UnderstandingAg

JULY 16, 2023

Corn and soybeans will grow here sporadically; however, wet falls or an early freeze usually prevent harvest. Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. Screw ups happen.

Plowing 74

Plowing Pasture Seeding Cattle 74

Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Individual days and weeks can sometimes seem so long (especially when that harvest list runs onto three pages!), When you think of farming, likely tractors and planting and weeding pop into your brain. Note Beulah’s careful supervision of the plow. Can our harvesting metrics improve?

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Greenhouse Plowing Harvest Harvester 52

Far Eastern Agriculture

JULY 19, 2024

In case of agriculture machines such as tractors, electrification presents some unique challenges. Energy consumption The first challenge is that the use case of tractors is incredibly energy-intensive. For the most part, the purpose of a tractor is to drag machinery through a field.

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Tractor Construction Technology Plowing 40