What enterprises interest beginning farmers?

The top 10 enterprises that beginning farmers are interested in starting are:

  1.  vegetables
  2.  beef
  3.  chickens
  4.  tree fruits/orchards
  5.  hogs
  6.  small fruits
  7.  organic grains
  8.  turkeys
  9.  meat goats
10.  herbs

As part of the Beginning Farmer Grant, we will be offering short courses and workshops on topics of most interest to beginning farmers.  Tell us what your top interests are as a beginning farmer in the post below.  This will help us to plan the topics of the upcoming courses in 2011.

The topics of the courses and workshops for 2010 are Small Fruits, Producing Vegetables for the Local Market, Tractor 101, Direct Marketing and Small Ruminants.  Be on the look out for dates and locations on this blog.  (debi kelly)