David's Farm Blog

Moving slowly through the sweet-corn fields of California is a weird tractor on stilts. The tractor is used to dust and detassel the high corn. The builder started with a 21-horsepower crawler tractor. He raised the tractor chassis including the motor and transmission so there would be 78 inches of clearance beneath it. Side frames […]

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Visit Richard Peters site here

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Great collection from Peter Gunn at Theo Spark   I haven’t seen too many circles around my farm.  Maybe those aliens know I keep the 12 gauge handy 🙂

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I have been busy harvesting so there have been very few posts over the last month or two. See this cool video I made harvesting chickpeas. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/oUBym9wa5wY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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A neighbour told me this picture could have been taken anywhere in the world – maybe Canada ?

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A man’s car stalled on a country road one morning. When the man got out to fix it, a cow came along and stopped beside him. “Your trouble is probably in the carburetor,” said the cow.Startled, the man jumped back and ran down the road until he met a farmer. The amazed man told the […]

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Estate and succession planning is one of the most challenging issues for all farming families. Here is one farmer’s response to the challenge. I LEAVE: * To my wife I leave my overdraft- maybe she can explain it. * To my daughter Equity on my tractor – now she’ll have to work to meet the […]

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