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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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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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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

The stockpiled feed helps us be more profitable because we are not feeding as much hay, and it also provides more opportunities to keep animals out on the landscape gathering their own feed, instead of us supplying it with a tractor. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture. The acreage lasted 65 cows for almost two months of grazing in the spring.

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Precision Ag News 2/19

Agwired

sales of Ag tractors and combines fell during January 2025 compared to the year before. sales of Ag tractors dropped 15.8 million by the National Resources Conservation Service to study nutrient runoff from manure fertilizer. According to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) , U.S. percent, while U.S.

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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. Aiello drives a shared tractor.

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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.

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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. They’ll diversify the farm’s income streams and deposit their nutrient-dense manure across the landscape while pecking at the dirt, stimulating microbes with their beaks.