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BALE BASKETS
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World's worst weeds
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i can believe the 70%, i see that in my area as well. a lot of 45+ year old farmers who are continually acquiring more land and expanding. however, most do not have anyone to take over the operations. i wonder who will have the resources and money...
i had a client have some snowed on back in mid october this year. ninety percent of the field still had green leaves on them (seed salesmen sold them very long season beans for our area) the beans were about waist high and thick. we had about 6 in...
does anyone have experience with making dry round bales and then rebaling them later as square bales?
most of the farms in my area are dairy farmers and don't have time to have off farm enterprises, however, most have spouses that work in town to provide insurance and extra income. as i start my farm i work as a crop consultant
in western new york we have been having control issues with pokeweed and japanese knotweed
we had that problem with a 648 silage special. i think we added the scrapers and they helped some. seemed to happen when we were making second or third cutting baleage that was short and fine stemmed grass. never really did get it solved. we ended...
on my dad's farm they run all fords a 5000, 7600, 7710,8600, 9600. the only one they've ever had problems with was the 7710, the rest of them just keep running. you can run them without the dual power but it is very nice when you get to headlands ...
Do the hay baskets and NH stackwagons work alright on side hills?
Torrey Family Produce
I currently work as a crop consultant and grow produce on the side. We sell to two different colleges and at a Farmer's Market. The fruits and vegetable business is growing great. I am currently looking at expanding the produce business and entering into a more conventional farming operation as well. The biggest challenge for me in coming up with the money to become larger and finding the right markets in an area that is primarily dairy.
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