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Manage Livestock and Land With Easy Rotational Grazing

Animals | Equipment | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Overgrazing can be a concern, especially for small farms with limited grazing areas. Here's what you need to promote regrowth through rotation.

4 Uses for Rocks and Stones on Your Farm

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Rocks are generally a nuisance on farms, but if you have lots of them around, why not embrace that fact and put them to good use? Here are some ideas.

Build Quick-and-Easy Sun Shelters for Your Pigs

Animals | Equipment | Large Animals |
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Pigs need less predator protection than other livestock, but they need to avoid the sun. This shelter system provides important shade when the sun is high and hot.

Tractor Attachments: Get to Know Planters & Seeders

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Planters and seeders perform the same function for different crops. Here's what you need to know to use the machines safely and at maximum efficiency.

Livestock Farmers: Stack Hay More Easily With a Hay Elevator

Animals | Equipment | Large Animals |
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Even a small farm can go through hundreds of small square hay bales in a season. A hay elevator can save time and effort stacking those bales.

5 Steps to Prepare Your Goats for Natural Disasters

Animals | Equipment | Farm Management | Large Animals | News |
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We were spared major damage in Hurricane Florence, but the storm showed us what livestock farmers should expect in a natural disaster. Here's how to prepare.

Old Farm Tools Can Be Really Cool … to Visit

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I had great fun looking at hundreds of old tools during a rare, “just for fun” shopping trip to a quirky store in a nearby town, but I left them all there.

5 Human-Powered Garden Tools for More Sustainable Farming

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Replacing mechanized equipment with these human-powered tools reduces your fossil-fuel use and lets you tread more carefully on your land.

Use a GPS to Outline Farming Projects

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Technology can do a lot for us these days, and that includes agriculture. So why not put a GPS to use for projects on your farm?

Farm Storehouse: 7 Products to Help You & Your Operation

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A chainsaw milling attachment, a personal weather station and a body roller for sore muscles are among items our editors found.

Why Every Farmer Should Keep Drawers of Spare Parts

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Keeping an organized collection of general spare parts such as nuts, bolts and washers can save you time and trips to the hardware store.

Why Every Hobby Farmer Needs a Farm Truck

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A farm truck doesn't have to be a truck, but any automobile you use in a wide variety of ways to help with farm tasks.

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