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Farmers Market Food Safety: At the Market
Displaying food and produce safely requires attention to reducing the risk of contamination.
Drafting Farmers Market Documents: Market Rules
It is strongly recommended that new and existing farmers markets draft rules to govern the daily operation of the market.
Growing Vegetables in Tubs
You can grow lots of vegetables in plastic container gardens. The important things to remember are using a good growing medium and keeping enough water on the plants as they get larger.
Budgeting With an Irregular Income
If you are a business owner, farmer, rancher, earn based on sales commissions, or are seasonally employed, you may not have consistent income from month to month.
12 Tips to Simplify Your Finances
With each passing day, the demands on our time and financial resources increase causing us to do more in less time or spend more money on fewer items.
4 Tips for Managing Money on a Low-Income
The number of families in the United States whom are in poverty is increasing. Nearly one-third of all working families or 10.4 million families are considered low-income.
Cleaning Out Your Closets: Donate to kids to help build creativity
If you have things you are unsure what to do with and don’t want to just throw them away, think about contacting daycares, preschools, or churches to see if they could use some of the items for their play areas or to make toys/projects for their kids.
Debt Management
Many people face a financial crisis at some point in their life that can make it difficult to pay bills.
Soil Testing for Vineyards in South Dakota
Not all soils are conducive to growing quality grapes, so prospective vineyard sites should be tested before a decision is made to plant grapes. Tests can identify soils that are either too high in pH, salts, or salinity, or that are “too rich” (too high in organic matter and nitrogen) for grapes. In addition, testing before planting allows for the incorporation of nutrients—such as phosphorus—that do not move easily through the soil to plant roots.
Is it Time to Reconsider Trace Mineral Levels in Pig Diets?
Growing pigs require trace minerals such as copper, iron, manganese and zinc for various biochemical functions, including cellular development and energy metabolism, which lead to optimal health and immunity.