How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch

	Farmer Profiles
	The McKay family of Mindenmines, Mo., participate in a successful farm cooperative that focuses on direct-marketing meat and other products. Photo by Bob Cunningham. The following farm profiles demonstrate how producers across the U.S. successfully tested strategies that helped them transition to organic production. Profile 1. Profitable Rotation, Cover Crops Reduce Erosion on Hilly Farm Profile 2. North Carolina Peanut Producers Seek Pest Management Alternatives Profile 3. Black Medic Diversifies, Adds Profit to Montana Wheat Farm Profile 4. Getting to the Meat of the Matter: In-store Surveying Informs Beef Producers