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PODCAST: Fieldin Featured on The Modern Acre
Fieldin was featured today on The Modern Acre Podcast, showcasing its smart farming platform for commercial agriculture. Western Region business development representative Neil Knaak sat down with Modern Acre’s Tim and Tyler Nuss to discuss technology on the farm, and how Fieldin is helping bring transparency and efficiency to various field activities. “We take equipment in the ...
By Fieldin
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In Southern Sudan, A Partnership Promoting Agricultural Development Unveiled
The United States, Netherlands and two leading agriculture-focused nonprofits are collaborating to back the Southern Sudanese government’s efforts “to transform farms into businesses.” The communiqué was signed between the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dutch government, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and International Fertilizer Development Center ...
By SciDev.Net
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Checking up on EPA`s Office of Pesticide Programs - A Conversation with Jim Aidala
This week's All Things Chemical Podcast will be of interest to readers of the Pesticide Law & Policy Blog®. A brief description of the episode written by Lynn L. Bergeson is below. This week I sat down with James Aidala, B&C’s Senior Government Affairs Consultant, to catch up on what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is up ...
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Italy donates €6 million to FAO for agricultural development, emergencies
Italy has announced it will contribute an additional €6 million to support FAO's strategic priorities including €1 million towards the Organization's emergency programme. The announcement came at the end of a two-day Annual Review Meeting, during which FAO and Italian officials reviewed the Italy/FAO Cooperative Programme including the results achieved by more than 50 Italy-funded ...
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Agronomy society hires agronomic education manager
Bruce Erickson, a long-time Certified Professional Agronomist and expert in precision agriculture, has joined the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) as its new agronomic education manager. In the position, which is a new one for ASA, Erickson will work to develop the society’s educational programs by giving classes, writing continuing education articles, organizing Webinars, presenting at ...
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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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Anuvia Plant Nutrients Wins 2022 Gold Stevie® In 2022 American Business Awards
Anuvia™ Plant Nutrients the manufacturers of highefficiency, sustainable bio-based fertilizers for the agriculture, turf, and lawncare industries, was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Food and Beverage Company of the Year category in The 20th Annual American Business Awards®. Anuvia was also recently recognized by Financial Times as One of The Americas’ Fastest ...
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AgEagle aerial systems to host corporate update on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 4:30 PM ET
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone solutions provider, will host a webcast on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to provide a corporate update and discuss recent operational highlights. AgEagle CEO Michael Drozd, CFO Nicole Fernandez-McGovern and COO Brandon Torres Declet will host the ...
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AgEagle Aerial Systems Appoints Drone Industry Leader Brandon Torres Declet as New Chief Executive Officer
AgEagle™ Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone solutions provider, today announced that its Board of Directors has named Brandon Torres Declet, current Chief Operating Officer of the Company, as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He is succeeding J. Michael Drozd who has elected to leave ...
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In Italy-funded programme, organized small farmers become entrepreneurs
At a side event on the first day of World Food Week, FAO today showcased the success of Italy-funded projects in East Africa, West Africa, Central America and the Caribbean that are transforming smallholder and family farms into small businesses. The Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture programme has been ongoing in 34 countries since 2006, under the technical guidance of ...
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Martin UAV VTOL unmanned aircraft taps Persistent Systems Wave Relay data link technology
Engineers at Martin UAV LLC in Rohnert Park, Calif., will incorporate Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network(MANET) technology from Persistent Systems LLC in New York into the company’s V-BAT small, vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also commonly called an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or drone. The companies have entered into a five-year partnership. “The ...
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Focus on agri for economic growth as Agribusiness Congress East Africa comes to Kampala in November
There is great excitement in the agricultural sector in Uganda as preparations are underway for the fourth Agribusiness Congress East Africa conference that is taking place in Kampala from 29-30 November. It is the first time that the event is taking place in Uganda. Agribusiness Congress East Africa is a regional platform for discussions and knowledge sharing, to address those pertinent issues ...
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AgEagle Aerial Systems Reports First Quarter 2021 Results
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone solutions provider, today reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021. First Quarter 2021 Key Financial Highlights: Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2021 increased significantly to approximately $1.7 million compared ...
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FAO Director-General concludes official visit to West Africa
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today concluded his official visit to the West African region in Togo, where he congratulated President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on progress made by the country in the fight against hunger. During a meeting with Gnassingbé and Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Ouro-Koura Agadazi, Graziano da Silva praised Togo for ...
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Topcon announces Ochs as North American agriculture customer support manager
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces Jared Ochs has joined the company as customer support manager for North America. He will be located in Olathe, Kansas and will report to Robert Lindgren, TPA director of global customer support. Ochs has a background in the precision agriculture industry and most recently worked as the integrated solutions manager at Concordia Tractor, Inc., a John ...
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AgEagle Announces Acquisition of Measure in the Next Step to Become the Company of Choice for End-to-End Drone Solutions
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone solutions provider, today announced its acquisition of Measure Global Inc. (“Measure”), an award-winning aerial intelligence solutions company, in a combination cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $45 million. This is the third acquisition ...
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Turlock Irrigation District of California Selects OSI Technology for a New Energy Management System
Open Systems International (OSI) has been selected by Turlock Irrigation District (TID) to supply a new advanced Energy Management System (EMS) based on OSI's monarch™ operational technology (OT) platform. This will replace TID's legacy Siemens EMS, providing the utility with a flexible platform to fully modernize and streamline their transmission network as they prepare to enter the California ...
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Third world climate conference
With climate change increasing the incidence and severity of weather events, agriculture, one of the most climate dependent of all human activities, depends heavily on effective meteorological services which are vital to climate change mitigation and adaptation, said an FAO expert today. “The economic costs associated with natural disasters, including extreme weather events, have increased ...
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BIO Thanks Senate Agriculture Committee for Passing Farm Bill
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and other members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee for including mandatory funding for Energy Title programs and eligibility for renewable chemicals in Farm Bill reauthorization legislation, which passed today on a 15-5 vote in the committee. BIO ...
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Swaziland is moving towards commercial farming
In a major effort to revitalize agriculture here, the government, the European Union and FAO have helped over 20,000 smallholder farmers produce more, higher-quality food and connect with new markets. Agriculture is on its way to become a key driver of Swaziland’s development. The vast majority of Swaziland’s 1.2 million people depend on subsistence farming. But years of economic ...
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