Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I loved the process of moving the tractor, getting them food and water and raising them,” he says. On the farm, they minimize and reuse waste streams by recycling animals and manure that act as food for black soldier fly grubs. The only protein he was buying at the grocery store was chicken, so he decided to raise some birds, too.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Leading manufacturer of innovative agricultural technology, Fliegl has announced the launch of its latest chain manure spreader, the KDS 255 Muck Control This vehicle closes the gap between the large tandem spreaders and the more compact KDS 140 and thus Fliegl now offers the ideal solution for farms of all sizes.

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Logistics Manure Mechanics Tractor 40

Wisconsin Farmers Union

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Because of this, he still needs to bring his tractor into the pasture weekly to lift and unwrap the bales. The data showed that the manure and residue left after bale grazing were worth $610 of nutrients per acre. Conard talked about the lay of the land and the factors he’s had to consider, especially slope and wind exposure.

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Pasture Forage Soil Compaction Farming 98

Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

They showed up like two weeks later with a tractor and a big truck to load it in,” he said. Grown in a combination of manure and straw, they produce a distinct kind of spent substrate that is also used as compost, though it is a very different material from specialty mushroom substrate, with fewer applications. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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Compost Farming Farming Logistics 118

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors increased 4.8 Ag tractor sales decreased 19.4 Bunning & Sons Ltd, a UK-based leader in manure spreader manufacturing. percent in August 2024 compared to the year before according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. sales also increased 5.2 percent year-to-date.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Single axle grain carts and large combines are the worst offenders, but manure tankers and larger tractors also easily exceed 10 tons/axle. Unfortunately, as the table below shows, most modern equipment can easily exceed the recommended axle weights. Tires, tracks, and technology Should you switch to tracks rather than tires?

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Finance Farming 113

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In his case, this means a team of Suffolk Punch draft horses, but the same apparatus can be hitched to a tractor. Davis helped him modify his tractor so that he could cultivate his fields and apply urine in one pass. We said we use cow manure and stuff and this [urine] doesnt sound like it would be an issue.

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Fertilizer Crop Yield Farming 56

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It even includes the specific type of manure Joly selects to fertilize his vineyards. And because they are indigenous to the region, their manure, arguably, will deliver more authentic terroir. . … When you feel the music come to you when you taste the wine, you know that the work you did in the vineyard is coming through.”

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Cattle Poultry Manure Compost 61

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

These practices include waste storage facilities and waste facility covers, practices intended to prevent seepage of liquid animal manure from CAFOs into local water supplies. Expensive anaerobic digesters are most often installed at CAFOs to capture methane gas from manure lagoons.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. It was in a woeful state she calls “ Breaking-Bad bad.”

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Farming Farming Farmland Agriculture 52

RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Occasionally, we will work with a small tractor, but we use only very light equipment. Then, we planted green manures and cover crops to help build up the topsoil again, which had been pretty depleted over the years. Even more so, we’re focusing on green manures and cover crops to keep the soil safe. It was literally cooking.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

What happens if their manure comes under scrutiny? You can’t take your tractor into a conventional field, and then drive it into [your organic] garden…It’s only a matter of time before they see the horses the same way.” Plus, Eaton is concerned about how much harder it could become to maintain his certification.

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Food Farming Supply Chain Farming 82

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

King described how the ranchers move the animals to fresh paddocks daily, as Lora Soderquist, a colleague of Glover’s at Impact Ag Partners, explained how that movement prevents overgrazing, keeps living roots in place at all times, spreads the manure to stimulate grass regrowth and microbial communities, and sequesters carbon in the soil.

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