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U of I farm tour to showcase specialty crops equipment at PrairiErth
Farm, Atlanta
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[May
22, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- Want to know what
it takes to scale up production on your farm through the use of
equipment? On June 8, Hans Bishop of PrairiErth Farm will showcase
specialty crops equipment that he uses to reduce handwork and
improve efficiency and employee job satisfaction. The presentation
will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m., following registration from 1:45 to 2
p.m.
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 "Attendees will see a bed system and how each machine is
designed to work within that system," said Deborah
Cavanaugh-Grant, University of Illinois Extension educator.
"Featured equipment will be the Allis-Chalmers Model G, a
multi-row vegetable seed planter, a water wheel transplanter, a
bed shaper, a plastic mulch layer and various cultivation
implements."
Topics to be covered will
include:
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How to improve
efficiencies and planning by implementing a standardized bed
system for all crops.
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What you need
to do to begin mechanical cultivation of crops.
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Use of plastics in organic
specialty crops.
A tour of the farm will follow as well as hands-on time,
weather permitting, to experience how the machines work,
Cavanaugh-Grant said.
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For more information, contact Cavanaugh-Grant at
cvnghgrn@illinois.edu or
217-782-4617. PrairiErth Farm is in Logan County at 2047 County Road
2100 N, rural Atlanta.
[Text from file received from
University of
Illinois Extension]
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