Twilight Meeting: Reduced Tillage and Transplanters for Vegetable Farmers |
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 - 4:00 to 7:00 pm
Event location:
Ward's Berry Farm
614 South Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
Featuring:
Ward's Berry Farm
614 South Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
Featuring:
- Farmer Jim Ward and his reduced-till vegetable cropping systems, which he has practiced for over 10 years with the help of an Unverferth Deep Zone Tiller
- Davidian Farm's two-row Monosem vacuum precision planter mounted with Dawn Biological roller crimpers (first ones in the state!)
- UMass Research Farm's grain drill and roller crimper
- Brookdale Fruit Farm's new line of no-till transplanters from Checchi-Magli
- Demonstrations on soil health with Maggie Payne, Soil Scientist at NRCS