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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14, 2015 - A7
Farm Scale
having no workforce can be lonely.
“There is a great culture that can
develop around having interns on a
Continued from A1
farm,” Naylor said.
Equipping a small farm can be
While Naylor has carved out a
relatively inexpensive, as cheap as niche in small-scale farming, Michael
$12,000, Naylor said.
Ahlert has found himself slowly scal“By the far the most expensive ing upward.
piece of equipment is the walk-be“Our farm hasn’t been the same
hind tractor,” a two-wheeled machine scale for more than one season,” he
that resembles a
said.
rototiller, he said.
Ahlert and his
These versatile
wife, who run
machines can be
Red Earth Farm
found used, but
in
Schuylkill
County, started
Naylor recomsmall,
farming
mended beginrented land.
ning
farmers
They
soon
think about buybought a 14-acre
ing one new.
farm, maxed out
The last thing
that land in two
you want is to
years, and bought
have a piece of
another
farm,
equipment you
this one covering
do not know
well that starts to Justin Naylor of Old Tioga Farm 100 acres. “For
the most part,
break down, he
speaks about being profitable on a it’s been a very
said.
steady increase,”
Naylor draws very small farm.
Ahlert said.
irrigation water
Ahlert, whose revenue comes prifrom his house well, “which is like a
marily from a 750-member CSA, said
total no-no,” he said.
He has never had problems with he has benefited from the exploding
the well running dry, so “we feel like interest in local food. For most of his
it’s a reasonable risk at the moment.” time as a farmer, he has grown simply
Although tiny farms can keep a lid by word of mouth.
“If my customer base wasn’t exon costs, they do have disadvantages.
Two-wheeled tractors are slower panding, I probably wouldn’t be exthan regular tractors, small properties panding my farm,” he said.
Scale also depends on how big you
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As their scale increased, the Ahlerts
upgraded their vehicles.
Buying their first box truck was
a milestone, but then they bought a
refrigerated box truck, which relegated the first truck to field use,
he said.
When considering an equipment
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on how quickly the machine will pay
for itself.
“It doesn’t have to be an emotional decision. It’s an objective decision” about the farm’s efficiency,
he said.
Ahlert said he plans to keep growing over the next few years. “Overall,
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want to be and what your idea of success is. Some farmers, like Naylor,
simply do not want a huge operation,
he said.
Farmers should focus on what they
know how to do, especially when
they are starting out, Ahlert said.
Ahlert briefly tried raising chickens, but he spent a lot of time on them
without much profit. “I decided produce is what I do,” he said.
Investing in the farm’s nursery
stock is important. It can help a farm
get a head start or set it back, Ahlert
said.
Irrigation, too, should be a priority
for produce growers. “The first thing
I did on that new property was drill a
well,” Ahlert said.
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Mike Brownback, left, and Michael Ahlert speak about farm scale.
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For Mike Brownback of Spiral
Path Farm in Perry County, scale has
just been an adventure.
Brownback started farming in the
mid-1970s on his grandmother’s
4-acre farm with a rototiller and some
steers.
His uncle, a livestock dealer, supplied him with a bred gilt that helped
him start a farrow-to-finish operation.
Brownback and his wife bought
their own farm in 1978. In two years,
they lost tens of thousands of dollars
and had to get an emergency loan
from the predecessor to the Farm Service Agency.
The Brownbacks stuck with pig
farming, and they improved their
finances. “The old terminology for
pigs was ‘mortgage lifters,’ ” Brownback said.
As the couple approached 40,
the pigs seemed increasingly like a
means to an end, so they switched to
a produce CSA.
They started with 22 members and
now serve 2,200, Brownback said.
Efficiency is a key to surviving as
a farmer no matter the scale. Brownback said that means using workers,
farm buildings and mechanization to
your advantage.
Showing a picture of the farm’s
Italian-built harvester at work in a high
tunnel, he said, “we can harvest a boatload, and that’s a family operation.”
Brownback also emphasizes caring
for the soil. “Doesn’t matter what size
you are. You can still work on soil improvement,” he said.
New farmers generally have to
pay their dues in the tough wholesale market until they can build their
brand, Brownback said.
Now that he is established, Brownback said he only deals with buyers
who want a win-win relationship with
the farm.
At this point, land is a big limiting
factor for Spiral Path.
Most of the neighboring properties
came up for sale when Brownback
was younger, but he did not buy. “You
never think you can afford land unless you’re wealthy,” he said.
If there is an opportunity to buy
land, go for it, but try to avoid putting
up your existing farm as collateral, he
said.
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