Market Farm Tools and Systems

Market Farm Tools and Systems

GROWING A NEW GENERATION OF ILLINOIS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FARMERS MARKET FARM TOOLS AND SYSTEMS Zachary Grant Bill Shoemaker Adapted from John Hendrickson April 2015 Objectives: • Capitalizing a Market Farm • Capitalization Priorities • The Front End of the Market Farm • The Middle of the Market Farm • The Back End of the Market Farm • Concluding Thoughts and Questions Estimated Equipment Needs for Various Sizes of Vegetable Farms. Power Source and Direct Production Postharvest Seed Starting Tillage Seeding Equipment Cultivation Harvesting Handling Delivery rototiller Field small hoop Earth- Wheel hoe, or Back-pack knives, Bulk tank, Pickup house, grow way hand hoes, 1-3 walking sprayer, hand canopy, with lights, seeder, digging acres tractor, irrigation, boxes, packing topper planting Cyclone forks, custom tools buckets, containers or van trays seeder spades work carts 35-40 hp 1000 sq. ft. tractor, Potato 1-row greenhouse, with Cultivat- digger, Roller track transplant cold frames, creeper Planet ing tractor bed lifter, conveyor, 4-6 er, Cargo field gear, Jr. plate (IH Super wagon, hand carts, acres irrigation, van tunnels, power seeder A or IH more walk-in more planting steering, 140) boxes, cooler tools trays high buckets clearance Market Gardening: A Start-up Guide https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=18 Table 2. Estimated Equipment Needs for Various Sizes of Vegetable Farms. P r o d u c t i o Po n w D S er ir E e So ec q H Po e ur t u C ar sth d ce S i ul v arv S St an e p ti e est D c ar d e m v st Ha el a ti Ti di e at i nd iv l n lla n n io n lin er e g ge g t n g g y B a c s k W m - h Fi al p ee el l a l d h E c h k o ro ar k o ni o tot th e, v Pi p ill w s h e Bu c h er a p a s, lk k o or y r n h tan u 1 u w se a d a k, p - se al e y h n ca w 3 , ki d e o d no it gr ng er r es b py, h a o tra , , , o pa to c w ct C i di x cki p r li or, y r g e ng p e g cu cl r gi s, co er s ht st o i n b nta or s, o n g g u ine v pl m e a fo c rs a a w se t rk k n nt or e i s, et in k d o s s, g er n p c tr , a ar a t d ts y o es s o l s 1 1 0 - 0 r P 0 o ot s w at q. o ft. 35 t d gr - r ig ee 40 a C g n hp n ul er h tra s ti , o ct p Ro v b u or, l ller at e se wi a tra in d , th Pl n ck g li c cr a t co 4 tr ft ol ee n e nv - ac er C d pe et r ey 6 to , ar fr r Jr. , or, r w g a ge pl i ha a (I a o m ar, at r nd c H g v es po e r car r S o a , w se i ts, e u n, n fi er e g wa s p m el ste d a lk- er o d eri er t in A re tu ng i co or b n , o ole I o n hi n r H x el gh , 14 e s, cle m 0) s, pl ar o b a an r u nt ce e c in k g t et tr o s a o y l s s T 2 o St - ol A a r b d n o ar di h w i ti a m 1 o 40 y t pl to n - p r e Ba n al 60 re a m rre tr 7 c hp M ce n e l u - ol tra o is s nt wa c 1 d ct re io p s: sh k 0 fr or, fi n l b er, w a ch el b a ee spi it a m ise d el n t nn h c es l cr t t k er, re r , pl at se e ni pal fr e pl o e e r v let ig s a w, s d , es jac er nt sp er s , k at in ad w p b io g er it r as n tr h a k a b y et y el e w s ts r ee , d er S w ee p s (B es se ri d es ), B u I d r di r n i 80 g g hp h a tra fi W t ct n as i or g h o wi er A lin N n 2, th w s e, ib , 0 lo ee