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Welcome to our new opportunities pages. We are just getting started with this project. You should check back often to get more ideas about things you can do and grow on your acreage. We will be running, driving and flying around searching for new ideas to help you. High quality, premium raspberries for the off-season market command premium prices. Click here to learn more about this exciting idea.
     
Are you butting your head against a wall trying to find some profitable enterprise for your farm? Goats may offer a world of opportunities. Read more With over 8,000 individual retail pet shops as well as countless other outlets in the U.S. selling pet birds, there is a never-ending need for a steady supply of birds. Click here to read more. Also visit the author's Website: Pet Bird Income.
A couple of years ago Tony Bratsch, a Virginia Tech Extension Specialist for vegetables, small fruit and specialty crops wrote an article in his newsletter that farmers in his state have an opportunity to fill organic crops market niches. He says, “The future also looks bright for growers interested in organic vegetable production.” You can read the entire article by clicking here. Americans eat a lot of poultry products. health concerns, as well as environmental and animal-welfare issues, have created a strong demand for alternative poultry products raised in a “natural” way, without routine medication such as antibiotics. That is why free-range poultry is a hit. More