Agriculture Accounting Articles & Analysis
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Water is present in everything we eat. It often goes unseen, yet it is essential for growing, processing, transporting, and preparing every ingredient that reaches our tables. From a cup of coffee to a fresh salad or a plate of rice, water is at the heart of global gastronomy. Today, in an increasingly interconnected world, this relationship between water and food takes on new dimensions, ...
What does the future hold? What are the most important enabling conditions for the scaling of regenerative agriculture so that companies hit their 2030 targets and regenerative agriculture becomes ...
As part of the commitment to supporting growers make the most informed decisions, Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture agronomists review soil tests and develop specific recommendations for each zone on a farm to account for variations in texture, organic matter, nutrient content, water-holding capacity and compaction – all important for crop nutrient ...
Adding photos to your Farm At Hand records Getting the most out of your farm information means being able to see the whole picture – literally. Adding photos to your records in Farm At Hand helps you and your farm team quickly save visual information key to your farm’s success. Easily snap photos of delivery tickets so they can’t get lost in the backseat of the truck. Quickly ...
Population growth and an increase in irrigated agricultural land lead to a greater need for water and energy, at a time when global warming and rising greenhouse gas emissions are posing a real environmental challenge. ...
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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 ...
The most common types of investment property include stocks or bonds, but in agricultural financing, it may include commodity accounts and contracts. ...
Not everyone will agree with my arguments in this article. However, I’m tired of hearing complaints about current sow mortality rates and general agreement that additional research is needed in gilt development; yet remain disappointed in the lack of tangible, practical strategies that producers can take home and implement at the ‘slat level’ to make meaningful changes in their ...
To help fish farmers provide balanced fish feed pellets at a bargain price. Fusmar Machinery, as a professional fish feed machine designer and manufacturer, we have launched a series of fish feed machines with reasonable prices and high quality according to the local market conditions, including fish feed extruder, feed mixer, feed crusher, feed dryer/cooler, feed package machine, and so on. We ...
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. ...
Susan O’Shaughnessy, a research agricultural engineer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Bushland, Texas, is developing new sensors for center-pivot irrigation devices to help farmers ensure that precious groundwater isn’t wasted. ...
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Analysis of data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network shows that the cost of fertilisers increased from 80/ha in 2004 to 114/ha in 2011. This rise had the highest impact in 2009 because it was not offset by higher agricultural prices (the cost of fertilisers accounted for 5.4% of agricultural production in 2009 and only 4.4% ...
The agricultural sector of Sudan accounts for one-third of the GDP and employs about 60% of the labour force. ...
A Growing Risk The tension between crop production and available water supply is already great, as agriculture currently accounts for more than 70 percent of all human water withdrawal. ...
Even Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, was vague when asked what the big research questions in the area of mining and agriculture were. Agriculture and mining are important sectors in both Australia and Africa. Australia's resource sector accounts for six per cent of its economy, with the leading export, iron ore, valued at $164 ...
Drilling a borehole on a farm can cost less than a conventional water supply and cut the carbon footprint from pumping and treating mains water. "There is an environmental as well as a cost argument for drilling a borehole,' said Ben Nicholls, joint managing director with his brother Richard of Nicholls Boreholes, which is based in West Sussex. Nicholls Boreholes is in an office on an organic ...
This prospect of peaking oil production has direct consequences for world food security, as modern agriculture depends heavily on the use of fossil fuels. Most tractors use gasoline or diesel fuel. ...
But food production also consumes a lot of water – an equally vital resource. Agriculture accounts for 24 % of water abstraction in Europe and while that might not sound like much compared to the 44 % abstracted for cooling water in energy production, its impact on reserves is much greater. ...
A key finding of recent court decisions, scientific assessments, and the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force is that the absolute volume of water exported from the Delta is too high, or is so at critical times. Given that agriculture accounts for about 80% of Delta water consumption, no economic, environmental, or policy assessment can be complete without a ...
Historically, agricultural production in the Rolling Pampas of Argentina was characterised by low use of synthetic inputs. This changed during the 1990s, with the widespread adoption of technology privileged by neoclassical macroeconomic policies implemented in the same decade. In this paper, Emergy Accounting is used to quantitatively assess the ecological ...