No-till Farming Using Railroad Tracks

How to use thousands of miles of unused railroad tracks for farming.

1. Bed preparatrion, tree removal, moving gravel, adding fill and sod.
2. Crop selection. Biofuels only in creosote areas.
3. How to modify 40' seeders and combines to fit on a 10' wide flat car.
4. How to deploy seeder or combine from flat car.
5. Deployment must be quick due to many crossings and bridges.
6. Deleting railroads that are not compatrible to the project.

Contributed by Eugene Reese, Reese Enterprises, Inc

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plant them in boxes/ crates filled with organic material and soil just as in any greenhouse mount or place boxes on a 3 level/tier frame triples what you get from any amount of land frames are set ...

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any tree species will do give trees to communities to plant on national tree planting days nursery is situated on the ground alongside railway in tree pockets watered from train or natural rain on...
- Godfrey Chiketa

You are absolurely right about the creosote Jan. Lets restrict the crops to biofuels like sunflower and saffron. Creosote would not be a factor because the product will not be food. Your comment on ...
- Eugene Reese

I worked for the railroad for several years and cannot imagine any area that is not creosote laden since the timbers used were soaked with it back when these tracks were laid out. This would sugg...
- Jan Callaway

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