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6 companies offering carbon-based payments to arable farmers
Mike Abram presents in one of his newest Farmers Weekly articles an insightful overview of six companies offering carbon-based payments to arable farmers: Nori Indigo Ag Bayer Soil Capital Soil Heroes and Gentle Farming. Abram also draws attention to other six companies to keep an eye on. The Cool Farm Tool is one of the driving medium used in some of the initiatives. Four of ...
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Reduce Fertilizer and Nitrogen Input
SCIENTISTS at an environmental biotechnology company have developed a biological product that could potentially be used to directly reduce the amount of nitrogen and other fertilisers used by arable farmers. Amnite® A100, created by Stockton-on-Tees-based CBio (Cleveland Biotech), relies on an improved symbiotic relationship between plants and soil microbes - by increasing and improving ...
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Farmers Can Now Reduce Their Nitrogen Inputs and Maintain Yields
Cbio develops biological product which could potentially reduce nitrogen use in farming, increase yields and improve water quality. SCIENTISTS at an environmental biotechnology company have developed a biological product that could potentially be used to directly reduce the amount of nitrogen and other fertilisers used by arable farmers. Amnite® A100, created by Stockton-on-Tees-based ...
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How arable farms can aim for net zero
Kellogg’s, a Cool Farm Alliance member for many years, has used the Cool Farm Tool to simulate the effect of different changes in management practices and their potential to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural production. In a recent study, Kellogg’s has shown that introducing realistic changes to management practices on farm can make a significant contribution to meeting UK ...
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19 Things the AP Got Wrong
The Associated Press recently published an article on “the secret environmental cost of U.S. ethanol policy.” There is much in this article that is too misleading, poor or deficient analysis, over-simplistic, or poorly drawn conclusions to comment on, but here are 19 big things the AP got wrong. The article seems to put the blame on Obama the candidate and the Obama administration. ...
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Biobased Economy opportunities for North-Netherlands
The three Northern provinces of the Netherlands could join forces to become a major producer and supplier of renewable resources for the regional production of ‘green’ chemicals, plastics and animal feed. This is one of the conclusions from research carried out by Wageningen University & Research, Greenlincs and the University of Groningen. Close collaboration with the German ...
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Dutch dealer creates Tricycle Valtra for customer
In early March we visited W. and J. Schutte on their arable farm in Nagele, the Netherlands. The agricultural countryside in the Northeast Polder region is beautiful, and the sun is shining. The company is making itself ready for the first fieldwork in springtime. The previous day the Schuttes took delivery of two new Valtra N143 HiTech3 tractors, but they are not identical; on one, the front ...
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New Zealand Gourmet achieved a 100% reduction in bird activity in their greenhouse with the installation of the Agrilaser Autonomic - Case Study
Location: Gourmet Mokai Ltd, Taupo, New Zealand Application context: Greenhouse (Food production > Arable Farms) Problem definition: Fruit and crop damage caused by sparrows Pest bird species: Sparrows (Passeridae) Time of year bird presence: All year round Time of day bird presence: From sunrise to sunset No. of birds before installation: 50 to 70 birds in the area of 5 ha No. of ...
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Pesticides in the European Union
There has been a sharply falling trend in the total volume of sales of agricultural pesticides in the EU between 1991 and 1995. But this was reversed in 1996. From 1991-1995, EU sales of pesticides, measured by weight of active ingredients (ai), fell by 13%. They then rose by 6% between 1995 and 1996 to stand at 299,826 tonnes ai. But this still put them nearly 8% below the 1991 figure. The use ...
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The farmers' perceptions of ANPS pollution and its influencing factors in Poyang Lake Region, China
Individual farmers represent the main management entities of agricultural production under the family-contract responsibility system in China, and thus play crucial roles in the prevention and control of agricultural nonpoint source (ANPS) pollution. The analysis of the farmers' perceptions of ANPS pollution as well as the factors affecting their perceptions can provide valuable information ...
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