OFI 2072: The Other Pivot In Agriculture | Why Businesses That Survive Are The Businesses That Change | Re-Cap Episode
Release Date: 05/09/2024
OFI 2124: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences | State College, Pennsylvania | Agricultural College Episode
Off-Farm Income
For Information Like Degrees Offered, Annual Costs, Etc., Please Click The Banner Below: The Agricultural College Episode is designed to profile agricultural trade schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities around the U.S. This episode is an effort to replicate the conversation that prospective students, parents and ag teachers might have with agricultural schools at trade show like the National FFA Convention. Penn State is a very storied and very well known university, but did you know it all started with agriculture? On today's Ag College Episode we get to delve into...
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OFI 2123: The Tractor Bandits Of The Farming World | Rural Crime Episode
Off-Farm Income
Tip Of The Week Coast To Coast, we need to protect copper wire Rural Crime In The U.S. Across The Pond, Down Under And Up Above https://www.beefcentral.com/news/repeat-offender-pleads-guilty-to-aggravated-cruelty-to-livestock/ Africa Chalk One Up For The Good Guys
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OFI 2122: From American School In Nepal To Full Time Farming In Vermont | Ryan Yoder | Yoder Family Farm
Off-Farm Income
Ryan Yoder and his family are full-time, first generation farmers in Vermont. Sitting in a picturesque valley in the west/central part of the state they grow fruit, vegetables, meat chickens and corn. They turn a lot of what they grow and what their neighbors grow into value added products such as popped popcorn and apple cider vinegar, and they have a number of sales outlets as well as revenue streams. In today's episode Ryan will tell us all about his journey, his philosophy on farming and how growing up in Nepal influenced his life today!
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OFI 2121: How To Become A Corporate Pilot To Support Your Farm | Andrew Ambrose | Fly Twins LLC | Re-Cap Episode
Off-Farm Income
How about sub-contracting as a corporate pilot as your form of off-farm income? Seem impossible? I would have thought it was unrealistic until I interviewed today's guest, Andrew Ambrose. Andrew owns his own business, Fly Twins LLC, and he farms 750 acres in Southeast Missouri in addition to that. If that is not enough, he also owns his own excavating company. As Andrew put it, it would not be uncommon to see him flying a corporate customer across the country in the morning and driving a combine that evening. This is an interesting way to producing off-farm...
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OFI 2119: Taking My Stand And Owning It All
Off-Farm Income
Well, there is at least one more farm update episode to come, and I'll explain that in today's show. I will also touch on our hot weather, irrigation, our creek, wildfires and what in the world the episode title is all about.
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OFI 2117: Northwest Oklahoma State University | Alva, Oklahoma | Agricultural College Episode
Off-Farm Income
For Information Like Degrees Offered, Annual Costs, Etc., Please Click The Banner Below: The Agricultural College Episode is designed to profile agricultural trade schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities around the U.S. This episode is an effort to replicate the conversation that prospective students, parents and ag teachers might have with agricultural schools at trade show like the National FFA Convention. Northwest Oklahoma State University sits in a small town and rural county, and it is poised to give you exactly the agricultural education and college experience that...
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OFI 2116: What Level Of Force Is Necessary For A Calf?
Off-Farm Income
Tip Of The Week Be careful what driveway you turn into Rural Crime In The U.S. Across The Pond, Down Under And Up Above https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/was-ramming-escaped-cow-the-only-way-to-keep-public-safe?utm_campaign=Best of Farmers Weekly email 66&utm_content=R ead more&utm_term=https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/was-ramming-escaped-cow-the-only-way-to-keep-public-safe&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Farmers Weekly Africa Chalk One Up For The Good Guys
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OFI 2114: How To Start A Trapping Business | Peter Dalton | Hunt Country Wildlife Removal | Re-Cap Episode
Off-Farm Income
On today's show I am speaking with Peter Dalton. Peter owns the company, "Hunt Country Wildlife Removal" in Loudoun County, Virginia. This is a side business that kind of started by accident. Peter taught himself how to trap, and along the way started trapping for friends and neighbors when they had nuisance animals. Pretty soon he was doing a lot of trapping, and he finally started charging people for the service. Through word of mouth the business has grown and grown. Peter is very busy with this side business these days, and he and his wife are also developing...
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OFI 2112: Surprise Calves And Egg Sales
Off-Farm Income
This is our second to last farm update episode, and today is just that....a farm update.
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OFI 2107: The FFA As An Entrepreneurship Incubator | FFA SAE Edition | Jenna Spangler | Bushnell-Prairie City High School FFA | Re-Cap Episode
Off-Farm Income
Obviously, the reason that I started interviewing FFA students was their involvement in entrepreneurship. The way that the FFA facilitates exposure and learning in entrepreneurship is second to none. And, as the title of this episode suggests it really is an entrepreneurship incubator. That is very apparent in our interview with today’s guest, Jenna Spangler. Jenna is a very competitive person, and upon joining the FFA she found that this organization served her competitive spirit very well. Through a myriad of different contests and competitions, she found exactly...
info_outlineIn agriculture when we hear the word pivot we usually think of 120-400 acres of irrigated ground. An automated sprinkler system that is self-driven, applying a precise amount of water to a crop or pasture.
If you are a small business owner that services agriculture you need to know about another pivot. This is the catch phrase used by so many in the business “start up” community. To “pivot” means to change direction in your business to adapt to changing market conditions, new technology or new information and ideas that you can only obtain after you have started your business and got in the game.
Those of us in agriculture are pretty practical people. Most business information is written for those who work in the city, work online and don’t get their hands dirty. The truth is farmers and those who serve farmers have been “pivoting” for years. We just called it “common sense”. When things changed it was pretty apparent that we needed to change with them.