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Edible Bean School: Harvesting with high-capacity combines

Real Agriculture

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch.

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The Sharp Edge: Planting big acres and mitigating compaction with Cliff Horst

Real Agriculture

Cliff Horst and his brother, Dale, make it happen with a 24-row Harvest International planter and a Fendt 1038 tractor. Cliff Horst and his brother, Dale, make it happen with a 24-row Harvest International planter and a Fendt 1038 tractor. The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont., The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont.,

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Tractor Rollovers Kill Dozens on Farms Each Year—and a Prevention Program Is at Risk

Civil Eats

The front bucket was half full as he drove the tractor forward on a gentle slope of his 10-acre produce and poultry farm in Greensboro, Georgia. I felt the tractor tilting over,” Langford recalls. “I In the end, the tractor landed on its left side; a roll bar above the seat prevented it from turning upside down.

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New Holland innovation drives BIG baler productivity

Real Agriculture

But with increasing innovation, baler operators now no longer have to spend their days twisting and turning in the tractor seat and riding the throttle to constantly manage bale making. Baling hay has always been a very manual process with baler operators following the windrow and managing speed to optimize productivity. Read More

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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. This shift to a data-driven approach not only enhances farm operations but can significantly improve harvest outcomes, turning a good year into an exceptional one.

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Nighttime Harvests Protect Farmworkers From Extreme Heat, but Bring Other Risks

Civil Eats

In the summer months, Flor Sanchez and the members of her harvest crew rise before dawn and arrive at a cherry orchard in Washington state’s Yakima Valley when there is only the slightest hint of daylight. “We Climbing up into the branches to harvest the ripe fruit in near-darkness, she says, “seems a little dangerous.”

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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

Right now, its too wet for us to get into the field with a tractor, she explained the night after a thunderstorm this summer. Instead of growing rice in flooded paddies to prevent weeds from overtaking the crop, SRI farmers treat rice like a vegetable, irrigating it as needed and using other weed control methods.