Farming Implement Articles & Analysis
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The Steam Era: Birth of Mechanized Farming The inception of mechanized farming can be traced back to the early 19th century with the advent of steam-powered engines. ...
This technological revolution promises to improve efficiency, sustainability, and animal welfare, but it also raises ethical and environmental questions. In this article, we will explore the impact of AI on intensive farming, examining the benefits, challenges, and potential future implications. ...
The concept of crop rotation dates back thousands of years, with ancient civilizations such as the Mesopotamians and Egyptians employing rudimentary forms of rotation to sustain their agricultural endeavors. The basic principle behind crop rotation is alternating the types of crops grown in a particular field over time to improve soil fertility, control pests, and maximize yields. In traditional ...
Soil sensors can help identify areas prone to erosion by measuring soil moisture and compaction levels. This allows farmers to implement erosion control measures promptly, preserving soil health and preventing nutrient loss. ...
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The safety shield is a vital safety element that helps avoid accidents. Implement Yoke This yoke, which is a PTO shaft implementation, also known as the yoke, is the one that connects to the shaft of input for the implement. It also has six splines which correspond to the spline count on the shaft that is used to input into the ...
One of the most common ways for growers looking to increase their sustainability efforts is to access assistance, funding, and expertise through USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service. In this installment of Earth Innovations, we’re taking a look at what the NRCS offers growers and what to consider when deciding if an NRCS program is right for your farm. ...
It is common knowledge that traditional farming or farming methods are dependent on many external conditions to ensure profitability. Therefore, farmers began to implement precision agriculture to make farming more effective. Before adopting precision farming, farmers must know the principles of precision ...
This causes huge agrarian crisis and extreme despair for farming communities of the state. Thus, to eradicate these problems and strengthen Andhra’s agriculture, SankalpTaru is working out an action plan of planting varied fruit-bearing saplings on the lands of poor rural farmers by implementing horticulture farming technique. ...
In the EU, farmers receive support to safeguard their activities and promote food security and sustainable farming, through the common agricultural policy (CAP). This includes financial support to farmers who adopt or maintain farming practices that help meet environmental and climate goals. ...
Adding Crop Intelligence to your tool kit creates a number of new opportunities for your farm. Here’s what we know from data analysis and firsthand experience with farmers and agronomists. The Crop Intelligence app interprets data and that can help you: Develop a baseline Weather stations and environmental sensor technology is more reliable and affordable to ...
Labor Management Tips: How to Welcome New Farm Employees Tips for All New Employees As you may already know, the owners of Jyga Technologies also own a 2200 head sow-farm in Quebec, Canada. ...
Here are some successful swine production strategies currently implemented at many high-performing farms: 1. Implementing feeding strategies to encourage sow feed intake in the late evening and earlier morning hours This will entice the sow to get up earlier and eat more of her ad-libitum feed during the cooler morning hours vs. hotter ...
The American south-west and central plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years. Places like California are already facing very dry conditions, but these are quite gentle compared with some periods in the 12th and 13th Centuries. On this blog and elsewhere, we have often talked about having improved water efficiency as an industry ...
According to him, other pig producers with similarly sized farms are interested in the genetics and farming equipment he uses. ...
Furthermore, farmers can actually be compensated for conservation efforts though the U.S. Farm Bill. Mr. Bill Vandehey is one such farmer looking to maximize the efficiency of his operation through the use of technology. Owner and operator of a blueberry farm in Oregon, he became interested in Steven’s products after learning that farmers can receive ...
For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass slaughter of 4.4 ...
What are your top tools or farm implements that make life as a smallholder that much easier? What’s on your Christmas wish list or gets regular use around your plot? We asked our team to share their essential implements and have created the Farm Tech Supplies Top 5 List of Farm ...
Massey Ferguson is a well-known name in farming circles, it has been a market leader for many years. The company dates back 150 years to 1847 when a Canadian, Daniel Massey, first starting manufacturing farm implements the company rapidly grew and merged with another Canadian farm equipment company in 1891 to form Massey-Harris. ...
If the winter months are quieter for you, use the time to give all your equipment a thorough once over and order any replacement parts such as belts and blades from your stockiest to ensure it’s in good order for when you need it next. Before storing farm implements make sure that moving parts, in particular any bearings, are lubricated, and treat any ...
Water quality trading (WQT) could be an innovative policy to incentivize farmers to implement best management practices (BMPs) for their activities. This study focused on assessment of involving unregulated agricultural nonpoint sources (NPS) into the WQT market in Gharesoo watershed in the west of Iran. It also proposes a methodology to determine location-based trading ratios as well as ...