Learn about the purpose-driven tools and practices helping this small-scale operation grow efficiently, sustainably, and year ...

When Ann Adams and Liz Brensinger started a small heirloom vegetable farm in the early 1990s, they called their new venture Green Heron Farms, after the birds that nested in a copse of trees on their ...

“At the farmers markets, we got together with other women producers or couples farming, and the topic of tools constantly came up,” says Adams. Women farmers said they felt they were too weak to work ...

Farming today requires tractors, combines and other implements that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many farmers find it difficult to purchase farm equipment; however, knowing how to apply for ...

International connections can really pay off, especially if you’re planning to start a farm equipment brokerage business. Your international connection will not only assist in the marketing of the ...

You can get farm equipment loans from the Farm Service Agency, SBA lenders, online lenders and specialty financing companies. NerdWallet's content is fact-checked for accuracy, timeliness, and ...

The Section 179 deduction limit for 2022 was raised to $1,080,000 with an equipment spending cap phasing out beginning at $2,700,000. It can be used for new and used equipment. “So with the Section ...

Farming equipment is traditionally designed to be used by men. That presents a problem for the increasing number of women across the country who are entering the agriculture workforce. Men have long ...

I squatted down in the dirt and took stock of my inadequate tools. Over my left shoulder a massive John Deere tractor loomed. I came here to fix that tractor. So far, things weren’t going as planned.