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Feb 12
Potato report by Howell Living History Farm (Mercer County, NJ, USA)
First, a bit of background on the farm's potato production, now entering its 40th year: "Our first crop was in 1985 just a year after...


Feb 11
The Potato year at Luisenhof (Germany)
Frank Kelleners, one of the owners of Luisenhof, was able to provide the Year on the Field Project a full potato report: "In the autumn...

Jan 20, 2023
Year On The Field “Wheat Year” Completion
The Year On The Field project looks back on a successful first crop year from preparation to processing. We learned about diverse...

Nov 10, 2022
Wheat Harvest and Reaper Technology at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford (USA)
Lazy days of summer start for some farmers only after they finish the most stressful time of their year – grain harvest. Wheat ripeness...

Nov 3, 2022
Wheat harvest at Howell Living History Farm (USA)
The harvest of the 2022 wheat crop at Howell Living History Farm began on June 25th as part of a Saturday event. Normally, three horses...


Aug 24, 2022
A Year on the Field at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
To highlight the crop of the year, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is growing three cultivars of red wheat in a planter as part of...

Mar 23, 2022
Wheat breeding - a contested practice
Growing grain and breeding grain were for a long time inseparable activities. Until the end of the 19th century, grain producers were...
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