It is common to hear farmers talk about how quickly a pricey piece of equipment will “pay for itself” over time. The Equipment Cost Recovery Calculator helps turn these claims into careful estimations…
This 260-page publication provides a broad range of practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture. It was produced by the International…
Ergonomics for Farm Workers - This guide from the CDC provides descriptions, diagrams and photographs illustrating ergonomic guidelines and practices that can people people safe, comfortable and…
This guide from the CDC provides tip sheets that show how to make or modify tools to the reduce the risk of back aches and other pain in the shoulders, arms and hands that common to people who engage…
While oriented to cow dairies, this publication from the Center for Agricultural Research, Education, and Disease and Injury Prevention provides a variety of tips and strategies to prevent back pain…
Yoga For Farmers Hand-Out This one-page hand out from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Agribility provides images and instructions of stretches farmers and farm employees can…
This article in The Conversation, discusses how household expenses like access to health care and child care affects farm development.
The authors are: Shoshanah Inwood, Assistant Professor of…
Produced by University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and University of Vermont Extension, the Farm Labor Video Series is six short (about 5 minutes) video lessons on key aspects of managing…
This 36-page booklet explains what machinery management is, why it is important, and the basics of selecting, maintaining, operating and replacing farm equipment and machinery.
In this August 2022 Growing for Market Magazine article, farmer Katie Kulla talks about preparation farmers can make before the baby comes for a smooth addition of a new member of the family farm and…
In this episode of Growing for Market Podcast listen to Katie Kulla talk about the preparations she made on farm such as "our first employees and built in as much flexibility as we could into our…
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This Growing for Market Podcast X Neversink Farm Podcast episode features Katie Kulla from Oakhill Organics in Oregon talking about how farmers who have just had a baby can…
This exercise can help build more productive and stronger farm work teams. It can help improve how employees work together and their level of compassion for each other. Finally, it can help you become…
This 3-minute video shares a quick activity that can help build more productive and stronger farm work teams. The exercise can help improve how employees work together, their level of compassion for…
Negotiation skills are part of every farm business managers essential toolkit. But women and beginning farmers frequently feel unprepared and unskilled in this form of communication. Use the slide…
In this podcast episode, Growing for Market talks with mother/daughter team Dru Rivers and Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm in California about growing 15 acres of certified organic flowers. Dru is…
This Growing for Market podcast explores efficient systems and organization for packing sheds and more with some of the industry's top problem-solvers. The episode focuses on ways to optimize the pack…
This 2018 farmer-focused guide provides practical information on a range of equipment sharing models, and then walks readers through the steps of designing your designing your own equipment sharing…
This guide, developed by Farm Commons, covers the basics of farm law and provides additional resources and action steps to assist educators and service providers working to build long-term legal…
On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor published the final rule, “Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States”, effective on November 14, 2022. This final…