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Agricultural Business

Publications

• Starting a Small Business: The Feasibility Analysis (Montana State University - pdf)
• Evaluating A Rural Enterprise (ATTRA)
• Economic Analysis of A New Business, Doing It Right (K-State - pdf)
• Environmental Farm Planning (K-State - pdf)
• Organizing A Business Plan (Ohio State University)
• Economic Issues With Food and Agribusiness Firm Profitability (K-State - pdf)

Links

• Arthur Capper Cooperative Center (K-State)

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Agricultural Tourism

Books and Magazines

• Agritourism and Nature Tourism in Californina (UC Davis Small Farm Center)
• Planning and Managing Agritourism and Nature Tourism Enterprises (UC Davis Small Farm Center)
• The New Agritourism (New World Publishing)

Publications

• Agritourism Policies and Procedures Checklist Guide (Natl Children's Center)
• Agritoursim Worksite Walkthrough Checklist Guide (Natl Chilren's Center)
• Can A Farmer Make Money with an Outdoor Sideline? (Michigan State University)
• Direct Marketing Ag Products to Tourists  (Michigan State University)
• Entertainment Farming and Agri-Tourism (ATTRA)
• Making the Farm Connection (Missouri Alternative Center)

Links

• Kansas AgriTourism
• Kansas AgriTourism Resource Web page

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Agriculture, Sustainable (see Sustainable Agriculture)

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Agroforestry

• Agroforestry: An Overview (ATTRA)
• Developing a Community Forestry Program (K-State - pdf)
• Discovering Profits In Unlikely Places: Agroforestry Opportunities For Added Income (University of Michigan Extension)
• Establishing and Managing Riparian Forest Buffers (UMCA - pdf)
• Establishing Riparian Buffers (K-State - pdf)
• Kansas Forest Service Fire Management Program (K-State - pdf)
• Living Snow Fences In Kansas (K-State - pdf)
• Marketing Kansas Timber (K-State - pdf)
• Selecting And Planting A Tree (K-State - pdf)
• Tree Planting Guide (K-State - pdf)
• Trees And Shrubs for Difficult Sites (K-State - pdf)
• Wind Break Management (K-State - pdf)
• Windbreaks for Kansas (K-State - pdf)
• Woodland Management for Farms and Ranches (K-State - pdf)
• Woodlot Enterprises (ATTRA)

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Alfalfa

• Alfalfa (KS Rural Center - pdf)

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Alternative Field Crops

• Alternative Agronomic Crops (ATTRA)
• Alternative Crops in Double-Crop Systems for Missouri (University of Missouri)
• Alternative Crop Overviews (Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, MO)
• Alternative Field Crops Manual (University of Minnesota; University of Wisconsin)
• Barley (University of Missouri)
• Buckwheat: A Multi-Purpose, Short-Season Alternative (University of Missouri)
• Canola: A Promising Oilseed (University of Missouri) html
• Canola Production (University of Nebraska)
• Center Pivot Irrigated Dry-Edible Bean Cost Return Budget (K-State - pdf)
• Crambe Production (University of Nebraska)
• Diversify Crops to Boost Profits and Stewardship (SARE)
• Evaluating a Rural Enterprise (ATTRA)
• Economic Issues with Specialty Crops (K-State - pdf)
• Economic Issues with Dry Edible Beans (K-State - pdf)
• Grain Amaranth (K-State - pdf)
• Growing Safflower in Nebraska (University of Nebraska) 
• Moving Beyond Conventional Cash Cropping (ATTRA)
• Oat Production in Nebraska (University of Nebraska)
• Plainsman Canola (K-State)
• Proso Millet as a Crop Alternative (K-State - pdf)
• Rapeseed and Crambe (K-State - pdf)
• Specialty and Non-Traditional Crops (K-State - pdf)
• Sunflower Marketing in the High Plains (K-State - pdf)
• Sweet Corn (K-State - pdf)

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Alpacas

• Alpacas: Just the Facts (Oklahoma State University)
• Llama and Alpaca Farming (ATTRA)
• Llamas and Alpacas (Rutgers University - pdf)

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Alternative Livestock

• Channel Catfish Produced In Kansas Ponds for Profit and Pleasure (K-State - pdf)
• Evaluating a Rural Enterprise (ATTRA)
• Growing Cattle on Grass (K-State - pdf)
• K-State Publications on Direct Meat Marketing (K-State - pdf)  

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Amaranth

• Alternative Crop Overviews: Amaranth (Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, MO)
• Amaranth Grain Production in Nebraska (University of Nebraska)
• Amaranth Production (ATTRA)
• Grain Amaranth (K-State - pdf)

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Apples

• Buying Guide for Kansas-Grown Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (K-State - pdf)
• Considerations in Organic Apple Production (ATTRA - pdf)
• Containers and Packaging-Fruits and Vegetables (K-State - pdf)
• Diseases of Apple and Flowering Crab (K-State - pdf)
• Harvest Maturity Indicators for Fruits and Vegetables (K-State - pdf)
• Insect IPM in Apples: Kaolin Clay (ATTRA)
• Organic and Low Spray Apple Production (ATTRA)
• Preserving Apples (K-State - pdf)
• Small and Tree-Fruit Cultivars (K-State - pdf)
• Storage Operations-Fruits and Vegetables (K-State - pdf)
• Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear (K-State - pdf)

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Aquaculture

• Is fish farming for me? (Langston University)
• North Central Region Aquaculture Center  (Purdue university)
• Proactive Pond Management (Langston University)

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Aquaponics

• Aquaponics - Integration of Hydroponics with Aquaculture (University of Arizona)

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Asian Pears

• Asian Pears (Penn State University)
• Asian Pears (Washington State University)
• Organic Pear Production (ATTRA)

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Asparagus

• Asparagus (K-State - pdf)
• Asparagus-Commercial Production (K-State - pdf)
• Asparagus Production (Oklahoma State University - pdf)
• Recommended Vegetable Varieties (K-State)

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