Agriculture Monitoring (Agriculture Monitoring) Articles

Distribution of soluble carbohydrates in grapevine tissues depending on the life cycle – determination by capillary electrophoresis - Case Study

Instrument Capillary electrophoresis system Capel 105-M Company Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza Industry Agriculture Region Latin America The distribution of soluble carbohydrates affects fruit yield and quality and depends on plant physiology. Thus, sugar analysis in plants is important throughout the entire growth process. Lumex Instruments offered the Institute of ...

Dec. 16, 2020

By Lumex Instruments Group

SMS - Taking the Guessing Out of Decision Making for 20 Years

Precision farming isn’t about spending endless hours crunching numbers and analyzing data. It’s about answering questions that can make you more profitable. This is why, SMS software was created. For over 20 years, SMS has been proving itself as an easy-to-use decision-making tool to help farmers capture the most out of every acre. Stuart Lawrence, a fourth-generation farmer from ...

Dec. 9, 2020

By Ag Leader Technology

Chile Mandates Real-time Environmental Monitoring at Salmon Farms

Ocean-based fish farms in Chile have been ordered by Chilean officials to start monitoring environmental conditions in and around their pens in real time and immediately transmit the data to government environmental agencies. According to the August regulation from the Superintendencia de Medioambiente (SMA), ocean-based aquaculture sites will need to monitor water conditions for dissolved ...

Oct. 21, 2020

By InnovaSea Systems, Inc.

Hemp: Made In America

With the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp is poised to become a multi-billion dollar mainstream commodity in the United States, boosting state economies and the revenues of farms, big and small. However, in keeping with the birthing — or, in this case, the rebirthing — of an industry fraught with regulatory challenges, it is vital that state and territorial departments of ...

Oct. 1, 2020

By AgEagle Aerial Systems

Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean?

One day in the future, the Pacific Ocean could be home to kilometers of seaweed farms tended by submarine drones and waiting to be turned into fuel. This is the vision of Marine BioEnergy, a start-up backed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). The U.S. government agency is funding the company, along with a handful of related projects, because it views the open ocean as ...

Mar. 16, 2020

By Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

Project Verification and support of energy crops - Case Study

Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture the verification of energy crops by harvesting, monitoring the growth quality, promotion and consulting service on biomass utilization had been carried on in year 2005, 2006 and is onward in ...

Mar. 9, 2020

By CZ Biom - Czech Biomass Association

An Instrumented Rhizotron to Investigate the Root Growth In Wheat - Case Study

There has been much recent interest in modifying root system properties to overcome the effects of soil abiotic stress on crop growth and yield (Lynch 2007; Ghanem et al. 2011). Plant root systems are usually exposed to heterogeneous environmental conditions due to vertical differences in soil moisture and strength. Strong subsurface layers of soil can confine root systems to shallower soil ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Clock House Farm, Kent - WET Sensor - Case Study

Using the WET Sensor to optimise growing conditions and irrigation efficiency in high volume strawberry and raspberry production Clock House farm nestles in the rolling hills of Kent, a few miles south of Maidstone in the UK. The expansive 250 acre farm grows a variety of fruit, including strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Notable innovators in horticulture, Clock House Farm were one ...

Jan. 28, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

(App)etite for Technology on the Farm: Meet Greg Deim, New Cab App Senior Product Manager

Today, most of our lives rely on apps. Whether we need to wake up in the morning, order a cup of coffee or navigate to avoid traffic—all while listening to our favorite podcast—apps have made everything just a click away. FieldView™ continues to lead the industry with the most compatible real-time data cab monitoring app, reshaping agriculture for present and future ...

Nov. 14, 2019

By The Climate Corporation

How to Improve Field Data Accuracy for Better Farming Decisions

From the first day of flight school, pilots are instructed on the importance of checking every instrument before take-off. Even if they have multiple flights in a day, they still go through the same long checklist — every, single, time. Why? Because while in-flight, they need to trust what their equipment is telling them. In other words, they need all the data collected and delivered to the ...

