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Just curious as to who here has a ag-related sideline and how well it is doing for you. We have thought of things such as farm markets and Christmas trees but our research shows a saturation on these things where we live.
 
Here in Michigan last year I decided to try adding pumpkins into my gardening I planted 170 hills and ended up with pretty close to 500 pumpkins of varying sizes. Pumpkins at the grocery store were going for $6-$7 dollars. I priced my pumpkins at no more than $3 with our economy as it is and had a huge success. I will be doing the same this year.
 
Shucks.
I thought you were gonna talk about carpentry.
I built this niche in my kitchen a couple of years ago.

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Here on our farm in NE Texas, have always cut Bahia grass after it goes to seed.

My dad always called it "poor man's hay".

Decided a couple of years ago to cut, rake, and bale the Bahia grass instead of shredding it.

Now we sell the 4x4 Bahia bales for $10 per bale.

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No wasted grass/hay, community neighbors get local, inexpenseive source of cow hay, and income pays the taxes on the farm.

Everyone benefits.
 
Have a fresh produce stand where we sell produce that we grow. Our slogan is"If we don't grow it, We don't sell it!"
 
Farmers Markets are great places to sell your ag goods - as long as you're not trying to sell the typical tomatoes, summer squash, corn, etc. Too many vendors selling the typical veggies just lowers the prices and no one is happy. You need to sell stuff few other have...
 
James,is that an original J D imp. trailer under your round bales? Neat looking too. I have not seen one for many yrs .
 
James,

I think that"s a Ruger Mark II. They are a very handy, reliable little .22. I"ve got one here in my desk drawer They resemble a Luger, but I think Mr. Ruger based his design on a Japanese pistol he brought back from the War. Nonetheless, that is an awesome nich! Nice handywork!
 
"Is there a story behind the Luger?"

That's a Ruger .22 semi-auto. They are great fun to shoot, and those that I've been around are very accurate.
 
Yep, Ruger MKII. I also have one, but with the 10" heavy barrel and target sights. Very nice, reasonably priced .22 pistols. Now replaced by the Mark III.
 
Not to take away from the Niche, but the those Rugers are very accurate. It can put the whole clip into a Copenhagen lid at ten paces!
 
I cant really call it a sideline. My business is divided up into hay, cattle, horse boarding, and custom services. Most years if one aspect is off the other one hits. For free time away from the farm stuff I do a little commercial photography.
 
Nancy got it right.

It's a JD #16 Delivery Trailer.

Here's what we bought.

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One of those long, part-time, low priority projects that finally got finished.

Here's how it turned out.

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Decided to use it for advertising our hay
 
My farming is part time hobby work, and the center piece of it is my hay at about 5,000 small squares a year. That includes about 700/year that is custom work for a horse stable. What I would call a nice "niche" that I have is maintaining customers paddocks for them. I have five of them that I do now and it includes liming, fertilizing, and sometimes mowing. I charge them equipment time of course and a reasonable mark-up on the materials, so with my bulk pricing they get it spread for less than they could buy it at the feed store. I can do it when it is convenient for me so every one makes out.
 
We had the standard farm market last year at the edge of town...corn, greenbeans and such but, one woman set up a booth and sold home made pies made from farm produce, cherry, blackberry and I believe strawberry/rhubarb and others...at ten dollars apiece and was always sold out if you didn't get there in the first little bit. They were not a small one either, more like you would be served at home. ohfred
 
Is there any one around you direct marketing fed calves, meat hogs, sheep or goats? We have a great slaughter house here that stays booked up a year in advance and folks will pay a premium for anything you have an appointment for and can sell to them in the parking lot. (Alot of folks don't even raise the critters, just keep thier name on the appointment sheet and jockey critters the week they have a date for.)

Dave
 
I grow organic garlic and sell to local restaurants, farm markets and organic dairy farms for, and this is the best part, retail price.
 
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