Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When he was nine, he started trucking the tobacco, or driving the loaded tractor from the fields where the hands were harvesting the leaves up to the barns where they were flue cured. The trailer is still hitched to the old orange tractor they used as they harvested two long rows from a nearby field. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

This loss of fertile topsoil will pose long-term challenges for crop production and soil health. Locals operated privately owned heavy machinery and farm tractors, clearing and scraping public roads. Farmers faced dire situations. The devastation of roads further isolated communities, complicating recovery efforts.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning. stems from burning, soil management, and gaseous emissions from both tractors and soil. But Ansalem would like to see tractors face the same regulation as other vehicles in the state.

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Farming Farming Tractor Agriculture 138

Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

In a world where all industries run on plastics, these fine particles can also find their way onto farms through poultry litter , sewage sludge applied to soils, and even fertilizer. For instance, relying less on tractors and heavy machinery would create “less opportunity for rubber tires to degrade and get into the soil,” he said.

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Farming Farming Greenhouse Food 145

Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Get to know your soil by testing it, and then bring in the heavy hitters compost and cover crops. Regularly amend your soil with organic matter, such as compost or cover crops, to improve fertility. Precision planting, watering and fertilization will make your crops dance to the rhythm of productivity.

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Yield Crop Rotation Production Farming 52

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Although no-till implies not tilling at all, many no-till market gardeners still rely on some form of light tillage to create a seed bed or apply copious amounts of compost as a mulch to create a seed bed. However, most commercial market gardeners do not own or have access to a tractor driven no-till seeder with down pressure.

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvester 105

Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Since we had land—and we also had a good relationship with the local Farmer’s Cooperative, which generously donated seeds, plants, and fertilizer—a garden felt like a good way to support the community. I watched tractor pulls and played high school football games there. I was searching for some way to help.

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Ruralism Farming Farming Agriculture 117