Plan Element Pricings Given the enormous success of the REX Online Farm Planning courses, since 2017 its been unusual for us to create whole farm plans. HOWEVER what people do want from us are precision GPS-ready CAD grading construction layouts of different plan elements— for earthmoving contractors and establishment crews.…
Holstons Savannah Shade Study
The integration of trees into agricultural landscapes is done in many different ways. One layout that has a lot of practical and aesthetic appeal to even the most ardent of graziers is the savannah. Otherwise known as open grassy woodlands, dehesa (see photo below) and montado these systems are seen…
Off the Contour #22 — Producing chickens like cows
by Darren J. Doherty 2016 marked 40 years since Earl Butz (1909-2008) resigned as USA Secretary of Agriculture, however his vision for ‘getting big or getting out’ and ‘planting fence row to fence row’ has continued unabated — as have the terms of trade decline for producers and the decreased…
Positions Available at Carversville Farm Foundation!
Positions Available at Carversville Farm Foundation! FIELD MANAGER Job description: Carversville Farm Foundation is hiring a Field Manager with significant experience growing Certified Organic vegetables, herbs, and perennials. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional grower looking for a career on the cutting edge of sustainable food production. You…
Low-Tillage Non-Inversion Tree Establishment?
Over the years I’ve been musing and discussing with both myself and a number of folks about the notion of non-inversion, low-till broad scale tree/shrub establishment. Its always concerned me that methods we pioneered, going back to the mid 90’s with the DOJO (ripper:tiller:mounder) and beyond, have been particularly deleterious…