Farming
In 2024, Whispering Wild Market Farm, along with a cohort of local farms, received an NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher grant entitled "Demonstration of low-impact tractor cultivation in a regenerative farm model to increase production using equipment sharing on multiple farms". They were able to purchase several pieces of tractor implements and equipment with the intention of reducing labor costs, fatigue, and overuse injury while increasing production, revenue, profit, soil quality, and quality of life for our farmers.
The equipment purchased included a PTO Power Harrow, PTO driven Compost spreader, an undercutter, a subsoiler, 2 Rohand II's (for different bed widths), pallet forks, and a PTO fence trimmer. Please see their YouTube videos below to view demonstration of this equipment:
NCR-SARE awards 30k to UP farms for equipment sharing: tractor cultivation
We Tested a Rohand II Picking Assistant on Our Market Farm
Low-Impact Tractor Cultivation: Featuring the Power Harrow
Regenerative Farming Equipment Doubled Our Production
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number FNC24-1422 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number XNC21-XXX. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.