a lar R e b 2 0 ad d li ger ef x e 0 0 er er ft co ri or d s bu s, , ole g M + q. ck fl h r, er o s ft. et a ar pa at n h a gr an m v cki e os a c ee d e e ng d e p r n fo w st sh tr m e e h rk ee w ed u se r s o s, d a an c e , u co er g d k d m se m , o loa er u po p n di l st ot ng c sp at do h re o ck ad e l er hi a ll y er e , r 2 n d c ul ti v at in g tr ac to r Estimated Equipment Needs for Various Sizes of Vegetable Farms. Seed Power Source Direct Production Postharvest Starting and Tillage Seeding Equipment Cultivation Harvesting Handling Delivery Tool bar Additional 1 ton Stanhay implements Barrel cold 40-60 hp 2-row truck 7-10 preceision : beet More field washer, frames, tractor, chisel transplanter, with acres belt seeder knives, crates spinner, planting plow, spader sprayer, refrigerat with belts basket pallet jack trays ion weeder Sweeps (Besserides ), Buddingh 80 hp tractor Wash line, finger with loader larger Nibex or Irrigation, weeders, Asa lift, 20 + 2,000 sq. ft. bucket and cooler, Refrigera Monosem bed shaper, flame harvest acres greenhouse forks, packing ted truck seeder mulch layer weeder, wagon compost shed and potato spreader loading dock hiller, 2nd cultivating tractor Market Gardening: A Start-up Guide https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=18 Table 2. Estimated Equipment Needs for Various Sizes of Vegetable Farms. P r o d u c t i o Po n w D S er ir E e So ec q H Po e ur t u C ar sth d ce S i ul v arv S St an e p ti e est D c ar d e m v st Ha el a ti Ti di e at i nd iv l n lla n n io n lin er e g ge g t n g g y B a c s k W m - h Fi al p ee el l a l d h E c h k o ro ar k o ni o tot th e, v Pi p ill w s h e Bu c h er a p a s, lk k o or y r n h tan u 1 u w se a d a k, p - se al e y h n ca w 3 , ki d e o d no it gr ng er r es b py, h a o tra , , , o pa to c w ct C i di x cki p r li or, y r g e ng p e g cu cl r gi s, co er s ht st o i n b nta or s, o n g g u ine v pl m e a fo c rs a a w se t rk k n nt or e i s, et in k d o s s, g er n p c tr , a ar a t d ts y o es s o l s 1 1 0 - 0 r P 0 o ot s w at q. o ft. 35 t d gr - r ig ee 40 a C g n hp n ul er h tra s ti , o ct p Ro v b u or, l ller at e se wi a tra in d , th Pl n ck g li c cr a t co 4 tr ft ol ee n e nv - ac er C d pe et r ey 6 to , ar fr r Jr. , or, r w g a ge pl i ha a (I a o m ar, at r nd c H g v es po e r car r S o a , w se i ts, e u n, n fi er e g wa s p m el ste d a lk- er o d eri er t in A re tu ng i co or b n , o ole I o n hi n r H x el gh , 14 e s, cle m 0) s, pl ar o b a an r u nt ce e c in k g t et tr o s a o y l s s T 2 o St - ol A a r b d n o ar di h w i ti a m 1 o 40 y t pl to n - p r e Ba n al 60 re a m rre tr 7 c hp M ce n e l u - ol tra o is s nt wa c 1 d ct re io p s: sh k 0 fr or, fi n l b er, w a ch el b a ee spi it a m ise d el n t nn h c es l cr t t k er, re r , pl at se e ni pal fr e pl o e e r v let ig s a w, s d , es jac er nt sp er s , k at in ad w p b io g er it r as n tr h a k a b y et y el e w s ts r ee , d er S w ee p s (B es se ri d es ), B u I d r di r n i 80 g g hp h a tra fi W t ct n as i or g h o wi er A lin N n 2, th w s e, ib , 0 lo ee a lar R e b 2 0 ad d li ger ef x e 0 0 er er ft co ri or d s bu s, , ole g M + q.

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