
Fall Fence Planning Before Winter: Plan the Job Before You Dig
Fall is a practical time to tackle fence work. Use this checklist to map utilities, mark corners and gates, read soil, and plan tractor movement before drilling with...
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Farmers' Focus Topic Hub
Some property questions are bigger than a single attachment. This hub collects Catawba’s practical planning and best-practice articles for jobs such as fence work, soil improvement, road care, equipment setup, seasonal maintenance and field management. The common thread is preparation: understanding the job, the ground and the equipment before starting. These resources are useful when you want a checklist or operating approach rather than a product pitch, and they link into more specialized hubs when the task becomes specific enough to choose equipment.
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Fall is a practical time to tackle fence work. Use this checklist to map utilities, mark corners and gates, read soil, and plan tractor movement before drilling with...
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Fall gets here fast, and food plots usually need attention before hunting season does. Whether you are working a small piece of ground behind the house or maintaining...
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Soil health shows up in just about everything that happens on a farm. When the ground holds water better, stays covered, and gives roots room to grow, the...
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A practical checklist for hosting or attending a soil-health demonstration in North Carolina: planning steps, on-farm tests, and the Catawba attachments to include so producers can evaluate equipment...
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You usually find out quickly when a hydraulic coupler isn’t right for the setup. Maybe it will not lock in, maybe it drips, or maybe the attachment suddenly...
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Before weather apps and seven-day forecasts were a tap away, farmers had almanacs. For generations, publications such as the Farmer’s Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac gave growers...
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Pest pressure can hit a small farm hard. When margins are already tight, losing part of a crop to insects or disease can quickly become a bigger problem....
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Walk across a no-till field after harvest and much of the old crop is still lying on the surface. The next crop is planted through that residue instead...
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Cold weather can expose problems in a diesel fuel system pretty quickly. Water in the tank is one of the main things to watch for because condensation can...
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A lawn can look healthy on top while the soil underneath is packed tight. When that happens, water has a harder time soaking in and grass roots have...
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Gravel roads are the lifeblood of rural communities and play a crucial role in agriculture and industry. Their upkeep often goes unnoticed by the urban majority, but it...
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