Oct. 30, 2019

By The Climate Corporation

Chronic wasting disease outbreak across america

CWD (Chronic Wasting disease) is spreading in the United States. It is an infectious disease affecting deer and elk, leaving them ‘zombie like’, according to experts. CWD has already spread to 24 US states as of August 2019. The disease has been seen to affect animals such as reindeer, moose, elk and various deer species. It has been found in free-ranging deer and elk as well as ...

Oct. 24, 2019

By Inciner8 Limited

AG Drone Motor Series

24v Brushless Motor Series With standardization of UAV industry segment, the requirements of user are growing rapidly. TTF, is now releasing P series motors for agricultural application with powerful thrust and high performance after tremendous tests. P series 24 volt brushless motors are capable of working in demanding environment with reliability and long service life. More Thrust Weight ...

Sep. 3, 2019

By Shenzhen TitanFlying Technology Co., Ltd (TTF)

Lessons From the Field - Sean Croft - Case Study

Sean Croft, of Arahura Farms, is one of Australia’s largest organic carrot growers and is interested in improving soil management practices through permanent beds, controlled traffic, using compost and the introduction of beneficial microbes into the soil profile. From Sean’s perspective “We’re always looking at ways we can do things better. We’ve researched compost ...

Jul. 10, 2019

By Vegetable Growers’ Association of Victoria Inc.

Observing the nitrogen cycle in a green manure trial on an organic farm

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 compared 6 different green manure crops each year for 3 years against a control. The control was immediately adjacent to the ...

Jun. 3, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

European Court Annuls Prior Judgments to Protect Testing Information Related to Glyphosate Authorization

On March 7, 2019, in the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU), the Eighth Chamber of the General Court issued two judgments in cases regarding access of confidential information related to glyphosate. One of these decisions (Tweedale v. EFSA, Case T-716/14) related to a 2014 request for two toxicity studies that were “key studies” in the determination of glyphosate’s ...

Mar. 15, 2019

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Real Savings on Center-Pivot Farms: A Case Study

UNL and Nature Conservancy partner with Arable to establish a network of sensors for better access to local weather data. Fifty miles is a long way to drive to check a rain bucket on a center pivot. That's the challenge Chase Johnson dealt with whenever he wanted to know exactly how much rain fell on one of his ...

Mar. 7, 2019

By Arable

A Living Map of the World`s Food Supply

Today, we’re excited to announce Indigo’s acquisition of TellusLabs, a satellite imaging and artificial intelligence company based out of Somerville, Massachusetts. This joining of their mission with ours has been over a year-and-a-half in the making, and is a product of our Indigo Research Partners’ engagement with innovative startups around the world. Here’s the story of ...

Dec. 13, 2018

By Indigo Ag, Inc

Review: Economics of Sustainable Shrimp Production

While the shrimp farming industry has exploded in recent years, farm-level data on the sustainable intensification of shrimp production methods has not. In Economics of Sustainable Intensification of Aquaculture: Evidence from Shrimp Farms in Vietnam and Thailand, the authors offer some of the first analysis on farm-level effects of varying levels of production intensification. This ...

Oct. 12, 2018

By Osmo Systems

Sea lice control using LG Sonic ultrasound technology

In May 2017, a Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic research project in order to develop a smart and environmentally friendly method to control sea lice in open finfish production. The research project has now advanced to finalizing integration between the monitoring software and hardware. In May 2017, a Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic research ...

Sep. 3, 2018

By LG Sonic

Agricultural Knives: Thermal Spray Case Study

Adding thermal spray hard-facing to the cutting edge of an agricultural machinery knife is a tried-and-true method of extending the useful life of the product. However, not all thermal spray hard-facing is created equal, as we discovered when we went head-to-head with the competition. The Comparison. It’s common practice in this industry to test machine components under typical field ...

Jun. 19, 2018

By Kondex Corporation

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