www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles grant-smith-lehi-ut Grant Smith, Lehi, UT Dryland Crops: The Farmers Innovator Adds New Summer Crop to Suppress Troublesome Goatgrass Grant SmithLehi, Utah Weed management highlights Strategies: fallow cultivation... crop rotation with summer annual Tools: chisel plow... tandem disk... rod weeder Jointed goatgrass, like the tares of Biblical times, grows right up with a wheat crop. Seeds from the tenacious invader traveled […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles clinton-reeder-pendleton-or Clinton Reeder, Pendleton, OR Dryland Crops: The Farmers Oregon's Deep Soils, Sloping Fields Reward Gentle, Careful Tool Use Clinton ReederPendleton, Oregon Weed management highlights Strategies: Minimum tillage... careful match of weed tools with soil conditions... hand roguing Tools: spring-tooth harrow... spike-tooth harrow... rod weeder... chisel plow... tandem disk.... rod-tine-sweep combination In Clint Reeder's part of northern central Oregon, the […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles terry-jacobson-wales-nd Terry Jacobson, Wales, ND Dryland Crops: The Farmers Long Rotations, Tall Crops, Right Steel Suppress Northern Dakota Weeds Terry JacobsonWales, North Dakota Weed management highlights Strategies: crop rotation... tall varieties... delayed planting... pre-plant weeding... mechanical cultivation... soil structure management... fallow tillage residue management Tools: rod weeder at planting... stiff-tine drag harrow... field cultivator... row-crop cultivator... chisel plow... wide sweep […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles jim-calvin-hereford-tx Jim Calvin, Hereford, TX Dryland Crops: The Farmers Dry Times on the High Plains Give Advantage to Minimal Tillage Jim CavinHereford, Texas Weed management highlights Strategies: minimum tillage... reduced-chemical fallow... cultivation... herbicides (mostly preplant) Tools: cultivators... rotary hoe... disk-steer guidance system... stubble mulch plow... chisel plow Jim Cavin tried no-till farming in his 1.5-mile long fields of grain, but […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles jerome-berning-marienthal-ks Jerome Berning, Marienthal, KS Dryland Crops: The Farmers Beds and Rod Weeder Boost Diverse Crops on Kansas Farm Jerome BerningMarienthal, Kansas Weed management highlights Strategies: crop rotation... fallow cultivation... mechanical controls... herbicides Tools: rotary hoe... cultivator... rod weeder... sweep plow... stubble mulch plow... rotary tiller More steel means fewer headaches for Jerome Berning. Recent additions give him better control […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field dryland-crop-farmer-profiles dale-artho-wildorado-tx Dale Artho, Wildorado, TX Dryland Crops: The Farmers Tillage in the Texas Panhandle: Matching Wits With Clay, Wind and Drought Dale ArthoWildorado, Texas Weed management highlights Strategies: inter-row cultivation... winter wheat grazing... fallow mulch tillage... limited herbicides (spot-spray, burndown and banded pre-emerge)... narrow rows for quick canopy... staggered planting dates to keep weed-control needs within labor/machine capacity... summer-annual forage […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field horticultural-crop-farmer-profiles tom-harlow-westminster-vt Tom Harlow, Westminster, VT Horticultural Crops: The Farmers Grower Shuts Off Weed Windows Before, After and Between Crops Tom HarlowWestminster, Vermont Weed management highlights Strategies: stale seedbed... specialized cultivation... crop rotation... handweeding... winter cover crops Tools: tandem disk... mid-mount cultivator... offset cultivator tractor... basket weeder... in-row finger weeder... flamer... field cultivator... rolling cultivator Detailed employee timesheets tell Tom Harlow […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field horticultural-crop-farmer-profiles gary-gemme-south-deerfield-ma Gary Gemme, South Deerfield, MA Horticultural Crops: The Farmers "Ancient" Tooling Runs Fast and Close to Yield Greens Without Weeds Gary GemmeSouth Deerfield, Massachusetts Weed management highlights Strategies: winter, summer cover crops (grains, legumes, grasses, mixes)... early precision cultivation of direct-seeded crops... on-farm greenhouse produces transplants to allow aggressive early cultivating... crop rotation... plastic mulch... preemergent herbicide on direct-seeded crops […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field horticultural-crop-farmer-profiles phil-foster-hollister-ca Phil Foster, Hollister, CA Horticultural Crops: The Farmers Confidence in Postemergence Flaming Comes with Experience, Innovation Phil Foster Hollister, California 200 acres (buried drip, sprinkle irrigation) fresh vegetables clay soils and sandy loam soils certified organic cabbage, peppers, fennel, celery, sweet corn, melons, hard squash, garlic, onions Weed management highlights Strategies: cultivation... flaming... pre-irrigation... transplanting... cover crops... hand weeding... […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field horticultural-crop-farmer-profiles rich-de-wilde-viroqua-wi Rich de Wilde, Viroqua, WI Horticultural Crops: The Farmers Flaming, Close Cultivation, Cover Crops Control Wisconsin Vegetable Weeds Rich deWildeViroqua, Wisconsin Weed management highlights Strategies: crop rotation (planting location, time of season)... cover crops to break weed cycles... mechanical and thermal controls... hand-hoeing... stale seedbed with tillage and flaming Tools: toolbar flamer... hand-held flamer... frame combination weeder... rotary hoe... light […]