100 Ways to Diversify Farm Profits Draw 5000 in Des Moines
More than 5,000 farmers from across the country attended the ADAPT 100 conference in Des Moines Iowa to explore 100 unconventional income ideas for farming. Sponsored by Successful Farming magazine the event featured 300 sessions and included free bus service for attendees. Farmers reported plans to try ideas such as shiitake mushrooms asparagus and seasonal plastic mulching while some sought niches like specialty beef and on farm cheese production.
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Diversification push draws 5000 farmers to ADAPT 100 seminar
More than 5,000 farmers from 42 states and Canada attended Successful Farming magazine s ADAPT 100 conference on farm diversification. Richard Krumme said topics ranged from bed and breakfast services to gourmet snail farming and niche marketing with sessions aiming to boost net farm income and reduce reliance on government subsidies.
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Farmers favor self reliance over quotas at diversification conference
Successful Farming surveyed 300 attendees of a Des Moines conference drawing 42 states and Canada. Two thirds rate efficiency and new uses for commodities as very important. less than 15 percent view quotas as vital, and 19 percent value price-support programs. Attendees average 40 years old with a median 520 acres, traveling 420 miles, described as progressive diversifiers planning for the future. Conference may recur if support grows.
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