Agriculture Monitoring Articles

Root feeding of plants in the conditions of No-Till technology

About 6.5 million hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine are either degraded or unproductive. Above mentioned data are provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. According to the opinion of other experts, impoverished soils occupy much bigger area and consist about 15 million hectares. The decrease in the amount of humus and the general deterioration of land is ...

Jul. 22, 2021

By PE Agroremmash - Plus

HDPE Pond Liner Sheet for Fish Pond Project in the Philippines

HDPE Pond Liner Sheet is a kind of smooth, and high-quality HDPE geomembrane liner. The HDPE Pond Liner Sheet contains about 97.5% polyethylene, 2.5% carbon black, and traces of antioxidants and heat stabilizers. The HDPE geomembrane HDPE Pond Liner Sheet has excellent chemical resistance, mechanical properties, environmental stress crack resistance, dimensional stability, and thermal aging ...

Jul. 30, 2021

By Earth Shield Environmental Co., Ltd.

Magnesium Bioavailability Update

What have we learned about magnesium nutrition in animals during the past few years? Several research reports have been published which increase our understanding of Mg utilization. While an earlier generation of researchers concentrated more of their efforts on solving the grass tetany problem, recent research has emphasized the areas of absorption, bioavailability of Mg sources, the effects of ...

Jul. 27, 2021

By Premier Magnesia, LLC

Weed control in organic farming

Probably the most cost-intensive and time-consuming operation in organic farming is the elimination of weeds at different stages of plant development. Due to the impossibility of herbicides application, the processing must be performed mechanically. For this purpose farmers use a wide variety of rotary and striegel harrows, cultivators and tillers for interrow processing and ...

Jul. 22, 2021

By PE Agroremmash - Plus

Greenwood Mushroom Farm Composting - Case Study

Envron co-operated with the Canadian Mushroom Growers Association, the Canadian Federal Government, Provincial Government and Greenwood Mushroom Farm on a full-scale mushroom bunker composting odor control project at Greenwood Mushroom farm. This work was based on earlier work conducted with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture that showed positive odor control with Ozone and mushroom ...

Jul. 17, 2021

By Envron Environmental Ltd.

Hud-Son Forest Equipment Oscar 336-Busy Bee Apiaries Sawmill Review

The Oscar-336 is a great mill for the average and advances sawyers. No matter what your needs for a sawmill might be time always plays a factor in ones needs. You could be under pressure of supplying customers or you just need to finish a project so you can take some time to relax. The Oscar 336 makes quick work of log-to-lumber and slabbing needs. Not only can the Oscar-336 give you impressive ...

Jul. 12, 2021

By Hud-Son Forest Equipment

Science Bake Off - Engineers Use Soda Bread In Tissue Engineering

Summary Scientists were not immune to the home baking trends that grew out of a year of self-isolation and working from home. A creative application of soda bread as scaffolding for tissue engineering produced some exciting results and highlights the value of keeping it ...

Jul. 12, 2021

By Sterlitech Corporation

ABC Machinery Oil Pressing Machine

ABC Machinery Oil Pressing Machine is wide squeezing range, small size, more suitable for oil press: ABC Machinery soybean oil machine is widely used, multi-purpose, small size, high oil output, suitable for use in sesame oil workshops, and the machine is convenient to move, can be used for mobile oil extraction, can squeeze peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sunflowers, etc. Oil crops. Multi-stage ...

Jul. 9, 2021

By ABC Machinery

Ambitious green farming requirements can lead to higher environmental benefits, study shows

A new JRC study shows how the choices farmers make to adopt voluntary green practices are affected by how much they are already obliged to contribute to the environment. The behavioural science study finds that the more mandatory requirements placed on farmers, the less likely they are to make additional voluntary contributions. However, if the mandatory requirements are ambitious enough, the ...

Jul. 8, 2021

By European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Providing Tailored Crop Recipes, So Clients Can Hit the Ground Running

“You could best divide our products and services into three parts, being: external research and in-house contract research in our R&D labs, providing total indoor farming solutions, and collaborating in research projects,” explains Maarten Vandecruys, co-founder and CTO at Urban Crop Solutions ...

