UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma County

Small-Scale Farming Equipment

There are a wide variety of tools and equipment available for small scale specialty crop growers. Finding the appropriate tool for your goal and your scale can help reduce the need for repetitive manual work.  Photos and videos show equipment for establishing beds, precision planting, cultivation, and other forms of weed management.

Small Farm Equipment Field Day Photos 
Using Tarps for Weed Control
Seed Cleaning Demo with Farmer Kristyn Leach

Related Resources
ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Equipment
CAFF's Small Farm Tech Hub

Presentations from Workshop, May 2015 
 

Cover-Equipment Intro 5-2015
Cover-LEAP farm Systems power point