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Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment
- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:52:10 -0500
Used
There are tons of Farmall, Farmall Cubs, Allis Gs, Super As and the like on
Craigslist along with implements.
And...
http://www.tractorhouse.com/
I shop those a couple times a year.
Here are some sources for new equipment:
http://www.buctraco.com/index.html
http://www.stevenstractor.com/farm-equipment.html
http://www.suttonag.com/
To the best of my knowledge the basket weeders are all custom jobs.
Go here: http://www.buddinghweeder.com/
Last but not least is a nice series of youtube videos on Organic cultivations
practices that might give you additional ideas or videos of current ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPquNqimV1Y
Follow the links from there...
Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio
An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855
(513) 967-1106
http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com
rstewart AT zoomtown.com
Providing quality, healthy food to the following:
Chalk Restaurant
Orchids
Savor Catering & Events
Local 127
On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Chris Corbin wrote:
> Hello,
> I just finished reading The organic farmers business handbook and am
> wondering where to find some of the equipment he mentions.
>
> Our farm currently is very inefficient and at a smaller scale. We would
> like to scale and thus need to find some tractor implements. I am located
> in ames Iowa (the heart of very large tractor county)
>
> I am wounder where I look for the items listed below. A google search turns
> up minimal items. certain websites for used small farm equipment. I'm sure
> allot of this equipment is just sitting in a fence row.
>
> -Mini Chisels (Ferguson field cultivator) 5 shanks with hilling disks
> -Larchmont-style bedformer
> -Rolling basket cultivators
>
> Thanks,
>
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[Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment,
Chris Corbin, 12/16/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment,
Steve Koebele, 12/16/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment,
Bill Shoemaker, 12/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment, Andy Fellenz, 12/21/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment,
Bill Shoemaker, 12/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment, Richard Stewart, 12/16/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Small Farm cultivation equipment,
Steve Koebele, 12/16/2009
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