Seen farmers trying #solar power tractors. Logical or just another #eco practice that will > #food costs?
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agchat:
Q4 is up, Q3 is closed. Excellent content on Q3. Let's keep up the information sharing. Pls use Q# in your response #agchat
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sollmana:
Q4: If (and when) tech continues to develop, it might be viable. Right now, it seems like something only a few would try #agchat
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markvanbaale:
RT @agchat: Q4 is up, Q3 is closed. Excellent content on Q3. Let's keep up the information sharing. Pls use Q# in your response #agchat
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cornfedfarmer:
Q4 I don't know. Heard Tony Grift (abe.illinois.edu/faculty/T_Grift) talk about solar powered robots #agchat
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sollmana:
Q4: Might catch on if the few that try can prove it works (kind of like the robotic milkers) #agchat
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SteakPerfection:
Q4 - do it if your state give you a huge subsidy; else wait for efficiencies to emerge #agchat
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PotatoPro:
Q4 Is that at all possible? Just wondering about the long use time, high power requirements etc... #agchat
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JeffFowle:
Q4 Not sure a solar tractor would be able to turn some soil types, let alone power a combine or swather. Ineresting idea though. #agchat
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kansfarmer:
Q4 - seems only doable if subsidized at present, but most new technology is, really Q if best way to power heavy equip though #agchat
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Tykerman1:
Q4 I'm all for looking into technological advancement to get the seed in the ground and the crop harvested #agchat
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NTBSeeds:
Q4: Oh ya the sun only showed its face here in ND for 2 days this summer so I don't think it would work for us:) #agchat
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agchick:
Q4 How many horses under a solar panel? Apollo moved the sun with a horse and chariot and all, but solar tractors? #agchat
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CropLifeFdn:
Q4 What if you used it along with regular tractor when weather/conditions didn't permit solar? #agchat
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sollmana:
Q4: Is it something where a solar panel collects nrg and then it is stored somewhere else and plugged in? or is panel on tractor? #agchat
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kansfarmer:
Q4 - if energy costs keep rising, would be more feasible to power equip with part of crops we grow rather than solar #agchat
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ssteever:
#agchat Q4 What can you pull with a solar powered tractor? Single bottom plow?
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JeffFowle:
Great point. Baling at night would be tough! RT @benlacross: Q4... Big problem for those of us who run tractors all night. #agchat
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agchat:
Q4 is up and running in full gear. Thanks everyone for using the Q# with your answers. #agchat
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agchick:
Q4 Would we have the harvest sun as well as harvest moon? The moon is what allowed nighttime work, now the sun in the day? #agchat
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yourlocalfoods:
Q4 good Q, any electric tractors? RT @sollmana: Q4: solar panel collects, stored & [tractor] plugged in? or is panel on tractor? #agchat
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PotatoPro:
Q4 Just roughly estimated you need about 2 m2 of solar panel for each horsepower. How many do you want....... #agchat
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kansfarmer:
Surely solar fits elsewhere better RT @PotatoPro: Q4 Just roughly estimated you need about 2 m2 of solar panel for each horsepower. #agchat
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agchat:
Q4 is coming to a close. Q5 will be coming up shortly
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agchick:
Q4 If energy is always present/constant, isn't it illogical to think that food (energy) can be produced w/out expending some energy? #agchat
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lenejohansen:
Q4 I know that the solar tech is not stable enough for a hospital, is it reliable enough for farming? #agchat
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agchick:
Q4 I gotta hear that diesel tractor start up. It reminds me of home, my dad, the ground. #agchat
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FarmerHaley: RT @agchat: Q4 Seen farmers trying #solar power tractors. Logical or just another #eco practice that will > #agchat
markvanbaale: RT @agchat: Q4 is up, Q3 is closed. Excellent content on Q3. Let's keep up the information sharing. Pls use Q# in your response #agchat
cornfedfarmer: Q4 I don't know. Heard Tony Grift (abe.illinois.edu/faculty/T_Grift) talk about solar powered robots #agchat
PeteAlexion: Q4 Thought the jury was still out on that one #agchat
SteakPerfection: Q4 - do it if your state give you a huge subsidy; else wait for efficiencies to emerge #agchat
TheFarmerBabe: Q4---Only time will tell, I suppose. Doesn't everything drive food costs up? #agchat
kansfarmer: Q4 - seems only doable if subsidized at present, but most new technology is, really Q if best way to power heavy equip though #agchat
UddertechInc: @UddertechInc my bad again...Q4...virgin agchatter! #agchat
CropLifeFdn: Q4 What if you used it along with regular tractor when weather/conditions didn't permit solar? #agchat
benlacross: Q4... Big problem for those of us who run tractors all night. #agchat
jake_schultz: Q4 A couple farms near me use electric tractors ado do quite well. #agchat #agchat
yourlocalfoods: Q4 good Q, any electric tractors? RT @sollmana: Q4: solar panel collects, stored & [tractor] plugged in? or is panel on tractor? #agchat
lenejohansen: Q4 I know that the solar tech is not stable enough for a hospital, is it reliable enough for farming? #agchat
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