Jacob R

Counties of interest

Flathead

Planned Operation

Hay & Forage, Grain, Large Animal (cattle, sheep, goats), Small Animal (pigs, rabbits, poultry), Vegetable, Fruit/Orchard

Check all experience and education that apply to you and your farming partners

General farming (over 3 years), Other experience/license/agriculture or business training

Other experience/license/agriculture or business training:

I am enrolled to start a green/self-sustaining business class at unity college online school.

Land Tenure

Buy/Sell, Lease

Briefly describe your current occupation(s) and responsibilities and list previous agricultural employment and experiences. If you are currently farming or ranching, please state the size, type(s), and location of the operation.

I am a mason and I work for myself right now, I'm doing a lot of repoints and tear down rebuilds on chimney. My farm experience is small scale, dozen turkeys, 2 dozen meat chickens, and a pig. Unless you count bear dogs as agriculture. I'm a guide so I was using them for hunting, like a horse is used for riding.

Acreage

6-10, 11-40

Farming Practices

Organic

Please elaborate on the type(s) of agricultural operation you plan on running.

My overall goal is to have a self-sustaining catering/mobile restaurant. My plan is to butcher “in house”, so I can keep an eye on quality. Once I am set up with my farm and having immediate access to a supply of protein, a co-op farm store would be a great fit as well. My idea for the farm would be to raise yaks, sheep, pigs and poultry. I’ve raised poultry and pigs for my entire life. I just buy to raise for the year and then slaughter. With access to farmland, it would give me the availability to have breeders which would give me overall control of the quality.

Onsite Housing

Yes

Please elaborate on the kind of additional training/information that would help you:

I can read and study farming all day every day, but to actually be doing it is something entirely different.