Warehouse Conveyor Belt

Some say when the famous Smithfield Ham was established, their products were made using only Hampshire hogs. This vigorous breed possesses perky, upright ears, a slightly dished face, and sound legs and feet.

Rachael Dupree Last summer was our first growing season on the farm, but the reality of moving in the middle of June is that we were too far behind to till up a garden bed and get plants in the ground.

With an ever-increasing number of riding lawn mowers on the market now sporting features such as mulchers, baggers and zero-turn technology, knowing what to buy can be confusing. Mulcher Some lawn mowers are capable of mulching grass, which means that...

If you don't have a website, Facebook page or Instagram account, start one! These are cheap, and often free, ways to share your farm and your values with customers that are yearning to share in your daily experience.

Alternatively, latching or lashing the washer to a stable base—even well-anchored sawhorses—increases its versatility and storability. The lower roller can spin freely but must be strong on its axle.

First heat and then low temperatures are subsequently applied to the fruit in order to solidify the nearly waterless fruits to a solid and stable state.Other strawberries are distributed to the food industry in either fresh or frozen state for use in...

Courtesy Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/ Thinkstock When choosing plants this spring, try to find disease-resistant varieties in order to reduce garden-related stress. “Some annuals and perennials have a built-in resistance to powdery mildew.”...

Chicago has more than 300 miles of bikeways, 7 million square feet of green roofs and boasts more green hotels (13) than any city in the country. San Diego San Diego has luck on its side in that it's right next to the ocean.

The pickup reel pushes the stalks down to be cut in the correct position by the cutter bar, which runs the width of the combine just behind the wheel.Once the crop is cut, a conveyor takes the crop into a threshing drum.

Bird watching is often another activity that gardeners enjoy, but most have never seen a Whooping crane. The dedicated volunteers give up months of their lives to lead juvenile Whooping cranes south each autumn and one of their stop-over camps is in my...

White Galloways must be of distinct “white park” coloration: white with black, red or dun pigmented on the nose, ears, hooves and around the eyes. Consider them for your beef or milk production purposes, especially in a grass-fed setting.

High irrigation rates are at least partly responsible for Nebraska's popcorn success.Indiana is only slightly behind Nebraska in popcorn production as of 2010. The state grows more than 25 per cent of the nation's popcorn.

Tuck the ends of one rope through the back belt loop, and the ends of the other two ropes through the two front belt loops, and wire them together to attach the hanger to the jeans.

Perhaps a little regular maintenance will prevent some high-cost repair. My immediate response was to grease the zerks. It is easy to lose track of when the gas engine was last serviced, much less when the blade spindles were lubricated.

Work as before for 2½ inches and make another loop. Step 2 Thread the other end of the raffia with the blunt needle. Run the stitches along the previous row for 1 inch, omitting the rope at this time.

It is best moved with a conveyor belt.Due to its water solubility, urea is used in many things such as plastic, household cleaners, animal feed and medicine. Fifty-five years later, it became the first organic compound to be made synthetically when German...

The BueLingo is a moderately framed, composite beef cattle breed, developed for its quickly maturing beef and its beautiful white stripe along the midsection of the body. Adult BueLingo cows weigh 1,100 to 1,300 pounds and stand 50 to 53 inches at the...

An exotic fungal blight stemming from Asia essentially obliterated the American chestnut from eastern deciduous forests, once a dominant tree there. Defined by a moderate climate and trees that lose their leaves for part of the year, these ecosystems...

Dry harvesting of corn generally occurs from October 7 through November 3, according to the EPA's website.Forage harvesters are tractor-driven implements that chop and gather crops like corn without doing any of the separating like the other machines.

But, I have seen a farm with Tunis sheep, a lovely orange-colored breed that gets fairly large and is extremely personable. The Food and Agriculture Organization within the United Nations reported in 2006 that 20 percent of the world's 7,600 livestock...

While I've never personally experienced life as a chicken, my farm has chickens—a lot of them—both meat birds and laying hens that are either free-range or kept in chicken tractors on pasture.

We may take a machete just in case we have to clean the base of the trees and to remove dead limbs or branches in the way; a folding pruning saw will come in handy. We will use the Saut Maripa trail and then walk some fifteen minutes to reach a nice tree...

Standard Lakenvelder cocks weigh 5 pounds and hens weigh 4 pounds; bantam cocks weigh 24 ounces and bantam hens weigh 20 ounces. The Lakenvelder chicken breed lays well, hens are non-broody setters of medium-sized porcelain-white eggs.

“Growers also like non-GMO hybrids to take advantage of premiums for non-GMO grain. When it comes to a rapid adoption of transgenic corn hybrids across the Midwest, Ohio growers appear to be bucking the trend and holding more tightly onto their non-GMO...

Measuring 33-by-17-by-15-3/4-inches, this hard-working wheelbarrow features a steel axle and ball bearings with a solid rubber tire. It also includes a mesh bag for holding gloves, phone, or small tools.

The result is a Dave's Garden Road Trip! Plans started hatching in the Mid South Forum on December 29. All of the garden centers we visited are listed in our. This was how her car looked when we reached Dutch Gardens and we made another stop before lunch!!We...

Cover the area with clothing or a bandage. If you are exposed, wash down the area with soap and water as soon as possible and coat the skin with sun protection lotion that has a screening factor of 50 to 100.