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Social impacts of reduced water availability in Australia’s Murray Darling Basin: adaptation or maladaptation
This paper outlines water reform policy in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin area. Drawing on research with key informants and farm family members, it notes the significant social impacts in the communities in the region and the limits to adaptation evident amongst people in these areas. It outlines the vulnerability of individuals and communities and notes the need for actions to build ...
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Getting your team on board with new software
Software isn’t scary. There is an easy way to get your team on board and it’s all about how you do it. We see it all the time with new customers — the boss sees what our product can do and gets so excited. “Look at how much time we’ll save!” he says. “We can get rid of our old, clunky system and our paper timesheets, and do it all on one system.” ...
By Agrimap LLC
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Farm At Hand feature spotlight
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 ...
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How To Discover A Local Egg Tray Machine Nigeria Business
Have you been in Nigeria today? Would you like to get a new x-ray making machine to your company? When you would, there are several businesses that sell them for a reasonable cost. A number of the egg trays that you will need to make could be quite substantial. Others may not be as large, requiring a greater machine for several of your respective other products. Egg trays and egg cartons are ...
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Hello digital, goodbye analog
How to use and interpret your farm information Every pass of your field in-season provides a critical commodity: information. As farming becomes progressively larger, busier and more high-tech, the regular use and interpretation of farm information is even more important. This information is mandatory to successfully farm in 2023 and beyond – but what’s the best way to leverage it ...
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Crop Intelligence Creates New Opportunities
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 ...
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A critical comparison of using a probabilistic weather generator versus a change factor approach; irrigation reservoir planning under climate change
In the UK, there is a growing interest in constructing on-farm irrigation reservoirs, however deciding the optimum reservoir capacity is not simple. There are two distinct approaches to generating the future daily weather datasets needed to calculate future irrigation need. The change factor approach perturbs the observed record using monthly change factors derived from downscaled climate ...
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Qualitative Stakeholder Analysis for the Development of Sustainable Monitoring Systems for Farm Animal Welfare
Continued concern for animal welfare may be alleviated when welfare would be monitored on farms. Monitoring can be characterized as an information system where various stakeholders periodically exchange relevant information. Stakeholders include producers, consumers, retailers, the government, scientists, and others. Valuating animal welfare in the animal-product market chain is regarded as a key ...
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An App that Supports Decision-Making and Planning
Informed decision-making leads to smarter decision-making. As Elston Solberg, Crop Intelligence’s own expert agronomist, has said before—"trust the data so you can crush the agronomy.” The data that our Crop Intelligence app provides and the support that our team offers helps you inform your planning and decision-making—both in-season and before next season. Fertility ...
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Ag in Motion 2020: Virtual Content
Field days and trade shows looked a little different than usual in 2020. In July, Kendall Gee of Crop Intelligence, and Curtis Russell with Taurus Ag Marketing https://www.taurus.ag/team/ met in a canola field southeast of Regina to discuss how soil moisture data can help inform farm decision making throughout the growing season. The video includes a walk-through of live data from Crop ...
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Calling California with Forrest Faszer
I may be considered new to the team at Pollen Systems, but what I am not new to is California’s Capital, Sacramento. ...
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Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Planning for Profit
Understanding cashflow & profitability when using farm management software The cost of farming has doubled over the past decade. The days of sifting through multiple files and places in search of field data, crop and marketing plans and financial statements is simply no longer a viable or time efficient option for today’s farmer. “I was frustrated because of the way I was keeping ...
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Optimize Your Operation Beyond Yields
Maximize your pre-harvest window, prep strategically for harvest with farm management software As a farmer, you oversee several things at once so it can be tough to decide which hat to wear and when. At any given time, you’re executing crop management tasks, including spraying or scouting, monitoring inputs and equipment needs across all those acres, scheduling who’s doing what and ...
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Be harvest ready
Use farm management software to create the ultimate harvest prep checklist Even in that moment of relative quiet prior to harvest, the busy weeks ahead are beginning to occupy your mind. Will you be ready for everything simultaneously coming your way? Production volume, quality, people, equipment and safety all factor into what is arguably the busiest time of your year. The ability to plan ...
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Insight is better than 20-20!
Farm management software takes collaboration between your on-farm team and trusted advisors to the next level They say two heads are better than one. For today’s progressive farmer, this sentiment couldn’t be more true. With land values, input costs, machinery pricing and an increasingly competitive global market, maintaining an edge has never been so important to your operation. ...
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5 Tips for Easy Data Management on the Farm
The value of data isn’t about how much of it you have; it’s about how you can use it. Data is only meaningful if a farmer or trusted advisor can solve problems and inform decisions with it. Treating your data the same way you would any of the rest of your farm equipment can help you develop an effective data management strategy that can deliver real value to your farm. Data is always ...
By Growers
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Crop rotation and soil health
They go together like salt and pepper – they’re better together When you have a strong and varied crop rotation, it produces a greater diversity in the soil microbiome, which improves activity both above and below the surface. One of the most critical parts about a healthy crop rotation is bacteria – both good and bad – because when you change crops, you change pathogens. ...
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Carcass Poultry Shredder
GEP ECOTECH carcass poultry shredder system is an excellent solution for slaughterhouse and farm waste disposal and can handle the on-site removal of whole carcasses with ease, such as poultry, swine, sheep, cattle, and even fish. Thanks to its medical-grade sterilization and its unique shredding technology it can easily help you recover animal by-products on-site after the carcass disposal ...
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Aquasend Beacon® at Global Organic Farm, Inc.
Real-Time Data, Real-Time Control Deploying an Aquasend Beacon® is a great first step toward taking control of the water quality in aquafarm ponds and, by extension, the health of the fish. In order to have a successful farm you have to protect your most important asset: your water quality. Designed for outdoor aquafarm pond use, the Beacon measures dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature (T), the ...
By Aquasend
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How technology helps trace cotton from farm to consumer?
Cotton in numbers and why they matter Every year 27 million tons of cotton is produced globally and it is also the most often used natural fibre according to Statista. The WWF reports cotton production employs almost 7% of all labour in developing countries and provides income for over 250 million people worldwide. They also raise the concerns of the industry’s environmentally ...
By Farmsio Ltd.
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