Farming 4-6 years

Resources for people who have 4-6 years of experience with farming or ranching.

"No Small Potatoes Investment Club strengthens Maine's local food economy by making small loans (less than $5000) to farms, fishermen and the food businesses they supply to help them thrive."

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"Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Farm Apprenticeship program connects people wanting to learn organic farming with experienced farmers willing to share their expertise. The typical arrangement involves an exchange of labor for room, board, a stipend, and informal, intensive training and experience in farming.

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"The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's Organic Farmer Loan Fund is intended particularly to help organic farmers working on establishing a credit history for their farms.

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"Looking for a comprehensive overview of how to export? For more than 70 years "A Basic Guide to Exporting" has been the resource that businesses have turned to for answers to their questions about how to establish and grow overseas markets for their products and services.

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Welcome to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Recipe for Export Success, a tool to assist U.S. food, fish, fiber, and forest products companies to create their export marketing plan.

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This webpage provides steps to doing market research for exporting products.  It also includes links to other resources available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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New England Greenhouse Update is a resource for commercial growers of greenhouse crops and flowers. University Extension Specialists contribute pest messages and other information to this website from current observations at greenhouses in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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The Wisconsim Housing and Economic Development Authority Farm Asset Reinvestment Management guarantee (FARM) is a loan guarantee for agricultural producers who want to start, expand or modernize their operations.

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The purpose of the guide is to assist underserved and limited resources farmers and woodland owners to adopt best management technologies in agroforestry.

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The Farmers Adopting Computer Technology (FACT) project is designed to train farm families one-on-one or in group settings how to use computers for their farming operations in order to become more competitive in the market place.

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