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The Marketing Packet contains the following publications: Marketing Cooperatives Direct Marketing and Quality Control How to Establish and Operate a Roadside Stand Back to Family Farm Series Publications...
Determine Your Goals Inventory Your Resources Physical Factors Financial Factors Management Factors Develop a List of Possible Enterprises Determine Which Enterprises Are Compatible With Your Resources Growing Considerations Analyze Compatibility Among Enterprises Partial Listing of Enterprise Possi...
By Karen Klonsky, Extension Specialist, University of California, Davis The cost of borrowed capital is a significant part of most growers' budgets. Producers should shop for loans just as they look for the best price for fertilizer, seed, and all other production inputs.
(The author is Kent D. Olson, Economist, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis; revised by Christie Wyman, Small Farm Center, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis.) Leasing or renting land is important in California agriculture.
Etaferahu (Eta) Takele, Area Farm Management Specialist, University of California, Riverside Cost of production is the dollar value of all your inputs for growing a specific crop.
Mark Gustafson and Curtis Moulton, formerly staff research associates at UC Berkeley A marketing cooperative is an organization owned and operated by a group of farmers who produce similar products.
Adapted by Robert Kasmire, Vegetable Specialist, UC Davis Cooperative Extension, and Christie Wyman, Coordinator, Small Farm Center, UC Davis Cooperative Extension, from Florida Cooperative Extension publication "Vegetable Crop Fact Sheet" by Mark Sherman.
Pre-irrigation When to irrigate Your soil as an irrigation guide Which irrigation system is best? Sprinklers Sprinklers for starting vegetables How often to sprinkle vegetables How fast should sprinklers apply water?
James F. Thompson, Agricultural Engineer Clay R. Brooks, Development Engineer Agricultural Engineering Extension University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Pedro Ilic, Farm Advisor Cooperative Extension - Fresno County 1720 So. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 Drawings by: Justin J.
