Entering Farmer #20399
I’m a this generation farmer looking to expand my own operation. I have a degree in agroecology from Penn State and worked as a conservation program specialist for a consulting firm helping farmers with conservation and sustainability.
Entering Farmer #20391
!st generation farmer looking for land to start out on. Nothing too big, looking to build skills before ramping up to full scale operations. Food production and poultry only.
Entering Farmer #20384
My wife and I are beginning farmers primarily looking to learn! My wife has experience with cultivating land, raising animals, and growing crops (much more than I do). We are eventually looking to purchase land in order to grow and sell crops.
Entering Farmer #20383
My Wife and I operate a mixed specialty vegetable farm that sells to farmers markets and restaurants. We started the farm in 2014. We are looking to buy 30-50 acres in south eastern Pennsylvania.
Entering Farmer #20382
I am a hard worker who enjoys learning new and old methods of production. I love getting my hands dirty, lived near cow farms and mushroom farms my entire life so no smell adjustment needed. I also have experience with growing plants and limited work with animals(milking cows and getting chicken eggs and feeding them). I am a fast learner and very people oriented, I am also fairly good with marketing and business strategies, I am good at onboarding criticism. my weaknesses: I am stubborn, tend to work to exhaustion and I can be overly caring.
Entering Farmer #20380
I grew up on a small family dairy farm and have loved agriculture all my life. I’m 32 now, married with four children and am looking for an opportunity to lease a farm to do grassfed dairy.
Entering Farmer #20377
I am experienced in grain production using conventional methods. I currently am a Student at Delaware Valley University studying Agricultural Business specialized in Crop Production. I work for ag retailer where I help with Crop Scouting, Custom Application, and Fertilizer Blending.
Entering Farmer #20376
4th generation farmer looking to grow the operation to afford opportunities for my kids to come back to the farm after school.
Entering Farmer #20372
I’m a new farmer looking for land to lease near Philadelphia. I have several years of ag training but I’d like more practical experience.
Entering Farmer #20371
My husband and I are graduates of the PSU College of Agricultural Sciences and grew up actively involved in 4H and FFA. We do not come from farming families, but have found a deep love for it.
Chris previously worked as a Herdsman for 300+ cow/calf beef operation and a Relief Technician for Genex. He is now the Career and is now the Specialized Career and Technical Education Advisor – Agriculture for the PA Department of Agriculture.
I work in the Hershey Area as a Cancer Researcher using animal models.
We previously rented 150 acres, making hay, wheat straw, and corn; as well as maintaining a flock of roughly 100 commercial Katahdin ewes. We recently refocused our operation to buy more land (instead of renting) and improve our genetics. We have a strong customer base both for show lambs and hair lambs, and are desperately looking for land to buy in order to expand our operation.
Our current property is only 10 acres, on which we manage 10 head of commercial Katahdins brood ewes, 10 head of wether type crossbred show ewes, and 3 head of beef cattle. We grow our own hay and rotationally graze our stock roughly 8 months out of the year (but would love to do more!). While we do vaccinate our animals, we believe prevention is the best medicine, and therefore strive for the best management practices as well as select for the right stock in order to avoid the need for antibiotics and anthelmintics, unless absolutely necessary.
We are passionate about maximizing our rotational grazing and improving the soil, as well as supporting and educating local youth. We love the constant challenge to improve our genetics and systems to best meet the needs of our clients while remaining highly profitable.