Farming Secrets

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Everything You Need To Know with Dr. Mary Cole Most people are unaware of the importance of soil microbiology to plant growth. Soil microbes play a vital role in plant nutrition, disease resistance, and drought tolerance. There is a growing need in the agriculture and food fields to understand soil microbes and their role in […] The post An Insightful Understanding of Our Soils appeared first on Farming Secrets.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Are you looking to broaden your e-commerce audience beyond visitors to your website? Consider this: In 2021, 130 million Instagram accounts tap on a shopping post to learn more about products every month ( source ). Instagram is no doubt stepping into e-commerce with the upward trend of online shopping. Retail e-commerce sales were about 18% of all retail sales worldwide in 2020, and that is predicted to increase to nearly 22% by 2024.

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Agribusiness Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Livestock producers that need to liquidate excess livestock due to drought normally have at least two years to reinvest their proceeds from excess sales into other similar livestock. However, if the county the ranch is located in or any contiguous county is considered to still be in drought, then this period is automatically extended for another year.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

There is a saying, “If you don’t have a website you don’t exist!” As of January 2021, it is reported tha t there are 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide. As a small farm, food hub or farmers market, this is reason enough to take control of your online presence and give prospective customers an easy place to find you on the World Wide Web. Fortunately, building a website has never been e asier!

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Email marketing is perhaps the single most important tool that farmers and local food businesses have for connecting with customers and growing sales. This resource summarizes the pros and cons of 10 different email service providers (ESP) with the goal of giving business owners a clear starting point for picking the right one. There are hundreds of options available and many e-commerce platforms (e.g.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

A 7 minute video going over the basics of Instagram for your farm business. The post Instagram Basics in 7 minutes! appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

This guide provides charts that give a side-by-side comparison of the similarities and differences between the requirements of the National Organic Program, Food Safety Modernization Act, and 3rd Party Food Safety Audits. For example, if you’re wondering what each program requires you to do for soil amendments on your farm you can turn to the soil amendment page and see.

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