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This technological revolution promises to improve efficiency, sustainability, and animal welfare, but it also raises ethical and environmental questions. In this article, we will explore the impact of AI on intensive farming, examining the benefits, challenges, and potential future implications. ...
The concept of crop rotation dates back thousands of years, with ancient civilizations such as the Mesopotamians and Egyptians employing rudimentary forms of rotation to sustain their agricultural endeavors. The basic principle behind crop rotation is alternating the types of crops grown in a particular field over time to improve soil fertility, control pests, and maximize yields. In traditional ...
Introduction: Soil management is a critical aspect of agriculture, directly impacting crop productivity and sustainability. Traditional soil management practices often rely on guesswork or labor-intensive sampling methods, leading to inefficiencies and suboptimal results. However, with the advancements in soil sensor technology, farmers now have access to real-time, accurate data on soil ...
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5 Series PTO (Power Take-Off) Shaft is a kind of driveline shaft typically employed in agricultural machinery for transferring power to tools like balers, mowers, and sprayers. This 5 Series designation refers to the capacity and size of this shaft with a maximum horsepower of 130. This allows it to be used with more powerful and larger equipment. Five Series PTO Shaft is composed of high-quality ...
One of the most common ways for growers looking to increase their sustainability efforts is to access assistance, funding, and expertise through USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service. In this installment of Earth Innovations, we’re taking a look at what the NRCS offers growers and what to consider when deciding if an NRCS program is right for your farm. ...
Agricultural systems in various parts of the world have evolved due to technological advances and increasing human knowledge. It develops from primitive agriculture, traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. At that time, hunting and gathering activities are familiar techniques for humans. Conventional agriculture started since humans began to settle and cultivate in one location. This ...
The dry weather conditions of Andhra Pradesh attract very less annual rainfall, leading to prolong droughts. This causes huge agrarian crisis and extreme despair for farming communities of the state. Thus, to eradicate these problems and strengthen Andhra’s agriculture, SankalpTaru is working out an action plan of planting varied fruit-bearing saplings on the lands of poor rural farmers by ...
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 ...
Adding Crop Intelligence to your tool kit creates a number of new opportunities for your farm. Here’s what we know from data analysis and firsthand experience with farmers and agronomists. The Crop Intelligence app interprets data and that can help you: Develop a baseline Weather stations and environmental sensor technology is more reliable and affordable to implement. With farm-specific ...
Labor Management Tips: How to Welcome New Farm Employees Tips for All New Employees As you may already know, the owners of Jyga Technologies also own a 2200 head sow-farm in Quebec, Canada. And just like in many other countries, finding good employees and keeping them is a challenge. This is the reason why the Lefebvre family has welcomed workers from other countries to make sure every task was ...
The effects of heat stress on lactating sows has been studied by several research institutions worldwide. We can look at primiparous (first parity) or multi-parous sows but the results are similar (Williams, 2009) For this discussion, let us look at farrowing room environment conditions of 68°F (desired) vs. 77°F (hot). The period that should be most scrutinized is the ambient ...
The American south-west and central plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years. Places like California are already facing very dry conditions, but these are quite gentle compared with some periods in the 12th and 13th Centuries. On this blog and elsewhere, we have often talked about having improved water efficiency as an industry ...
The past decade has seen changes in the South Korean pig industry landscape. From more than 12,000 pig farms in 2005, the number declined to 6,000 in 2012. Despite this, total pig inventory in the country has gone up to almost 10 million heads from roughly nine million heads during the same period, evidence of the growing efficiency and productivity of the country’s pig producers. These ...
Furthermore, farmers can actually be compensated for conservation efforts though the U.S. Farm Bill. Mr. Bill Vandehey is one such farmer looking to maximize the efficiency of his operation through the use of technology. Owner and operator of a blueberry farm in Oregon, he became interested in Steven’s products after ...
The dangers of Mad Cow Disease! For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass ...
What are your top tools or farm implements that make life as a smallholder that much easier? What’s on your Christmas wish list or gets regular use around your plot? We asked our team to share their essential implements and have created the Farm Tech Supplies Top 5 List of Farm Implements! If you have a trusted piece of farm equipment you couldn’t do without, share a photo on our ...
We’ve recently acquired an old Massey Ferguson tractor, a MF35X. It’s a project we’re undertaking here at Farm Tech to restore it to its former glory and get this old workhorse running again. From our research we’ve discovered that our Little Red Fergie is a 60s child, production of this model in the UK started in 1962 from Massey Ferguson’s factor in Banner Lane ...
While there are still many jobs to do throughout the autumn and winter months, there will be some tools and machinery that you won’t need again until spring next year. There is nothing worse than needing to replace a piece of kit because its suffered damage over winter due to poor maintenance and storage. The following tips will help ensure this doesn’t happen to you: How To ...
Water quality trading (WQT) could be an innovative policy to incentivize farmers to implement best management practices (BMPs) for their activities. This study focused on assessment of involving unregulated agricultural nonpoint sources (NPS) into the WQT market in Gharesoo watershed in the west of Iran. It also proposes a methodology to determine location-based trading ratios as well as ...
Exclusive interview with the Zambian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, the Honourable Given Lubinda. The Honourable minister is expected to be at the upcoming Agritech Expo in Chisamba from 14-16 April again. www.agritech-expo.com/interviews 1) Honourable minister, thank you for this opportunity, you said in an interview recently that the government wants to transform agriculture in Zambia. ...