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Farm Trends Forage Farmers allows you to target individuals who own, operate, manufacture, and sell plant based products across the country. Many farm owners and operators have years of experience with running town farms and working in the agricultural industry. Farmers are responsible for feeding the world through the production of produce, grains, dairy, eggs, and meat. The job is challenging and physically demanding.
Forage is plant material mainly plant leaves and stems eaten by grazing livestock. Historically the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage.
In order to be a successful farm owner and operator, these decision makers keep up to date with new fertilization techniques, transplanting, insecticides, herbicides, irrigation, curing, crop rotation, and new equipment to help make their business successful.
Selections:
Irrigated
Non Irrigated
Acreage:
1-9
10-24
25-49
50-99
100-249
250-499
500-999
1000-2499
2500-4999
5000+
Type of Ownership:
Individual
Government
Small Business
Corporation
Partnership
Agriculture imposes external costs upon society through pesticides, nutrient runoff, excessive water usage, and assorted other problems. There is increasing pressure on farm owners to use ecologically friendly techniques to raise crops and animals. Technological advancements help provide farmers with tools and resources to make farming more sustainable. These farm owners and operators are responsible for developing management strategies and methods to keep their farm productive, profitable, and eco friendly. In addition to producing crops, farm owners derive income from a number of additional sources, including selling produce and livestock, leasing fields to other farmers, and renting out their livestock or equipment.
Farm owners and operators purchase items such as farm equipment, fencing, cooling systems, feed systems, incubators, specialty lighting, janitorial supplies, veterinary supplies, clipper supplies, sprayers, gloves, scales, feed, vaccines, shop tools, livestock equipment, seed, fertilizer, waterers, storage facilities, machinery, camouflage clothing, pest control systems, outdoor work apparel, boots, utility vehicles, ATV’s, sprayers, mobile phones, two way radios, and farming and agriculturally focused publications. |
