Tractor Selection for Small
Scale Beginning Farmers
Participants
will learn about the decision-making process used to select a tractor &
implements for a small scale (2 to 40 acre) agricultural operation. This
session is intended for beginners with limited experience selecting farm
equipment. Participants will explore how a tractor & implements can help
them meet their farming goals, & features to consider when selecting a tractor
& implements. The group will examine
tractors currently on the market to explore their usefulness in meeting
individual farming needs. Tractor maintenance issues will also be discussed.
About: Dr. Ronald Rosati currently
serves as Dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Rosati
received his associate's degree in agriculture from Farmingdale Agricultural
and Technical College, his bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural
education from Cornell University and his doctorate in agricultural education
from Iowa State University. Rosati also has experience at Illinois State
University, Ohio State University, Iowa State University and Alfred State
College, where he also served as provost.
Growing in the Fall, Winter & Spring in Greenhouses.
Whether growing for market,
or home gardening and you are considering moving your skill set to a new level,
attend this session! Learn Why and How Winter Gardening is the now and future
of local Healthy Fresh Food. Why and how to winter gardening. Sell to markets
never considered. Sold out before you harvest. Training your customer
About: Honey Creek Farms is a
family-owned and operated sustainable farming business. Our farm is in
Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where we have three greenhouses on 20 acres with
gardens and livestock.
We grow using the old ways, as
nature intended, incorporating sustainable principles. We grow without using
chemicals, hormones or pesticides in the production of our produce and
livestock. Our farm is Certified Naturally Grown and we grow according to
organic standards. The Never Ending Harvest videos contain the knowledge we
have gained in our winter greenhouse growing and our gardening experiences
since we began in 1996.
Top Bar Beehives.
The object of a Top Bar
Hive (TBH) is to be easy and cheap to construct, easy to work and having
natural sized cells. A Kenya style (sloped sides) is so that the combs are more
naturally strong and less likely to break and collapse when they are full of
honey. This hive worked very well with no comb collapses. The small combs are
easy to handle and not nearly as fragile as large free hanging combs.
About:
Michael Bush is one of the leading proponents of
treatment free beekeeping. He has been keeping bees since the mid 70's, usually
from two to seven hives up until the year 2000. Varroa forced more
experimentation which required more hives and the number has grown steadily
over the years from then. By 2008 it was about 200 hives. He is active on many
of the Beekeeping forums with last count at more than 50,000 posts between all
of them. He has a web site on beekeeping at www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm
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