Sampling Of Stories Featured in the Current Issue of FARM SHOW Magazine:
Made-It-Myself Skid Steer-Mounted Log Splitter
Jim Ostry of Bruno, Neb., improved his firewood production efficiency with a self-propelled log splitter. “I called it that because it’s mounted to a skid steer. Splitting is done from the seat. I made mine, but there are companies now making them.”
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They Graze Sheep Under Solar Panels
Julie Bishop of Newfield, N.J., manages Solar Sheep LLC, a farm of Katahdin sheep that graze under solar panel arrays.
“It all started with an Australian Cattle Dog, actually,” she laughs. “I wanted to train her for herding, but the training was a long month...
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Made-It-Myself Firewood Bucket
David Fisher of Syracuse, N.Y., built a firewood-carrying bucket that works with a tractor or skid steer.
“I made it from part of a round bale hay ring and hog panel,” he says. “I enjoy turning logs into split firewood, which I store under cover before selli...
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Smart Cultivator Uses Old And New Technology
Stout Industrial Technology combines mechanical weeding with the most advanced technology in its Smart Cultivator.
Targeting the labor-intensive and inconsistent nature of traditional weeding methods, the 3-pt. hitch tractor-drawn cultivator offers a solutio...
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Shop-Built Adjustable-Height Creeper
Robert Greenwood of Bellwood, Neb., has engineered a solution to inaccessible vehicles. “Pickups are so tall now that I can’t service them from the ground,” he explains. “So, I took two bad floor jacks, some steel, a fiberglass step tread, and a folding tall creeper that allows me to adjust the he...
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Grow Box Windows Show Cover Crop Roots
“Visitors to our field day were really impressed with two 4-ft. by 6-ft. by 3-ft. deep growing chambers that showed the rooting value of cover crops,” says Reid Allaway of Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm in Quebec. One side of the rectangular chambers had a slanted heavy-duty acrylic window that showe...
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