Entering Farmer #20339
Honey Production:
My name is Maria, I have 3 years of planting Herbs, Flower and honey
I Need .access to water sources: Highlight the need for bees to have access to water for hydration and cooling the hive.
Space for beehives
Egg Production: Space for chicken coops: I need for space to house chickens, ensuring they have shelter, roosting areas, and nesting boxes.
Pasture or free-range areas: free-range or pasture-raised egg production, mention the need for access to outdoor areas for chickens to roam and forage.
Herb Cultivation: Soil quality: Highlight the need for well-draining, fertile soil suitable for growing herbs.
Sunlight and water, the need planting and cultivating herbs, including considerations for crop rotation and spacing.
Entering Farmer #20328
I am currently in search of a farm to own. I have advanced degrees in forages/grazing management and plan to have a multi-species grazing operation with hair sheep, cattle, and chickens. My goal would be to reduce amount of hay feeding days each year, so I would likely be stocked a little lighter, but employ strategies to extend the grazing season, such as stockpiling. If possible I would like to set aside a little land for pollinator habitat, and in a perfect world I would have some native warm season grasses to graze in the summertime. I would like to purchase yearlings or fall-born weaned calves in the springtime to take advantage of the spring flush of forages, graze native warm season grasses during the summertime, and then sell during the late summer and save the fall growth and stockpiled forages for the sheep to graze into the winter.
I grew up on a small conventional dairy farm where I milked Holsteins in a tie-stall barn, picked rocks, unloaded square bales, and chopped all of our hay once I turned 14. In middle school, I bought my own two Jersey heifer calves and worked to pay off their room and board, and their milk checks (along with working part time and coming home to milk cows) helped get me through college debt free. I interned on a ranch in South Dakota, which is where my love of grazing began and which spurred me to go to graduate school to study forages and grazing.
After moving around the country for school, I have finally found a place to settle and am looking to own a small farm. Ideally I’d like at least 20 acres of pasture and in a perfect world I would have some forested acres for hunting as well.
I have already thought out a business plan and created enterprise budgets for my dream farm, so now all I have to do is find it!
Entering Farmer #20320
Currently I own 12 partially wooded acres where I graze beef, poultry, and pork. I would like to retire from the army and lease 30-60 grazable acres to increase my beef production.
Entering Farmer #20309
my experience in horn farm
i worked with the farm manager andrew and some volunteer they daily tasks change from day to day part of the knowledge about removing weed we removed manually, and one it call creeping thistle to removed it we must moved deep from root to not came again and catch after remove the soil to not harmed by thistle and if there is high weed we used a lawn mower.
one day we put the straw rolls around the farming places to make a walkway around the cultivated places.
When planting Andrew soaked the grains before planting them in water and we used a seed planting tool to make a spacing ruler between the seeds.
and in the beginning of summer they sell flowers ,baby vegetables at pot plants.
I studied for four years at Cairo University in Egypt, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture Department
which includes specialization in vegetables, fruits, and ornamental plants. I graduated with a good cumulative general grade. This specialization was in the fourth year. During the first three years, I studied part in agricultural mechanization and part in animal anatomy. I attended courses in Dissecting goats, chickens, and mice, ending with dissecting frogs, which I practiced for some time, then part about insect sciences and geochemistry, from analyzing the land to determine the percentage of salts in the soil and other nutrients, and part about plant tissue culture, genetic engineering, the use of agar to multiply cells in the laboratory, and the use of the microscope.
Rabbit production in Egypt is a special project.
I raised rabbits in batteries made of galvanized wire. I know the types of batteries, which one is suitable for any space, and the advantages and disadvantages of each type. As for the rabbits, they were different types. I raised New Zealand, chinchilla, mountain, and country ones, and I used to do crossbreeding in case the rabbits were sold as meat to butchers. The sale is per kilogram, and this is the most sale, but the least gain. As for the good sale, it depends on the age and type of the rabbit, and this is done for the farmer to renew and strengthen the breed. In this type, I keep the rabbit breed pure, and I was contracted with the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt, where an agricultural engineer, a worker, an accountant, and a worker are sent to receive the rabbits from my farm. Keep a notebook for each rabbit with a record of its age, weight, vaccinations, serums, and vitamins that it has taken and should take.
Entering Farmer #20262
Organic vegetable farmer with 15 years experience currently running established certified organic farm on leased ground looking to ideally purchase or secure long term lease. Current lease ending in 3 years(early 2026). Ideally looking for 4-10 acres with house available. Additional infrastructure always a plus
Entering Farmer #20256
I am 22 years old and looking to start milking cows but am having trouble finding a farm to start in I would like to rent a dairy farm. It would be nice to have a place to live on the farm and either buy feed or farm the ground on the farm to get my feed
Entering Farmer 20182
First generation farmer, currently farming around 350 acres of row crops, along with 130 acres of hay. All ground is leased acreage. Looking for opportunity to grow with someone who is looking to transition their farm over time so we can grow into it slowly. Had a herd of registered black angus brood cows but had to sell when farm they were at got sold. Lots of experience is lots of different parts of a farming operation. Everything from cattle herd management, AI, cropping, machinery maintenance and book keeping.
Entering Farmer 20168
Hello,
My name is Arielle. In doing research about the various programs I found this organization. I am very much interested in working with FarmLink and the USDA to apply for a loan to buy a farm operation and make a difference in Pennsylvania. I am new to this process and wondering who I need to be in contact with and how to apply to various programs to buy property. We would like to be at most 2.5-3 hours away from Philadelphia where our families are located.
About me, I am a recent graduate from Pennsylvania State University. I am a person of color. My partner Edwin and I have an immense interest in farming and entrepreneurial spirit towards natural solutions to existing problems. Our family is in the midst of learning how to care for alpacas and goats to produce yarn, wool, Goat Milk and Cheese. We are also learning to produce herbs and local honey by planting gardens, building and maintaining an apiary. We have a small business collective where we vend our artisanal natural products at local farmers markets in Philadelphia. This is the specific type of production we are looking for assistance. We have the skill set to sustain our growing family by farming.
Please reach out with more information on applying for assistance to begin building a black owned farm in Pennsylvania. All assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Attitude of gratitude,
Arielle Reid