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Solar powered off-grid pasture monitoring system with wifi access
This system was setup to allow me to monitor my bison in my fairly isolated ranch in southern Virginia from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. It is solar powered and connected to the Internet via a mobile broadband device. Images are captured every 1.5 minutes from two webcams connected to a Raspberry Pi computer. Every hour a Python script on the Raspberry Pi places the past hours photographs in a zip file, and sends it to me in an email.
livestock weigh scales
A cattle farmer occasionally needs to weigh his animals, but weigh scales for cattle are expensive to purchase for the small operator ($1,000 to $1,500 or more). This is an accurate electronic scale you can make yourself for about $500.
Tough inexpensive pastured pig waterer
Pigs are tough on equipment. This simple water system doesn't tip in a pasture situation, stays clean and prevents the pigs from disturbing the hose connection.
Black Soldier Fly as a Feed Alternative for Aquaculture
Main Street Farms received a SARE Farmer grant for on-farm research of Black Soldier Flies larvae (BSFL) as an alternative food-source for aquaculture and livestock. We plan to raise and breed BSFL in a heated green house year-round to find the ratio of pounds of larvae to pounds of food waste can be produced in a given month. The larvae will be fed cafeteria food waste, coffee grounds, and compost from other areas of the farm.
Pig Tractor/mobile Breeder sow pen
I came up with this SOW Tractor after giving some thought to the issue of having sows highly mobile, highly contained and safe healthy and happy. It also solves a problem I've seen in pasture management. If you'll notice alot of hay farmers get further and further from the feild edge every Cutting to avoid damaging their cutters. Running a pig tractor around your feild edges and pasture fringes allows you to make use of otherwise fallow ground harvest soft mass, legumes, and grasses improve sow health and cut down on actual feed inputs. This improves efficiency and effectiveness making it more cost effective to keep breeder sows herd and a boar. It also improves the ground was well.
Portable Stock Trough
Convenient water tank trailer that holds 200Lt of water and 9Lt trough. Features: •Can hold up to 200Lt of stock drinking water •Industrial galvanised fittings to ensure strength and durability •No Flat Tyres, (so always ready to go when you are) •Can be towed into place by car, ATV, or Ride-on mower
Waterer for rotational grazing
Easy to move, low cost watering system that reduces issues associated with fixed watering locations.
Mobile solar powered electric fence
I'm interested in others ideas and knowledge related to creating a mobile solar powered electric fence. This sketch represents my concept and the products available online costing less than $100. My goal is to allow two pigs the ability to graze small parcels of land similar to a chicken tractor.
SwitchBox Control
Cell phone controlled switch for block heaters, fences or any electrical device!
The WiFi Farm Guide
Low cost farm wide WiFi to enable remote sensors and any other WiFi enabled device.