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Flax and Hemp processing equipment

I want to create tools to help small scale farmers process fibre plants into yarn for weaving! I would love to hear from other farmers/makers who would like to collaborate on this project. I envisage equipment that is more advanced...
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Created: 2020/09/25 10:07
Updated: 2024/10/11 21:42

Farm Internet of Things Suite (RaspberryPi Based)

By dorn
A suite of Farm Internet of things sensors organized around common farm use cases including but not limited to monitoring and management of Soil and Crop health, root cellar, greenhouse, walk-in cooler, compost pile, germination chamber, livestock fence and water,...
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Created: 2018/01/22 01:42
Updated: 2024/11/11 12:01

Cheap Electric Thresher???

By rlk25
Don't get me wrong, I love all the bicycle powered tools being built but I was hoping to find something cheaper and easier. This led me to purchase a Sun Joe leaf Mulcher (https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Joe-SDJ616-Shredder-13-Amp/dp/B00EUU044S). I plan on threshing oats, bell...
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Created: 2017/05/31 02:18
Updated: 2024/08/22 16:47

farmOS Observation App

The goal of this tool would be to have a very simple and focused native app for Android and iOS that can be used to quickly and easily record observation logs that are automatically synced to a farmOS site.
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Created: 2016/12/01 11:56
Updated: 2024/10/11 22:06

Conceptual scaled 'farmbot'

By rlk25
Inspired by the farmbot and other open source ideas, this is a concept I've been thinking about and finally did a quick sketchup to better explain it to some friends. You'll get the idea, just take a look. Let me...
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Created: 2016/11/09 19:41
Updated: 2024/09/26 17:37

Muscle-powered rotary weed whacker

A rotary weed whacker using a linear-to-rotary power mechanism, as used in salad spinners and toy cars. I'm not a farmer but this seems like something which readers here could develop quickly; thanks for having me. I assembled this tool...
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Created: 2016/08/27 14:04
Updated: 2024/10/14 23:55

Low cost yield monitor and mapper

By dorn
a yield monitor designed for balers to replace the bale counter and data log the location and time of each bale created to generate a yield map for use in open source agricultural record keeping tools such as FarmOS.
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Created: 2016/03/30 04:38
Updated: 2024/10/14 20:12

Mobile Chicken Processing Station

By jdperez
Insitu was approached by a local poultry farmer with and increased demand in poultry production. His needs include a mobile processing station that could be moved to various chicken pen locations - 2-4 per week - and process at least...
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Created: 2016/03/28 15:53
Updated: 2024/10/14 20:45