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But it's when you go off road that a farm truck can really excel. Four-wheel drive is also ideal if you want to get down and dirty in tough conditions. So how do you put a farm truck to proper use?

Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), has been supported by a number of agriculture organizations, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union and the National Cattleman's Beef Association, and awaits House approval.

The problem is that I view large-scale, high-tech products and practices for the most part done from my office chair. Farming isn't what it used to be, and I need to spend more time in cabs.

The important thing is to haul the load in the safest possible way—for yourself and those sharing the road. Later in this article, I'll discuss some of the suspension options that help with these issues.

I was surprised to find out that only two of us religiously shovel our own. Several of my friends were rightfully concerned about the potential pesticide and/or herbicide content of city compost, as the ingredients are largely unknown.

You don't need a livestock trailer to transport small animals like sheep , goats , pigs and calves , but it's trickier to haul them in a truck or van. Also, don't trust factory-installed latches; if they come open in transit and your animals escape, they...

When I finally found them, twas like discovering gold. The crown will send out up to 7 shoots, only take 3 or 4, leaving the rest for the plant to rejuvenate itself. When it's time for the fiddleheads, I have been known to take a few days off of work,...

Once you add a little butter and perhaps some fruit to that basic recipe, you have a real treat, and this seems to have ensured the survival of bread pudding.Last night when my friend Molly brought dessert to the table, I truly wished I didn't have to...

“Not everyone goes to the farmers market and buys a week's worth of food, says Bradley Taylor, farmer and co-founder of Farm a la Carte. A spinoff of food trucks, mobile farmers markets […]

Frustrated gardeners have long forced bulbs into flowering early, tricking bulbs into thinking it was spring after a period of cold dormancy, or winter. And when I heard the familiar call from the florist aisle, "we're ba-a-ack!" I'm afraid to say it,but...

Welcome in the $150 deck, I know I can hear you saying "how is that possible?". Not bad for 4 days worth of work. Dont worry about getting them level with each other unless you are placing the beam directly on them.

When farmers take their product to market they pay a transport cost. Determine the amount of taxes (road and/or shipping taxes), cost of personnel or workers.Multiply the ground transportation number by the number of boxes to be transported, which equals...

How often will you be hauling them? Steel trailers are durable, particularly if you will be hauling off-road or on gravel roads, and durability is an important selling point if you will be hauling animals that are rough on their surroundings (for example,...

Pine straw mulch remains loose and allows air and water to infiltrate the ground below, unlike firmer mulches that tend to crust over. Also ask if they will rake and bale the pine straw for you or if you should deliver it to them raked.If you must rake...

You'll still need collateral in the form of farm property worth a minimum of the loan amount. “We needed this truck and would have figured out a way to purchase it eventually, but thanks to this new microloans program, we were able to do it quicker...

My house sits on a ridge overlooking the fields of a nephew. When the weather is good, you work…all day and into the night. In that time before tractor cabs, working into the night meant getting a different view of your working world, one covered by...

Land snails snuggle just beneath the soil to hibernate behind a door of slime. Typical autumn chores involve bagging up leaves and other plant detritus for disposal, but few of us stop to think what might be dwelling in among the decomposing plant parts.

It was a ggg day of heavy lifting, and today, I am feeling more sore than I have in a very long time. It is made from about a million brick pavers, each of which weighs about 5 pounds.

An estimate of as many as 1,000 truck trips a day past the school is expected. Photo by Jim Tittle/www.nocfcfracplant.com Glacier Sands, LLC recently obtained a conditional permit to build a 325-acre frac dry-sand plant and rail-loading facility directly...

The oranges fall from the tree and are collected into a catch cloth, which can be a tarp or other large piece of fabric. The owner of a small orange grove typically will choose to hire workers to manually harvest the oranges, while a large orange grove...

Give your farm machine an extra workout by putting it to use this winter to help clear snow. Because chances are good that you already own a lawn tractor or ATV/UTV, enhancing your machine with an attachment can be an appealing option.

That's especially true of rams. But don't hit their foreheads! To a ram that mean's you're responding to their challenge and you want to fight. Mom always carries her shepherd's crook when she's out among the fellas.

In addition, a snow blower is the perfect choice for going “off road” and clearing paths to your barn, your shed, your livestock pastures and so on. A snow blower, a snow plow (or both) can help keep your farm operational during snow season.

The rubber nubbed fingers “comb” the grass to uniform perfection. At the risk of invoking images of late night TV commercials advertising blenders that double as helicopters, it is entirely possible to purchase a utility vehicle that mows grass, plows...

Courtesy Dan Lutz Dan Lutz and Marc Anderson of Beloit, Wis., are performing experiments to fuel cars with water broken down into hydrogen and oxygen molecules. Lutz and Marc Anderson, a University of Wisconsin engineering professor, are experimenting...

Soon the other ivy had the same problem. Before we unloaded the moving truck, we brought the plants upstairs to their new home in a bay window in our master bedroom. That was over a year ago.I buried the stick outside in a pot with the hope that perhaps...

Best results are achieved when given average water and grown in well drained, average garden soil in full sun. Blooms are white-near white and appear from12 to 18 inches and needs 9 to 12 inches to spread.