Agriculture Management Articles

Root vegetables season The autumn start is the time when vegetable producers have a lot of work. A collection of vegetables begins. Tension and nerves are often associated with it. All because the priority for farmers is to collect crops for which they worked hard all year round. It is important to make a good choice and select the machines suitable to your needs and four farm ...

Jun. 13, 2019

By Weremczuk Agromachines

As part of a 5 year Federal Government funded Landcare project in the Gippsland area of Victoria, a number of on-farm trials have taken place. One of these trials was monitoring a range of green manures on a certified organic vegetable farm. The demonstration trialled and ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

By Dylan Fox: Dylan is a student from the University of Western Sydney and we are delighted to carry this story As more people become interested in their food they become more conscious about the farmers they support. Thus, a growing trend of urban farms is developing to satiate the demand for highly-nutritious fruits and vegetables. With the misnomer that people must own land to farm profitably, ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Mark your diary for this event! AFSA (Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance) is hosting our inaugural Farm Day Out on the 17th of March at Jonai Farms (Eganstown, Vic), with a stellar line up of Australian bands, local food, booze, and mineral water, and the launch of our revolutionary book: Farming Democracy: Radically transforming the food system from the ground up! Farm Day Out ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

For almost 20 years the Orange campus of firstly the University of Sydney and now Charles Sturt University has been teaching Australian and overseas students about sustainable agriculture. The course is offered as a post graduate Masters course and students spend 18 months at the campus as internal students although many of the Australian students study it by distance mode. The following ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Who is Prof Schellnhuber and why is what he said important? Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber – for twenty years the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and a senior advisor to Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Union. This is what Prof Schellnhuber had to say August 2018: “Climate change is now reaching ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Washington State University researchers have concluded that feeding a growing global population with sustainability goals in mind is possible. Their review of hundreds of published studies provides evidence that organic farming can produce sufficient yields, be profitable for farmers, protect and improve the environment and be safer for farm workers. The review study, “Organic Agriculture ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

‘There is no Planet B’ From the Climate Crisis to the Extinction Crisis What is happening and what must happen now-and fast Dr Johannes Bauer The Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture Co-operative Ltd Climate Change and Biodiversity Program ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Walter Jehne, former CSIRO Climate Scientist and Microbiologist, founder of Healthy Soils Australia, has written a 3-part document on drought in Australia and in it he demonstrates many scientific facts about how we should be managing our soils. There are many fascinating revelations in his scientific analysis such as how the removal of vegetation affects rainfall or how the lowering of soil ...

Jun. 2, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Successful aquaculture corporations know that there are many variables that need to be accounted for in order for the bottom line to be "in the black", let alone grow annually by 10-20%. Just to get started, a corporation must at least have the funding, the right location with good weather, good access to water (the list goes on) and most importantly, the right people to manage day-to-day ...

May 29, 2019

By Aeration Industries International (AII)

Our team is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Debby Zygielbaum. We had the pleasure of collaborating with Debby during her time at Robert Sinskey Vineyards. She was one of our first advocates, testers, and advisors. We formed a special bond with Debby spending long hours in the vineyards and on the roads talking everything from irrigation to sheep to family. She was blunt, hilarious, ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

In February, Arable sat down with seventh-generation North Carolina farmer Charles Dietzel to discuss the newest incarnation of his legacy farm, Carolina Heritage Farms. We talked about his family’s transition from tobacco to agroforestry to now growing industrial hemp, and the role agtech has played in their decision to make the switch. With all the ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

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 ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

Esensia’s craft cannabis operation uses senses and sensors to navigate an industry sea change, while staying true to its roots. ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

As you round the final bend of Road 95 through the groves of walnut and almond trees, it would be easy to miss Muller Ranch, but for the cluster of pickup trucks circling the driveway. Yet amidst these swaying Yolo County orchards sits a stunning third-generation, family-owned farm, thriving with several thousand acres of processing tomatoes, specialty peppers, corn, wheat, canola, cucumbers, ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

Since I joined Arable in July, our team has made incredible progress and achieved many important milestones. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of our customers for your support, your invaluable feedback, and your business. At Arable, we believe that there is nothing more important than our customers’ trust, and that we need to work tirelessly to earn it and keep ...

May 17, 2019

By Arable

Egg whites are universally accepted as a healthy source of protein. But because they come from chickens, one could worry about animal welfare, the environmental damage wrought by industrial poultry and even Salmonella—since the Food and Drug Administration estimates that 79,000 Americans are sickened by tainted eggs every year. Or maybe you’re just a vegetarian. Regardless, the way ...

May 15, 2019

By Small Business Services (SBS)

Orchard consists of 1 Hectare (2.5 Acres)  160 trees of Mainly Beaumont with a few Own Choice variety as cross pollinators, Harvesting just over 4 tonne of nuts in husk. Up until we purchased one of your machines we had to sell our entire crop De-husked at 2800kg to a local processor for $3.20 per kg  (NIS) Nuts in Shell, giving us an annual return of only $8,960.00 With the purchase of ...

May 6, 2019

By Crackadamia

Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area is a high mountain desert site located in the extreme south-west corner of Utah. The Dyacon station is on a USDA-ARS research plot. The site sees a broad range of temperature conditions, blowing sand, and high winds. Due to the loose sand and rock, rather than just stake the tripod, the users installed the station using concrete post bases and ...

May 6, 2019

By Dyacon, Inc.

The Soiland Company, North Bay’s largest recycler of rubble materials, saw their electric bills double overnight due to a rate redesign.They decided to expand their existing solar capacity and looked to local installer ...

Apr. 29, 2019

By AllEarth Renewables