.to/2nk7a3S

 

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Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss a new business venture that we are starting and some of the fears, worries, and challenges that come with it.

 

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Farmer Darby Simpson talks about why he might drop his pastured poultry enterprise this year despite it being profitable.  After 10 years of moving chicken tractors, there's more to the story than just profits.

 

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Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss what Darby would do differently if he started his farm over again knowing what he knows now.

 

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Farmer Darby Simpson and I discuss what the entrepreneurial lifestyle is really like.  Darby gives some tips on how he's made time management a little easier with the ever present demands of livestock.

 

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The person buying Darby's turkeys isn't focused on the sticker - they have other reasons to buy a turkey from him, reasons that are strong enough for them to look past the price. Reasons like being locally raised, being raised in better conditions, being raised by a farmer that they know, and them as a customer being able to support a farmer and a method of agriculture that they believe in, and one that's preciously opposite the methods being used by the Butterballs of the world. It's these factors that have made growing turkeys an attractive niche business for Darby. And it might be a business that fits you and your enterprise, especially if you already have an established customer base. Think about that as we go through this episode, because today, it's a turkey day.

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Over the past few years I have interviewed over one hundred different farmers.  During the course of our conversations I have noticed quite a few trends - some which lead to struggling farms and some which lead to successful farms. Today I am going to share 7 of the traits that I have noticed that successful farms and farmers exhibit.  Regardless of whether you are a vegetable farmer or a livestock farmer, I think these traits are universal and apply across the board.

 

 

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Dan Ohmann is a homesteader who has recently started raising lamb on a homestead level, while dabbling in selling some of the finished product off farm to see what is possible.  Today Dan discusses how that's working for him.

 

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Shawn and Beth Dougherty authors of The Independent Farmstead join me to talk about farmsteading, rotational grazing, and on farm water systems.

The Independent Farmstead

 

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Darby and I talk about the why, the pros and cons, and the basics of calving on farm.

 

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