Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. 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. Oh, what a day, he says. They must be pets?

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Root crops and tuber beds are generally clean and free of residue after harvest, which make them an easy location to direct seed with any seeder, or broadcast seed, followed by applying a straw mulch. If you live in a high-rainfall climate, I recommend applying straw mulch after seeding to reduce crusting and soil loss.

Crop 105

Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvester 105

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

Glover’s eyes gazed out at an audience made up of a few dozen representatives of America’s largest grocers and food-service companies from beneath the brim of a straw cowboy hat. Or, “consumer trends,” which drive the whole tractor in big box grocery, may change. How do you make the best beef business in America?”

Ranching 143

Ranching Cattle Production Food 143