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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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