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  • From: <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tractor ignoramus...
  • Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:09:56 -0800

You can start by going to John Deere in Goshen NY. They got me started many years ago. They are in the Pine Island vegetable growing area and have a better understanding of specialty farming needs. Almost everyone who grows vegetable crops in Southern NY and LI. shops for parts and equipment down here in the Bridgeton Vineland NJ area where you have the largest concentration of vegetable growing equipment in the northeast. By all means do the research and get a better idea of what you want to do before you spend any money. Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ  did a teach in... last year  for beginners on what types of equipment a new small farmer should buy perhaps they will do it again this year check them out.....Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

--- julia.carson AT gmail.com wrote:

From: Julia Carson <julia.carson AT gmail.com>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] tractor ignoramus...
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:04:29 -0500

Hi All,  I'm a new addition to your list, and am so relieved to have found this.  I manage a small farm in Westchester County NY, and my friend/colleague Deb Taft introduced me to your list-serve.

The owner of the parcel of land where we farm is buying a tractor this year and asked me to find out from other farmers what some advice might me.  Specifically:

We want a tractor that can work as a front end loader to spread manure, etc., can cut and till in high growing cover crops, and can prepare the soil--perhaps including a raised bed maker/attachment.  Our most important crop are baby/small lettuces, so anything to help us make raised beds would be really nice.  It takes so long to do by hand!

1.  If you were in my position, what would you get?

2.  What HP is enough, but not too much?  (there are about 25 acres of high grasses the tractor will be cutting as well as the 2 acre lettuce growing area.)

3. If you'd use discs to prep the soil, any specific disc distance best for this?

4.  Any resources you'd recommend I use to self-educate before the owner makes the purchase?

5. Other advice???

Many thanks,
Julia Carson
Hermosa Harvest
Westchester County, NY
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