Farm Management Articles
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Goldtree (S.L) Limited - Case Study
If Sierra Leone is now a leading producer of palm oil, it is because the oil palm grows abundantly in the tropical climate of West Africa. And yet, despite its 24,000 hectares of oil palm and 185,000 farmers owning palms, palm oil is still being imported to meet all the country’s needs. One of the main reasons for this situation is that the country is still recovering after a long civil war ...
By SourceTrace
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Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate – Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana - Case Study
Introduction Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate supports hundreds of thousands of farmers across five countries in Africa. SourceTrace solution was used to digitize 240,000 cocoa farmers to grow cocoa certified under UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and Fair Trade in the West African countries of Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Ghana. The farms are distributed across different locations in these three ...
By SourceTrace
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How To Discover A Local Egg Tray Machine Nigeria Business
Have you been in Nigeria today? Would you like to get a new x-ray making machine to your company? When you would, there are several businesses that sell them for a reasonable cost. A number of the egg trays that you will need to make could be quite substantial. Others may not be as large, requiring a greater machine for several of your respective other products. Egg trays and egg cartons are ...
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Three Tips to Reduce Heat Stress in Dairy Cows
Summer is here and with it comes high temperatures, high humidity, and increased chances of heat stress. According to a 2019 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research study, the US dairy industry experiences $1.5 billion in losses to heat stress annually. With afternoon humidities of 60-70%, and temperatures at 75-77°F, cows may already begin to experience the effects of heat stress ...
By Diamond V
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Farrowing feeding for sow production: What to consider to improve profitability and productivity
Feeding a Farrowing Sow: What Should we Consider? From feeder costs to feed palatability, here are some of the hot topics to think about when you are choosing the right sow feeding system for your farrowing rooms. Farrowing Feeding Methods Farrowing sows play an essential role in pig production since sow and litter performance can influence the swine industry’s next outcomes. Considering ...
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Precision Feeding: a Modern Swine Feeding Solution
Precision feeding as a modern solution for swine feeding to individual requirements and capturing the most value in your farm operation The Banff Pork Seminar is a technology transfer meeting for the pork industry that has been held in Banff, Alberta, Canada since 1972. The conference program is coordinated by the Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of ...
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SAS CMV Biogas Agricultural Methanisation, France - Case Study
In September 2015, 4 farms located in the Southern High Marned came together to operate a collective agricultural methanisation unit in Chalancey. Together, they combined to create the company SAS CMV Biogas. Nicolas LORIMIER and its associates then successfully inaugurated their first agricultural methanisation unit, recovering more than 15,940 tonnes of waste (livestock effluents) per year. To ...
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Create Lifelong Immunity Starting with the Calf
Creating lifelong immunity in baby calves has never been more important. A proactive approach to health, nutrition, and management is a must from day one. Having a proper program in place not only improves the health of the animal, it can improve resilience to stress and disease. By implementing adequate colostrum protocols, feeding a consistent diet of whole milk or milk replacer, and ...
By Diamond V
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Feature of the month: Animal cycle, flock and livestock management in MILAS
ERP support is vital for companies operating within the nutritional industries. The importance of planning, checking and following up animal cycles and flocks shouldn’t be understated. If this flow is not handled correctly within the ERP, it can result in production and demand difficulties, causing supply issues at the farm. Moreover, it could mean that you simply won’t be able ...
By BESTMIX
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Growing with farmers: making research relevant
The application of scientific understanding to farming has improved crop yield and quality. However, farmers and scientists speak different languages. Farmers discuss yield and cost-benefit; scientists quantify caveats, uncertainty and risk. Moreover, a scientific field trial may produce a wonderful PhD but not be applicable anywhere outside the test site. Farmers deserve better than that. What ...
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Ag in Motion 2020: Virtual Content
Field days and trade shows looked a little different than usual in 2020. In July, Kendall Gee of Crop Intelligence, and Curtis Russell with Taurus Ag Marketing https://www.taurus.ag/team/ met in a canola field southeast of Regina to discuss how soil moisture data can help inform farm decision making throughout the growing season. The video includes a walk-through of live data from Crop ...
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An App that Supports Decision-Making and Planning
Informed decision-making leads to smarter decision-making. As Elston Solberg, Crop Intelligence’s own expert agronomist, has said before—"trust the data so you can crush the agronomy.” The data that our Crop Intelligence app provides and the support that our team offers helps you inform your planning and decision-making—both in-season and before next season. Fertility ...
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Evolution of satellite image data in agriculture
Mapping and monitoring of agricultural areas are an ideal application for satellite image data as big areas can be easily covered in a very cost-efficient way. Today, it is essential for farmers not just to get data, which would increase their workload, but to get concrete, straight-to-the-point recommendations on what precisely to do on the field in terms of irrigation, fertilizing, and ...
By cloudeo
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Message from Managing Director - It is Time to Make New History
The year 2021 has begun. On a personal level, this also meant some kind of return to my own roots and back to the agricultural sector. Actually, I had also missed it. I have grown up on a farm, graduated as an Agrologist and networked in the agricultural sector, so this feels like coming home. Before I came to Tume, I was the Managing Director of subcontracting company, which was producing ...
By Tume-Agri Oy
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Avocados in Precision Agriculture
At Pollen Systems, we are always excited to apply our PrecisionView approach to the crops we know and love. One fruit we keep returning to at work (and in our favorite recipes) is the beloved avocado. Adapted to rainforests by nature, avocados grow vigorously and will develop a dense canopy in a relatively short time. This growth habit is a challenge unique to cultivating avocados, as each tree ...
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Drones: 4 Ways Drone Technology is Revolutionizing Farm Management
If you’ve ever flown a model airplane, you can fly a drone. If you haven’t flown a model airplane… you can still fly a drone. Because of how technology has evolved, it’s now easier than ever to take advantage of the new opportunities advancing ag tech has to offer. Over the last decade, drone technology has steadily been growing as part of a practical approach to ...
By Growers
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Poultry Farm ERP Software
PoultryCare is a poultry farm management online app for both the commercial poultry farmer and small scale backyard poultry keeper. Track production, management and finances of your poultry farm. Keep track of eggs collected, bird weight, feed, vaccinations and treatments, mortality, income and expenses and much more. Reports tracking funcions are: Poultry Management Records Keep track of all ...
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What is farm management software and why use it?
Farm management software, sometimes referred to as livestock management software is a software system for recording farm activities. What does farm management software need to be a useful tool? The ability to: Enter livestock details namely, species and breed, gender, identification details such as ear tag colour and number, progeny and ideally be able to display a photo of the animal. ...
By FarmRexx
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5 Tips for Easy Data Management on the Farm
The value of data isn’t about how much of it you have; it’s about how you can use it. Data is only meaningful if a farmer or trusted advisor can solve problems and inform decisions with it. Treating your data the same way you would any of the rest of your farm equipment can help you develop an effective data management strategy that can deliver real value to your farm. Data is always ...
By Growers
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A Budget Friendly Farrowing Feeding Solution
Focus: The New Gestal Swine Feeding System Optimizing Farrowing Sow Feeding at a Budget Price Pork producers are trying to improve the way they work. They wish to make effective decisions, increase cost savings, and improve sow performance and profitability. They also have to deal with challenges such as labor management. Since the owners of Jyga Technologies are pork producers too, they face ...
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