Agriculture Tractor Articles
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Balancing demand and crop rotation guides North Carolina family farm
When brothers Wyatt and Frank Scott returned home to their Lucama, North Carolina family farm after earning degrees from NC State University in 2016, they planted 18 acres of sweet potatoes. This year, 200 acres of the root vegetable will be hand harvested off of 46” beds and they have plans to build infrastructure to expand even further. It has become the farm’s number two cash crop ...
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Reliable and no fuss machinery drives plant hire success
Simon Williams started SW Machinery Hire in 2003 with just one muck spreader. Today, the machinery hire business has an arsenal of more than 250 machines catering for agriculture, construction and industry from two locations in Wiltshire and East Sussex. Hire contracts range from one day to one-year or more, offering a variety of options and choices for more than 600 customers across England. The ...
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Connect Sniper Pull-Type Sprayer
You thought your farm needed an all in one sprayer, until you needed two. The fall of 2020 brings exciting news with the release of the newest Connect Sprayer. The Sniper is in a class of its own for Pull-Types with the latest technology integrated into the spraying system. This implement will become the go-to applicator on your farm for fertilizer top dressing and herbicide application. With ...
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Maxilator: Hay Handling Equipment for American Farmers
Maxilator Equipment offers products and solutions for the American farmer. Every working industry looks for more efficient and innovative ways to improve their production. The farming industry is no exception. Farmers want to save time and money, especially on fuel and labor. Who is Maxilator? Handling hay bales requires hard work! A task that is time-consuming and backbreaking work. ...
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How locality and soil types plays a roll in your irrigation equipment
RST Irrigation Ltd are in an enviable location in the country. In the heart of East Anglia, within 1/2m of Sufflok, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire border, they are on the edge of the fenlands and only a few miles from the Brecklands. The two areas are quite different from each other. The Fenlands feature dark soils (and some white eau), which can range from light to heavy black and encompasses peat, ...
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Which Planter Technology Is Right for You? Clutches vs. Electric Drives vs. High Speed
Getting the seed in the ground perfectly is your best chance for having a bumper crop year, making planter technology one of the smartest investments you can make right now. But with several options, which one is right for you and your farm? Here’s a candid look at the pros and cons of ...
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Blueberry Harvest - Videorelation From a Blueberry Plantation
The fruit harvesting season is long over. Maybe are you following our Facebook profile and YouTube channel? Therefore, you have probably seen a harvest of blueberries, raspberries, or haskap with the KAREN harvester. In this article, you will learn more about the blueberry harvester and see how it has worked this ...
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Choosing a tanker to fit the task
Many factors are taken into consideration when choosing a slurry tanker. With the variety of makes, models and accessories involved, the options can be bewildering to both novice and seasoned buyers. The Major range of slurry handling equipment covers a variety of conditions for farmers and contractors. Divided into four classes, tankers in each category are designed and built around a specific ...
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Animal Feed Machine Made Feed Pellets For Horse Farming
In ancient times, horses were the main driving force of agricultural production, transportation, and military activities. With the power machinery invention and wide application, field operations were almost replaced by tractors. Horses are mainly used for equestrian sports and the production of milk and meat. The modern horse industry has received good development in developed and developing ...
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How to build the perfect levee in 5 steps
In June, the rice-planting season will shift into high gear across the country. And as anyone who has worked with rice knows, it’s unique because of the irrigated conditions it’s grown in. For the crop to be a success, you need a levee that produces the right controlled flooding environment. To help you be successful this season, AMCO has created this guide to building levees that ...
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Wide Area Mowing with 50HP
When mounted on a compact tractor, the 4m Major Swift trailed roller mower delivers performance, efficiency and reliability for the dedicated team of groundskeepers at Blundell’s School in Devon If you were to look back through the annals of history, at the time of the passing of Queen Elizabeth 1st, just before Guy Fawkes was condemned for trying to blow up Parliament and, when the now ...
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AgFiniti Remote Support Saves Time in the Field
As Midwest farmers begin planting, using some of the features AgFiniti has to offer can keep your customers, or even your own operation, up and running. The same even goes for Ag Leader’s own employees, like myself. I’m Andrew Jungers, a Training Specialist at Ag Leader. Outside of my role at Ag Leader, I stay active on my family farm located in Northwest Iowa. We have found that ...
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Large Straw Feed Pellet Machine Cattle Sheep Pellet Making Machine
The straw feed pellet machine can divide into three types: large, medium, and small straw feed pellet machine. The large straw feed pellet machines are large in volume, large in output and powerful in function. This machine is flexible and can use for diesel and electricity. Users can choose to use a motor, diesel engine, or tractor type according to the actual situation. The large straw feed ...
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Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean?
One day in the future, the Pacific Ocean could be home to kilometers of seaweed farms tended by submarine drones and waiting to be turned into fuel. This is the vision of Marine BioEnergy, a start-up backed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). The U.S. government agency is funding the company, along with a handful of related projects, because it views the open ocean as ...
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Red raspberries harvesting with KAREN harvester in the main role
Poland is one of the biggest world producers of raspberries. The increase of raspberries planting, in recent years, especially variety grown without supports, has resulted increased concern the subject of crop mechanization. The WEREMCZUK company take care of fruit growers needs and try to meet their expectations. For many months, we were working really intensive on the new face of harvester, ...
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Industrial apples harvesting
The issue of the profitability of producing industrial apples has been widely talked over among fruit growers for several years. The matter of price, fruit quality, harvesting method and sales options are discussed. For several years we can see an increase in interest in an industrial apples production in specially growing orchards. Suitable types of fruits are produced there, and they are picked ...
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Karen Harvester Irreplaceable in Raspberry and Blueberry Harvesting
The latest proposition in the WEREMCZUK Agromachines offer among fruit harvesters, which responding to needs of customers looking for machines adapted to work on all plantations in the country and abroad, guaranteeing efficient raspberry and blueberry harvesting and excellent fruit quality. Designed based on many years of experience in designing and implementing machines in the fruit-growing ...
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Top 3 Considerations When Buying a Slurry Applicator
Dribble bar, band spreader, trailing hose, trailing shoe, disc injector or shallow injection? Whatever name you read or see, they all refer to low emission spreading systems under evolving environmental regulations. The variety of systems available, and the number of options and features, can be baffling to even the most experienced farmer! We have put together the top three factors to think ...
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Main uses and capabilities of stud bolts
Stud bolts generally require surface treatment. There are many types of bolt surface treatments. Generally, plating, blackening, oxidation, phosphating, and non-electrolytic zinc sheet coating are commonly used. However, electroplated fasteners occupy a large proportion in the actual use of fasteners. It is more widely used in industries and fields such as automobiles, tractors, home appliances, ...
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RFID Tags Technology Can Improve the Speed and Safety of Data Communication
RFID tags refer to radio frequency identification tags. After the radio frequency identification system is matched with the reader and tag, data communication can be realized by radio waves. The relevant information is stored in the tag in electronic digital format. Like barcode, RFID tag is also a data carrier. The data contained in the RFID tag can be assembled into a minicomputer chip through ...
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