Lets look at history Jeff. Inversion was developed as a means of weed control, the mouldboard gave you a nice piece of clean earth in which to plant seeds. It was an effective tool before herbicides and other weed control systems were developed. Inv…
Making your own ox drawn no-till planter shouldn't pose too many problems Yugi. It's the simplest and most direct way to go about it. You will an axle and chain drive to the seed distributor which you can probably source from a commercial machine. A…
Conservation agriculture is an approach that aims to overcome land degradation and other productivity problems. management principles – no soil turning/plowing, maintenance of permanent vegetative soil cover, and rotation of crops.
Hello Andrew. I don't sell or deal in tractors, but publich a farming magazine www.farmideas.co.uk that is concerned with the kind of questions you raise. Before recommending either a brand or type we need more details, that is, the type of farming,…
Hello I'd like to reply to your post about Affordable machinery for small farmers. I have designs of 3,500 farm machines that have been built and adapted in farm and village workshops. These clever people have converted old cars, trucks, builders eq…
Many farmers, all over the world, in developed and developing countries, use their workshops to make and adapt equipment that make their lives easier. The projects are of all sizes, from big home built machinery like self propelled sprayers, cultiva…
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Mike Donovan is now a member of Global Farm Machinery Network
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Thanks for your reply. India is potential market for affordable machinaries. If any body interested to capture that market. I can help you to do market analysis and provide you exact requirement. Hope to hear from some body.
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