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How is technology changing the management of poultry farms?
Poultry farming in the modern day is driven by continuous improvements in digital tools and data. Over the years, technology and poultry farming have brought together various ways to increase production, efficiency and the overall profit. With the poultry software solutions adapting to the latest technological advancements, the future of poultry farming is bound to be more technology driven ...
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Digitizing farm for traceability, compliance and output predictability - Case Study
Challenge One of the largest online food and grocery store that is determined to create an organic revolution in India. The company wanted to monitor its farms and ensure that the crops are grown organically. They were struggling with lower output yield and were looking for a farm management solution for ensuring traceability and strengthening sustainability. Solution Digitisation of farm to ...
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Risk considerations in the economic assessment of low–input crop production techniques: an example from Swiss wheat production
The role of risks in the adoption of low–input wheat production in Switzerland is investigated using farm–level panel data. Due to governmental support with environmental payments, low–input wheat production is found to be on average more profitable. However, low–input production is also more risky, in particular due to higher yield variability. The here presented analysis reveals that these ...
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Ideas for Scaling Your Farm Operation With Bryant Ag: Interview & Webcast
Staying on top of your crew’s work is a constant task, so you probably have a good idea for how to best plan your crew’s work. But if you want to grow or scale your farm in the most efficient manner, equipping your crew for high performance is key. Kasey and Heath took time out of their busy lives to join us for a webinar on how they manage one of the most important aspects of ...
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Analysis of price volatility of mineral fertilisers: possible issues for European farmers
European farmers are currently affected by an increase in the price of fertilisers (from an index of 100 in 2005 to 150 in 2012 after it peaked at almost 200 at the end of 2008) that calls into question the future availability of these kinds of inputs. Since 2007, the strong demand from emerging countries, geopolitical tensions over natural resources, and the rise in the price of energy have been ...
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Berry Gardens - Case Study
‘This project… has given us new insights into the amount and causes of food waste at harvest. As a result, we plan to do further investigations while tracking food waste with our growers at more points across the season.’ Read this case study from a joint delivered by Berry Gardens, their strawberry growers and WRAP to gather new data on farm food waste and upskill the Berry ...
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Environmental technology and management in Dutch horticulture
An important strategy for a firm to improve its environmental performance is adoption of environmentally friendly technology. However, technology switching is often hampered by high investments costs. If the environmental friendly technology would also lead to an increase in technical efficiency firms might more easily decide to switch technology. However, the empirical evidence for improved ...
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5 Features to look for when selecting a poultry management software
Planning, managing and reporting poultry operation in order gain insights about your flock is one way to ensure a superior control of your farm. However, from making sure that the birds are able to access sufficient food and water, to ensuring that the eggs are maintained in a perfect temperature, eliminating the age-old process of paper-based processing becomes important to enhance a ...
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Using Technology for Complete Farm Management - Case Study
Challenge This case is about one of the world’s largest producers of potato specialties company based in India. The company leases plots for farming and has 2500+ plots spread across an area of 5200 +acres. Earlier, they used to record farm data manually, thus creating multiple inconsistent entries. A check on practices such as dehaulming & rouging, adoption of right package of ...
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Digitizing Farms for Traceability - Case Study
Challenge This is the case of one of India’s leading farmers’ producer company consisting of a collective group of 8000+ marginal farmers who grow fruits and vegetables on less than one hectare of land. They started growing grapes with the intent to sell the same to exporters and were faced with the challenge of meeting the strict requirements on traceability, compliance & quality ...
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Continuous Data Delivers Added Protection for Singapore Fish Farmers
Overview Continuous water quality monitoring in the Strait of Johor supports an early warning system that helps fish farmers in Singapore protect their aquaculture operations from harmful algal blooms. Challenge Aquaculture has become an industry of special interest in Singapore. Yet, much of the country’s farmed fish comes from coastal operations vulnerable to sudden and dramatic ...
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Relaxed and confident in any farming season
Collated by Brendon Walsh from GrowFarm for Agrimap A lack of physical and mental stress in tough seasons has been a revelation for GrowFARM® client Nick Miller of Mandeville, Southland. “The 2014–15 year provided some challenges climate-wise,” says Nick, “and the following two years varied quite a lot again, but I now have more pasture cover to feed stock even ...
By Agrimap LLC
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Science for Environment Policy
The economic impact of climate change on European agriculture A new study has estimated how changes to climate might affect the value of European farmland. Based on data for over 41 000 farms, the results suggest that their economic value could drop by up to 32%, depending on the climate scenario considered- Farms in southern Europe are particularly sensitive to climate change and could ...
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Assessing the relationship between alternative production practices and energy and other input use in US agriculture
An important issue with regard to the overall effectiveness of conservation tillage practices in reducing the impact of agricultural production on the environment concerns what happens to energy, pesticide and fertiliser use as these practices are more extensively adopted. To gain some insight into this, the conservation tillage adoption decision is modelled. Starting with the assumption that the ...
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How a Grower Used Granular to Uncover an 11% Profit Difference in Two Varieties
Learn how Granular helped a real farm discover that their variety choice was costing them $800 per acre The most effective farm organizations use data to organize their production plans and make financially-driven decisions. There are common variables to consider when making these decisions that often include land costs, seed variety, fertilizers, and chemicals. Does your data help you make ...
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Flock Uniformity and why is it Important?
It is a common notion that a uniform flock is considered as a healthy flock. However, how many of us really know if the broiler flocks with poor uniformity have poor performance? Is there a way to measure flock uniformity and take actions to maintain the same? These are some of the points discussed when we talk about Flock Uniformity. Poor uniformity definitely affects the overall flock ...
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Irrigation water pricing policy for water demand and environmental management: a case study in the Weihe River basin
Irrigated agricultural production is the backbone of the Chinese agricultural sector, but the increasing demand for irrigation water, its inefficient utilization and overuse of chemical inputs, accompanied by the short supply of water resources have endangered the nation's agricultural and environmental sustainability. The Chinese government has proposed a water pricing policy with the ...
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Trend analysis in climatic variables and impacts on rice yield in Nigeria
The effects of changes in meteorological parameters on rice yield variations were considered. Weather parameters, temperature (T), rainfall (R), relative humidity (RH) and solar radiation (SR), and rice yield variation for Ibadan were analyzed. Meteorological parameters were obtained from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture while rice yield data were obtained from the Africa ...
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Go digital
Digital record-keeping supports stronger farm teams We’ve evolved from the days of working in our heads or writing things down. Data-driven farming technologies are creating opportunities in an evolving landscape where access to real-time, instantly shareable information is a must for optimal performance. Thanks to digital-record keeping, entire farm teams can now work on the same page ...
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New Zealand Mussel Farm Uses Real-Time Salinity Monitoring to Reduce Impact of Harvesting Closures
Overview Westpac Mussels worked with IoT firm Adroit to deploy a data buoy equipped with the Aqua TROLL 500 to collect real-time salinity measurements. Live monitoring of salinity data helps the company ensure compliance while reducing the impact of harvesting closures due to weather events. Challenge Water quality monitoring is a necessity in shellfish farming, since filter feeders such as ...
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