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Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Rent 100 Acres of Apples

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  • Date Added : 11/19/2004
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Jim Bittner

  • Owner, Singer Farms
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1958 (Age: 66 years old)
  • Jim Bittner - Interview - Singer Farms
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Biography

Jim Bittner is a partner in Singer Farms. In addition, he serves as President and General Manager of the operation. Singer Farms is a fruit farm which produces apples, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries and other smaller specialty fruit items.

Jim Bittner is a graduate of Cornell University.

In 1990 I was approached if I wanted to rent 100 acres of apples in full production. These were farms that were originally planted and cared for by Gerber Baby Food in western New York. Gerber had sold them. The person who had - or the company that had bought this 100 acres plus ran it for two ye...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Starting Career As Partner on Dairy Farm
  • Jim Bittner - Interview - Singer Farms
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Video 2 of 28 Jim Bittner Provides Background on Singer Farms and Thoughts on Entrepreneurship
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Video 3 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Move Into Fruit Farming
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Video 4 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Rent 100 Acres of Apples
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Video 5 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Enter Partnership and Create Singer Farms
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Video 6 of 28 Jim Bittner Shares Thoughts on Free Trade and Product Mix
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Video 7 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Opening On-Farm Winery
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Video 8 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Produce Peaches
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Video 9 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Rent Rather Than Own Land
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Video 10 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Management Responsibilities at Singer Farms
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Video 11 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision To Bring In Management Consultant For Winery Idea
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Video 12 of 28 Jim Bittner Shares Thoughts on Risk, Threat of Hail and Insurance
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Video 13 of 28 Jim Bittner Shares Thoughts on Marketing and Customers
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Video 14 of 28 Jim Bittner States One Strength Is Openness To Try Anything Once
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Video 15 of 28 Jim Bittner States Product Diversification Helps To Manage Risk
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Video 16 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses How Singer Farms Caters To Customers
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Video 17 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Importance of Face-to-Face Customer Contact
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Video 18 of 28 Jim Bittner Shares Examples of Developing Customer Relationships
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Video 19 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Decision Making at Singer Farms
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Video 20 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Desire For Larger Management Team
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Video 21 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Bad Decision Made To Grow Hops on Farm
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Video 22 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Family
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Video 23 of 28 Jim Bittner States Land and Soils Are Competitive Advantage For Singer Farms
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Video 24 of 28 Jim Bittner States Risk Taking Is A Big Deal
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Video 25 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses Experimenting With Retail Store
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Video 26 of 28 Jim Bittner States Biggest Challenge Is Knowing when To Walk Away From a Bad Decision
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Video 27 of 28 Jim Bittner Discusses New York Cherry Co-Op
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Video 28 of 28 Jim Bittner States Importance To Co-op Success Is Staying Focused
  • Jim Bittner - Interview - Singer Farms
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