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Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions
On the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, in the small rural village in Galenbindunuwewa, a community of maize farmers are reshaping their farming practices to respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change. They recently welcomed researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a delegation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food ...
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Duo promoted at award-winning AgTech business Light Science Technologies
Two members of staff at AgTech company Light Science Technologies (LST) have been promoted across two key departments, as the business goes from strength to strength. Linzi Naisbitt has been promoted to Business Development Manager after two years with the Derby-based firm that provides sensor and lighting technology for indoor farming, including vertical farming and greenhouses. Linzi ...
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NFU Announces Featured Speakers and Events for 122nd Anniversary Convention in Scottsdale
National Farmers Union (NFU) will host the organization’s 122nd Anniversary Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona, from March 10 through March 12. The NFU Convention is the annual opportunity for Farmers Union members from across the country to set the organization’s grassroots policy priorities for the coming year, informed by the elected officials and policy experts they hear from ...
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NFU Leads Letter to Congress: Uphold Packers and Stockyards Act Progress
WASHINGTON – Today, National Farmers Union (NFU) sent a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership opposing harmful restrictions that would undo important work to revitalize the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) to better protect family farmers and ranchers. The letter, signed by national, regional, and state organizations, points out that “opponents of competitive ...
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Engaging youth in agripreneurship calls for a shift in the “dirty” industry mindset
Youth is key in Malawi. According to the 2018 census, half of the population falls in the 10–35-year bracket, an age that is full of energy, creativity, and innovation and that is transitioning into the labor market. But agriculture is not generally seen as an opportunity, particularly among the youth. Rather, they perceive it as a “dirty job” that only those without any options ...
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CNH Industrial brand launches the world`s first accessible agricultural tractor
New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, has commercially launched the world's first accessible farm tractor. The TL5 vAcessivel' (Accessible in Brazilian Portuguese), produced at the Brand's plant in Curitiba (PR), has been designed for people with lower limb disabilities, enabling them to work in fields independently. According to the 2019 National Health Survey, published by the ...
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Meet BESTMIX Software`s new VP of Global Sales, Richie Gitler
I am Richie Gitler, your new Vice President of Global Sales at Bestmix Software. It's a pleasure to connect with you and share a bit about my background and the exciting road ahead. My professional journey has led me through a variety of industries, each offering unique challenges and opportunities. I've had the privilege of successfully leading sales and marketing teams in diverse fields, ...
By BESTMIX
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Tyson Foods Joins Trust In Beef
Tyson Foods joins other foundational partners in advancing the collaborative value chain program to help ranchers enact meaningful climate-smart change Lenexa, Kan., (June 15, 2023) – Farm Journal’s Trust In Food™ is proud to welcome Tyson Foods to Trust In Beef, a collaborative value chain program designed to help ranchers integrate climate-smart agriculture into their ...
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Anuvia Plant Nutrients Partners with PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad to Expand into Asia
Anuvia Plant Nutrients today announced an agreement with PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) to market and produce Anuvia’s bio-based fertilizer technology in the Asia-Pacific region. This marks a significant advancement in deploying Anuvia’s technology across the globe. This partnership aims to assist PCG’s venture into the sustainable fertilizer segment and contribute to ...
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Biotalys and Novozymes announce successful Evoca™ feasibility study
Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, and Novozymes, a world leader in biotech solutions including Ag biologicals, today announced the successful outcome of the feasibility study for Evoca™*, Biotalys’ first proprietary biocontrol product candidate. Novozymes obtained proof of concept ...
By Biotalys NV
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Sentera Announces Increased Availability of 6X Sensors
PAUL, Minn. – Aug. 31, 2022 – Sentera, the industry leading real-time ag analytics platform powered by machine learning, today announced increased availability of its 6X sensors, which captures high-resolution imagery with eight channels of image data, to meet demand caused by supply chain issues. “Supply chain challenges have drastically impacted the sensor market for ...
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FMC Corporation wins patent infringement case against Udragon
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), a leading global agricultural sciences company, announced the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang Province, China, granted FMC a permanent injunction against Hangzhou Udragon Chemical Co., Ltd and Zhejiang Udragon Bioscience Co., Ltd (collectively "Udragon"). The Court found Udragon infringed on FMC's patent for a key intermediate chemical used in the ...
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Anuvia Secures $65.5 Million from Piva Capital and Riverstone To Scale U.S. Production of Sustainable Fertilizer
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. Anuvia™ Plant Nutrients today announced it has raised $65.5 million in Series D funding co-led by Riverstone Holdings LLC and Piva Capital. Anuvia will use the financing to increase production capacity at its U.S.-based eco-friendly manufacturing facility and expand commercialization of its SymTRX™ XP line of field-ready bio-based fertilizers for large-scale ...
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EAVISION Brasil Application, Deploying the Global Smart Agriculture Market
As we all know, compared with the advantages of plant protection drones that are easy to popularize under the conditions of wheat, rice and other field crops, the penetration rate of commercial crops in hilly and mountainous areas is very small. Some plant protection machines can only imitate tree canopies, but cannot accurately imitate terrain and autonomous obstacle avoidance. As a leading ...
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Weradiate Llc Named Among the Top Winners at 2021 Grow-Ny, An Unprecedented Global Food And Agriculture Business Competition
Empire State Development and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement have named WeRadiate LLC the $250,000 winner of Grow-NY, a food innovation and agriculture technology business competition focused on enhancing the emerging agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. Marking its third year, the unprecedented ...
By WeRadiate
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CAWM West Coast Market is China`s First Food Wholesaler to Endorse BAP
China Supply and Marketing Agricultural Production Wholesale Market Holding Co. Ltd., one of China’s leading wholesale food providers, has pledged to source seafood from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified farms, processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills as part of an agreement that the Beijing-based company signed with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) in Qingdao on Aug. 7. ...
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ACE - A New Specialist Police Unit to target Construction Plant & Agricultural Machinery theft
The theft of equipment from construction sites and farms has a significant impact on the businesses targeted from both the loss and replacement of the equipment taken, in addition to the cost of temporarily reduced activity and downtime within these sectors. The launch of the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) owned Official CESAR Scheme (www.cesarscheme.org) back in 2007, has had a major ...
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Regenagri and Cool Farm Alliance collaborate to drive progress and monetisation of regenerative agriculture
Global regenerative agriculture initiative, regenagri has launched a new version of its digital hub, regenagri 2.0. The new version of the digital hub includes the capability to manage large groups of farms and offers new functionality to measure carbon and monetise good environmental ...
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A decade on - The fight for the Regenerative Earth Decade begins
A decade has passed since EUROSOLAR founder Dr. Hermann Scheer died on 14 October 2010. But his presence can still be felt by his many comrades, his family and friends and of course, in his and our association EUROSOLAR. With his courageous vision, his uncompromising commitment to the energy transition – the Energiewende – and his powers of persuasion, he changed ...
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AgEagle Aerial Systems Enters Sales Agreement to Sell Up to $100 Million in Common Stock through Stifel and Raymond James
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone solutions provider, today announced that it has entered into an at-the-market sales agreement with Stifel and Raymond James, effective May 25, 2021, under which AgEagle may sell its common stock, from time to time, for up to $100 million in aggregate sales proceeds in ...
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