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Taking steps to minimize compaction from the sprayer

Real Agriculture

The topic of soil compaction often arises when talking about the heaviest of farm machinery — four-wheel drive tractors, grain carts/buggies, and manure spreaders — but sprayers should also be at the forefront when it comes to trying to minimize compaction.

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A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland

Civil Eats

Photo credit: Lisa Held) Still, it’s a bumpy farm road ahead: no smooth pavement, with deep potholes to navigate around and animals running in front of the tractor. In her family, agriculture skipped a generation after her great-grandfather moved north during the Great Migration to escape violence in Mississippi and find work.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 25: Oat answers, fall seeding, road safety, and broadcasting on stubble

Real Agriculture

First off, check in with someone you haven’t talked to in a while, it may be a really warm memory for years to come, and, second, if you’ve ever seen a young person driving a tractor on the. Read More Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson has got so many agronomy answers this week, and two very important reminders.

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Precision Ag News 2/19

Agwired

Bushel , an independently-owned software technology company focused on digital tools for the agricultural supply chain, announced an integration into MyCHS, the farmer-facing platform from CHS, Inc., sales of Ag tractors and combines fell during January 2025 compared to the year before. sales of Ag tractors dropped 15.8

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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture.

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A Washington Cohousing Project Could Help Preserve Farmland

Modern Farmer

The ordinance The Rooted Northwest land, ringed by trees, has only a few reminders of the centennial dairy it once was, including a handful of lingering structures and a small manure lagoon. When the land went up for sale, it was a risk of being converted away from agriculture. Aiello drives a shared tractor. Rooted Northwest.

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The Season of Mud

ATTRA

By Tammy Barnes , NCAT Agriculture Specialist Ah, the season of boot-sucking, tractor sliding, truck bed smashing, brown paw-printed kitchen floors, heavy pant cuffs, human swearing mud. Not to mention that no livestock owner wants to see their animals covered in mud and manure. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.