Farming Calculator

Most ranch margins dissapears during winter feeding season. Half of the year, you have a good deal: Buy some cows for not-too-much money, put ’em … Read more

Scattering grass seed feels like the hard part is over, but you have actualy just started the hardest part. What happens right after is what … Read more

By 10 a.m., it’s likely ninety outside, and the grass look like it could use some rain. But how much, exactly? How long should you … Read more

Standing on the edge of a new bed of green with a hose in one hand, you wonder: Water or don’t water? Some say soak … Read more

Farm profit and herd health depend on winter feed. Managing pasture well will reduce risk, but even with good grazing management, when your hay supply … Read more

Then you start growing broilers from tiny chicks who grow fast. It’s impressive at first and then it gets tricky as they reaches week four. … Read more

It’s the garden you want: A full, fruitful place to grow things. But then: Oops. What happened? You planted it all real close so nothing … Read more

Potatoes: Don’t plant them too closely; an inch or two makes all the diffrence between a big crop and a meh one. Once you’ve entered … Read more

When it comes to corn spacing, most of us think it’s just a matter of throwing some seed along a row and hoping for the … Read more

Plug in the dimensions of your plot into the calculator above and it do all the math for you (no more guessing at conversion factors … Read more

A block of trees isn’t just a group of trees: it’s a grid of equipment access, air, and light. For me, the two factors that … Read more