Agriculture Production Articles
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To Meet Agtech’s New Movers and Shakers, Look Beyond Buenos Aires
Last November, Arable participated in Silicon Valley Argentina in Rosario, a forum co-organized with Fundación CEDEF, Chacra Media Group, and Silicon Valley Forum. We’ve been to a number of ag shows in the US, and have never seen anything that compares to the caliber of this event. The best part was its forward-thinking focus on ‘the next generation of ag’: It was more ...
By Arable
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From the Executive Director: Community, Respect for Nature Crucial to Successful Farming, Author Says
What book is on your nightstand? I just started “Wildly Successful Farming: Sustainability and the New Agricultural Land Ethic,” by Brian DeVore, who was the guest speaker as SFA Central Chapter held its annual meeting this past Saturday in Little Falls. At the meeting, Brian shared snippets featuring area farmers who prioritize soil health and sustainable farming practices. You may ...
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How to make optimal condition for growing vegetables
The competition between vegetable producers, high production costs, expensive seeds and many other factors, mean that vegetable producers want to provide optimal conditions for their cropping. They want to get the best product that will meet the high customer’s needs. In addition to investing in seeds, fertilizers and plant protection products, you need the suitable equipment. This will ...
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Biotechnology Forecast for 2019
The last few years have witnessed explosive growth within biotechnology across all segments of the industry. It is estimated that the global biotech market will command $727.1 Billion USD by 2025. Biotech looks poised to continue this meteoric growth for 2019 and beyond. With Compounded Annual Growth rates (CAGR) rates across segments ranging from 6%-11%, here is a look at key segments within ...
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Why We Launched Indigo Transport
The automotive industry boomed in the United States during the mid-twentieth century. This paired with the development of an interstate highway system led to a new method for the transport of agricultural products: trucking. Hauling grain by truck became a potentially cheaper and more efficient alternative to trains and steamships, depending on the distances involved. Access was the critical ...
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Chain - Agriculture in cooperation with nature - Case Study
Client Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops Croatian Agricultural Land Agency Financed by The European Union from the Fund for the Serbia-Croatia cross-border cooperation Countries Republic of Serbia and Republic of Croatia Background project The Danube region is a major international hydrological basin and ecological corridor. This requires a regional approach to nature ...
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Application of Agricultural Biotechnology for High Nutritious Food Products
Abstract Agricultural biotechnology has some controversy impacts on global economy and international regulations. But, it has enhanced the production of crops and foods with high nutritious. Some time, it has not secured human and environmental safety, intellectual property rights, consumer choice, ethics, food security, poverty reduction and environmental conservation. Even though, it has ...
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Aslanli International Textile And Agricultural Products – Case Study
Project Name Aslanh Wastewater Treatment Plant Employer Aslanh Uluslararasi Tekstil ve Tarim Urunleri Dis Tic. A.$. Contractor Enta Muhcndislik Aritma Taah. San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. Location of the plant Kirklareli/TURKEY Scope of work Revision of Industrial and Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Contract Date 2007 Completion Date 2008 Flowrate of the plant: 1.300 m3/day Units of the ...
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Yield differences so large you can see them from outer space
When evaluating products, growers trust the results they see with their own eyes. The benefit of a different seed variety, irrigation system, fertilizing practice, new product, or method is suspect until the crop looks healthier and yields are higher. Growers remain skeptical until these technologies succeed in the climate and conditions of their region and in their own hands – because the ...
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Restoring Long Term Soil Health in Haiti with Organic Compost
Last summer, we shared results from a research project that was taken on by master’s students at Cranfield University. The students compared the efficiency of SOIL’s organic compost, Konpòs Lakay, to commercial grade chemical fertilizers available on the market. This comparison was used two core Haitian crops: tomato plants and moringa trees. When the preliminary results ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Led grow light bar
1. Urban Vertical Agriculture - Horticulture LED Production Module grow 2. High PPFD, One Bar equivalent to 3 T8 Tube, Build your plant farm with fewer lights! 3. Different LED chips in one lens, Spectral radiation uniform, Lens + Reflector cup, Concentrating radiation, Energy saving 50%,Beam angle 60 ° 4. Ultra-thin 21mm,multi-shelf lighting plant growth lights 5. Silicone potting waterproof ...
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Sheep farming in Qatar - Case Study
Doha, Qatar Baladna, the leading supplier of Syro-Arabian Awassi sheep, needed a supplier who could match their high standards of business. Client Overview Baladna is a national livestock and animal production company along with being the leading supplier of sheep meat, milk and animal feed products. Company values are very important to Baladna so they focus strongly on their top five beliefs: ...
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Unpacking and cleaning of waste materials in Ribeauvillé (France) - Case Study
Location: Ribeauvillé (France) Capacity: 1,4 MWel Input materials: Cattle slurry, renewable resources, waste materials from the food industry Features: Separate hygienisation plant with a capacity of 25,000 t/a. The biogas plant AGRIVALOR ENERGIE The project was initiated by 3 farmers from Alsace: René Van der Meijden, Philippe Meinrad and Noël Adam. It took place under the ...
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Agro-ecological compensation of watershed based on emergy
The paper aims at providing a framework to calculate the agro-eco-compensation standard based on the systems agro-ecological concept of embodied energy as emergy. We have proposed a calculation system of eco-compensation standard for sustainable agricultural development based on the convertibility between emergy and price. According to our calculation, the total energy of agricultural ...
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Conjunctive effect of water productivity and cultivation pattern on agricultural water management
Agricultural water resources are scarce in Iran, and agricultural water management is essential to overcome this limitation. Determination of the water productivity index (WP) using the methods of optimization of cropping patterns and optimal water allocation is the most effective tool in water management in the agricultural sector. In this study, a non-linear optimization model was used to ...
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Climate change to worsen drought, diminish corn yields in Africa
Original story at MIT News Nearly 25 percent of the world’s malnourished population lives in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 300 million people depend on corn, or maize, as their main food source. Maize is the most widely harvested agricultural product in Africa and is grown by small farmers who rely heavily on rainwater rather than irrigation. The crop is therefore extremely sensitive ...
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Climate and Economic Benefits of Agroforestry Systems
Introduction Agriculture is well known as a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but emerging practices in land management have the potential to curtail these emissions and reverse much of the ecological and climate harm caused by overly intensive systems. One such practice, cultivation and conservation of trees in agricultural practices, or agroforestry, is an important ...
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How to Find a Reliable Metal Fabricator in MN
Metal fabrication is an essential part of production across several MN industries, including: agriculture, food processing, chemical production, and manufacturing. Astro Engineering & Manufacturing aims to provide lean, efficient, and reliable metal fabrication services across many different industries throughout the state. Here are just a few of the things we can provide for your company: ...
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TrueNDVI vs. Synthetic NDVI Explained
Not all NDVI is created equal Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) imagery products have become increasingly common in precision agriculture applications. More companies are offering NDVI and NDVI-like products, including “Synthetic NDVI” images from drone platforms. At Sentera, it is our mission to provide you only the most valuable crop health data, which is why all of our ...
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From (cyber)space to ground: new technologies for smart farming
Increased water demand and climate change impacts have recently enhanced the need to improve water resources management, even in those areas which traditionally have an abundant supply of water, such as the Po Valley in northern Italy. The highest consumption of water is devoted to irrigation for agricultural production, and so it is in this area that efforts have to be focused to study ...
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