ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

With these crops in mind, my farming partner and I have started the journey to transition part of our land to tractor farming. However, mechanization and technology like tractors offer women the chance to broaden their opportunities in agriculture. I once even moved a walk-behind tractor with a riding tractor.

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USDA Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The front axle of my dads tractor had broken in half, and he had jumped off the tractor before it tipped over. On April 10, 2024, I received a call from my dad asking me to come help him at our family farm there had been an accident. When I arrived at the farm, my dad couldnt walk. for evaluation of his leg.

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Rural Development Ruralism Tractor Family Farming 52

ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

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. The constant freeze-thaw cycles of the eastern part of the U.S. create ankle-busting holes and ruts that are maddening and dangerous to humans and beasts.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Lawn mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, tractors, and trimmers can all spark a wildland fire if used during the wrong time of year,” Garrett says. Cal Fire doesn’t hold contracts specifically for grazing, Garrett says, but 18 of the Wildfire Prevention Grants it awarded for 2022-2023 went to projects that included grazing.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Strategies to reduce transportation waste include optimizing field layouts to minimize the distance used by your tractors and travel in your irrigation systems, and implementing precision agriculture technology that can assist equipment in choosing pre-plan routes that optimize distances traveled. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Farming Farming Processing Livestock 75

ATTRA

JANUARY 16, 2024

We haul them on the back of the pickup or we can use straps and the scoop of the tractor. This blog is produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology through the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Livestock Cattle Pasture Poultry 98

ATTRA

JANUARY 23, 2024

Technology in agriculture production is not limited to machinery like tractors and combines, but also irrigation, hoop houses, hydroponics, animal breeding techniques, etc. Strategy The strategic planning process is a vital activity that should be implemented and monitored by the organization’s leadership. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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