All Around the Farm

Successful Farming's All Around the Farm section features ideas from farmers that can help save time, money, and labor. These farmer inventions include practical ideas for farm shops, tools, equipment, and more.
tractor loader extender
Build your own tractor loader extender
Single barn door opener
Build an electric sliding door opener
shop crane illustration
Build your own swinging jib crane
engine stand and gearbox
Idea of the month: Easy crank engine stand
3-point hydraulic tractor lift
Build a hydraulic track changing lift
tractor snowblower design
Build your own front-mount tractor snowblower
Illustration of closed tan auto sliding doors with inserts.
Build your own electric sliding door opener
Illustration of a blue creek running through a green pasture. On each side of the grass, there are standard fences that are connected by a line of metal fence stays
Build a waterway electric fence
An illustration of a tool cart made of wood. There are drills hanging in two rows on the front, with an open box on top for drill bits and batteries. There is storage below and an orange bucket attached to the side for additional storage.
Build your own electric tool cart
Trench attachment illustration
Quick trenching attachment
Grain leg elevator illustrations
Grain leg service elevator
Illustration of Augie's portable workstation
Create your own portable workstation
Illustration of gauge wheel tool
Gauge wheel tire tool
Ball hitch adapter for drawbar illustration
Ball hitch adapter for drawbar
Planter disk illustration
Planter Disk Portability
Portable hydraulic press illustration
Portable hydraulic press for in-field use
Fuel lockbox illustration
Easy-access lockbox secures fuel tanks
Fence Post Illustration
Convenient portable electric fence post
Wrench support illustration
Bracket makes solo lug nut removal easy
AATF truck hoist
11 Pickup fix-ups from All Around the Farm
Truck mounted scale
Use air-ride system to track weight, bushels
Stock tank illustration
Avoiding frozen livestock tanks
Rope cart illustration
Rope or Electrical Cord Reel
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Idea of the Month: Sturdy three-point boom
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Unmanned large tank float
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Build this handy tool cart for your shop
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Limb trimmer
door guide guard
All Around the Farm: Solutions for winter woes
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Farmer designed remote-controlled electric fence gate
School bus
Old school buses get a new life on the farm
stock knocker
Tire protection to prevent punctured tire
Main view fencing trailer
20 fence fix-ups from All Around the Farm
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14 planting ideas from All Around the Farm
Main view fencing trailer
Grab it all and go fencing
A semi on a gravel road.
Tips for saving fuel in diesel vehicles
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10 shop organization ideas from All Around the Farm
The new drum loader attachment on a Bobcat skid loader.
Bobcat releases new land-clearing attachments
The four equipment associations that now make up the new NAEDA.
Equipment dealer associations vote to form NAEDA
Demonstration of the high speed ISOBUS system.
High speed ISOBUS technology demonstrated at Plugfest 2022
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How to keep your farm equipment's hydraulic hoses straight
chemical-shuttle-storage
How to upcycle a chemical shuttle into storage shelves
pvc-broom-stand
How to make a PVC broom stand
barrel-and-bucket-storage-organizers
How to recycle barrels and buckets into organized tool storage
Socket Storage Rack
How to make a portable socket organizer
Spray Tip Cap Remover
How to make a sprayer tip cap remover from PVC
Disk Opener Wear Gauge
How to make and use a disk opener wear gauge
Bolt Wire Splicer
How to make a wire splicer out of a bolt
Air Tool Rack
How to build an air tool and accessory rack for your farm shop
Elevator Bucket Bolt Bin
How to upcycle elevator buckets for easy storage
Chain and Binder Storage Rack-2
How to make a freestanding chain and binder organizer
Combine Tool Rack-18
How to create a secret tool space on your combine
Zip Tie Storage
How to store and organize zip ties
Receiver Hitch Storage Rack
How to build a receiver hitch storage rack
Hammer Rack-4
How to build a freestanding hammer storage rack
An illustration of a blue tractor pulling an orange baler.
Create your own portable camera system
Metzger food bus
Food bus serves a hungry crew
Damon Carson, founder and owner of repurposedMaterials
Giving trash a new life on the farm
Mann pusher scraper
Box scraper called to duty as snow pusher
All-terrain welding cart
Welding cart goes all-terrain
Hydraulic bearing press
Pieces too big to fit in shop press?
Portable head gate, Weis
Build a portable calf head gate
Flood-proof cattle gate
Build a flood-proof cattle gate
Sliding grain sample door
Anyone can collect a grain sample