Self-guided, online course
Small farms
We help Minnesota’s small farm owners succeed as stewards of the land.
Our information on running a one- to 40-acre farm includes Farmbytes, bite-sized, self-guided introductions to a variety of topics related to your small farm, including videos and recommended resources.
Business and marketing
- The basics of marketing local food
- Marketing for cut flower growers
- Profitability, financial benchmarks, and economic impacts of local food
Equipment
Horticulture
- Choosing plants for your cut flower farm
- Deep winter greenhouses
- Growing high tunnel raspberries
- Small-scale hydroponics
Livestock
Cattle
Pigs
Chickens
Infrastructure
- Fencing system design for grazing
- Raising livestock under solar panels
- Tips on using temporary fencing
- Watering system design for rotational grazing
Soils and nutrient management
- High tunnel soil health and nutrient management
- Introduction to using the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey
- Soil sampling and nutrient guidelines
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