Fertilizers: challenges and solutions
At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would ...
At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would ...
In practice, there are no indications that arable farmers are opting on a large scale for a smaller potato area in 2021. The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) recently called ...
As part of measures to address the inadvertent spread of pests with germplasm distribution, Germplasm Health Units (GHU) in CGIAR are organizing a week-long awareness program on “phytosanitary safety for pest ...
Research has found that the presence of pollinators and beneficial insects contribute to yields, which in turn contribute to profit, while treed areas and grassy spots store carbon. Wetlands provide ...
Potato harvesting has once again been affected by wet weather, with widespread rainfall in recent weeks hampering grower efforts to get the crop out of the ground. AHDB reported that ...
The arable farmers and open-field vegetable growers often adhere to the application of permitted medium and the associated administrative obligations. However, according to the NVWA, things often go wrong in the ...
By Seth Truscott College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. -Launching new research in support of Washington potato growers, Washington State University is partnering with industry leaders to ...
Measurements on organic arable, wine and fruit-growing areas in Switzerland show that pesticides are transported for kilometers through the air. This also applies to hardly volatile substances. Plant protection products (PPPs) ...
Some countries use extremely large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer, but still only get a little more yield out of it. This is what researchers with the participation of ETH Zurich report ...
Managing plant health and strict water monitoring have paved the way to success for AL 3 Boerdery in Dendron, Limpopo. CT van der Merwe spoke to Lindi Botha about the ...
Agronomic improvement comes first, followed by nutritional enhancement and biotic stress resistance as traits of field trials. Regarding the biotech crops, potato is the most tested crop with a fifth ...
Purdue University scientist is looking for farmers to participate in two projects aimed at improving fertilizer and seeding rates in a variety of crops. Davide Cammarano, an associate professor of agronomy, will ...
In order to propose a credible alternative to intensive agriculture (a model inherited from the 1960s with disastrous environmental consequences), drone startups are developing unmanned machines, using cutting-edge technologies to ...
Potato farmers from the Belén Settlement in the district of Tacuaras, Ñeembucú, received inputs and advice on seed production and sanitation. For the current harvest, the seeds had been provided ...
TOMRA Food has introduced the TOMRA 3A sensor-based sorting machine for freshly harvested root crops, offering potato growers unrivalled sorting capabilities, dependability, and affordability. Developed in response to specific customer ...
A high-tech mobile surveillance unit was delivered at the end of October as part of Hort Innovation’s multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative – iMapPESTS. The iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture program is researching and ...
Every farmer wants to see their crops grow healthily, develop fully, and yield properly in both quantity and quality. To achieve all this, crop plants must have enough of every ...
BLACKVILLE – Irrigation is an important tool that likely has been used in agriculture for about as long as humans have been cultivating plants, but just how much water is ...
The Minister of Agriculture, Santiago Bertoni, said that the peasants, like the medical workers, are "heroes" who during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic have not stopped producing and supplying ...
Five years ago, when United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the resolution made it clear that tackling the current global challenges would require collaborative partnerships. ...
I feel like it was about 5 years ago when the gates were opened to the ag data land rush. Small ag-tech companies and multinational legacy companies all entered the ...
The smaller package of resources and the drought of recent years mean that the pressure of wireworms is increasing rapidly. The problem is, among other things, in potato cultivation on torn ...
The area dedicated to the production of seed potatoes in Spain is 2,150 hectares, with a very good quality crop that has managed to maintain itself these years where others ...
Minister Schouten wants a ban on the stacked use of crop protection products with the same active substance. Her next step is to plead with the European Commission for such a ...
Good quality, volume predicted as San Luis Valley crop hits the market. Colorado’s unmatched scenery, climate, and its popularity as a tourist destination often overshadow some of its less obvious ...