Jul. 8, 2021

By Urban Crop Solutions

Uncover the Mystery of Pectinase

The appearance of pectinase is light yellow powder, and it is called one of the four major enzyme preparations. In fact, pectinase does not specifically refer to a certain enzyme, but a general term for a class of enzymes that decompose pectin, including galacturonidase, pectin-decomposing enzyme and pectin lipase. Pectinase can decompose pectin, disintegrate plant cell walls and intercellular ...

Jul. 7, 2021

By Creative Enzymes

Unifying to Benefit Producers : Jyga Technologies & PigCHAMP Share Data

How does it Work and What does it Look Like in the Farm? Jyga Technologies’ CEO Alain Lefebvre has always seen his products, Gestal, Vision and Robust, as a key to producers’ successes since they are a great tool to help improve herd performance and profitability. Mr. Lefebvre shared with us his vision for the company. ‘’As a pork producer myself, I think that giving the ...

Jul. 5, 2021

By Jyga Technologies

The advantages of Getting a computerized Egg Tray Making Machine

Should you be within the egg packing domain, you are aware that some kinds of machines are needed to get the position carried out in a competent manner. As with all specialized industries, this machinery can be purchased in a multitude of varying styles and sizes. However, sometimes it's just unachievable to work businesses competitively without them. For anyone from the egg packing industry or ...

Jul. 2, 2021

By BESTON (Henan) Machinery Co., Ltd | BESTON Pyrolysis Machinery

Delta-T Devices sensors used by Rothamsted Research for major long-term experiment

Rothamsted Research is the longest-running agricultural research institute in the world, with a history dating back to the middle of the 19th century. Sir John Bennet Lawes, an archetypal Victorian scientist, entrepreneur and benefactor, became interested in agricultural science after leaving Oxford University. On assuming responsibility for the family estate at Rothamsted (Harpenden, ...

Jul. 1, 2021

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Valoya and Buresinnova Equip Agrenvec`s Manufacturing Facilities for Cutting Edge Protein Research

Valoya’s high end LED grow lights have been available in the Spanish market for over a decade, thanks to a Barcelona based, horticultural consultant and supplier, Buresinnova. Part of the Bures family of businesses with more than 50 years dedicated to the service of agriculture, seedbeds, substrate production and gardening, Buresinnova offers a portfolio of brands rigorously selected for ...

Jul. 1, 2021

By Valoya Oy

Investing in aquaculture: a road to riches or a path to poverty?

Aquaculture is growing at a greater rate globally than any other agribusiness sector. It is widely predicted that with 6 to 8% annual growth rate continuing well into the foreseeable future, aquaculture will offer good investment opportunities. However, just like any other endeavor, there are some very good reasons why what some see as a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is empty and full of ...

Jun. 30, 2021

By Aquaintech Inc. (AITI)

Project - The First of Our Farms Turned R&D Lab - Fortune Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada

The original home of our aquaculture innovations and AquAdvantage salmon, our Fortune Bay location now operates primarily as an R&D ...

Jun. 29, 2021

By AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.

Hydroponic agriculture - Advantages and Disadvantages

Hydroponic techniques emerged as a solution to the issues of growing directly on soil. Depending on the needs, the climate zone, the greenhouse and type of cultivation, we will be interested in working or not with a hydroponic ...

Jun. 25, 2021

By Hydroponic Systems International

Leverage points to scale regenerative agriculture and GHG emission reductions

At the 2021 Cool Farm Alliance Annual General Meeting, Hal Hamilton, Co-Founder at the Sustainable Food Lab, moderated a thought-provoking session on “Enabling change – leverage points to scale regenerative agriculture and GHG emission reductions” with leading stakeholders from the agri-food industry and members of the Cool Farm Alliance: Luc Beerens, Global Sustainable ...

Jun. 24, 2021

By Cool Farm Tool (CFT)

The Bonsucro Difference: Responsible Sugarcane Production

Sustainability starts at the source—and Amyris’ feedstock source is sustainably harvested sugarcane, certified by Bonsucro, a global non-profit organization founded by the World Wildlife Fund that ensures responsible sugarcane production, processing, and trade. With the Bonsucro certification, Amyris has achieved new levels of accountability and transparency into the lifecycle of the ...

Jun. 24, 2021

By Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.