Search Result for 'agronomic'

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 utilize remote ...

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 enough? Researchers ...

Nutrient management is the key to sound agronomic practices and how those practices affect crop production and the environment. Food and agriculture together is the top industry in Ohio, and it employs ...

Data-driven decisions based on weather information are helping East Anglian farms cut the cost and environmental impact of crop spraying – with the help of a new free-to-use sensor network. Norwich-based machinery ...

Romagnoli F.lli Spa continues the path of research and innovation with a view to sustainability for the entire potato supply chain, in which the company operates from sowing to marketing and announces its commitment to ...

Gain a Deeper View Understanding what’s happening under the ground is critical for many industries. Current solutions for measuring environmental data are primarily based on often-inefficient wired technology, or on expensive & ...

Between August 2019 and April 2020 Solidaridad Mozambique and Solynta executed the first hybrid TPS field trial ever in Mozambique: growing potatoes from true seeds rather than traditional seed potatoes. The seedlings ...

One of the main challenges of the paper industry in Argentina is to meet the growing quality demands of the industry. To help the producer meet these goals, Norwegian company Yara launched the RicaPapa solution, which incorporates novel tools to facilitate ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced last week it is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that have demonstrated benefits on farmland. ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

Three new farm Acts were recently introduced in the country. The most important of these, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is aimed at putting an end ...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress and food policy. The history of crop domestication offers many examples of ...

BOONE, Iowa — Data collected from personal information has been called one of the most valuable commodities in the world. With the advent of precision agriculture and advances in farm equipment technology, ...

With the advent of precision agriculture, a bevy of data is readily available for farmers from satellites and drones, but too much information can be overwhelming. That’s why it’s important to work ...

Summer is the potato harvesting season in Castile and Leon, the region with the most area of tuber cultivation nationwide. Patatas Melendez, a company based in Medina Del Campo, is a leader ...

Chemical, mechanical, thermal or electrical defraying...? Several solutions are available to succeed in this intervention. The aim of the defeasing is to completely and rapidly destroy the vegetation to control the caliber, control the ...

The operators of the sector, as per the calendar established by Cepa , the coordinating body of the Bologna potato exchange, have arranged an appointment to take stock of the production situation of the potatoes destined ...

The 2020 summer season is likely to turn out to be a Caporetto for Venetian potatoes. The dry spring, the costs of processing and collection are a lethal mix for tubers red soils of Guà the river , cultivated in ...

Potatoes may, in many ways, be the perfect candidate for precision agriculture.They’re a high-volume, high-value and high-input crop and the industry has already invested more than other sectors in soil and drainage ...

Lay’s has announced the winners of its educational program “Lay’s Academy”, in partnership with the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM) in Bucharest, Romania: Dănuța Popa, Lavinia Rabigan and Adrian Paun. The three winning ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to conduct research trials on 15 new varieties of imported Irish potato over the next three months, to determine their suitability for local conditions. Portfolio ...

Contrary to NGO stories of exploited farmers and middlemen running riot, Gujarat’s potato farmers have scripted an entrepreneurial success story by teaming up with multinationals and other buyers of their produce. The ...