Crop Cultivation Articles

At AquaPhoenix, we are not afraid of change. Change within an organization is essential to allowing employees to learn new skills, explore new opportunities, and exercise their creativity.  Such changes benefit the overall organization through new ideas and increased commitment. When we decided to conduct a comprehensive review and reorganization of our shipping department, we were ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By AquaPhoenix Scientific Inc.

Stand count analytics available for cotton growers in the 2020 growing season Sentera announced that its stand count analytics product will be immediately available for cotton crops within FieldAgent.™ This extension to Sentera’s stand count tool will help cotton growers and ag professionals make informed replant decisions via a detailed, acre-by-acre view of plant population ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Sentera, LLC

The entire organic fertilizer production line is composed of different stand-alone equipment. This is because the production of organic fertilizers needs to go through processes such as fermentation, crushing, stirring, granulation, drying and cooling, and screening and packaging. The process is ...

Feb. 24, 2020

By Zhengzhou Huaqiang Heavy Industry Technology Co.Ltd.

The granulation methods of domestic NPK fertilizer production line mainly includes disc granulation, steam drum granulation, spray coating granulation, tower melt granulation, acid neutralization granulation, and ammoniated drum granulation. The above fertilizer granulator machine is mainly applicable to large-scale ...

Feb. 24, 2020

By Zhengzhou Tianci Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd

With the rapid development of intensive and large-scale livestock and poultry breeding in China, the pollution from the manure discharged from the farms to the surrounding environment is becoming increasingly serious. A large amount of livestock and poultry manure has not been used as resources, which has become one of the main causes of non-point source pollution caused by agricultural ...

Feb. 18, 2020

By Zhengzhou Tianci Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd

Poland is one of the biggest world producers of raspberries. The increase of raspberries planting, in recent years, especially variety grown without supports, has resulted increased concern the subject of crop mechanization. The WEREMCZUK company take care of fruit growers needs and try to meet their expectations. For many months, we were working really intensive  on the new face of ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

The issue of the profitability of producing industrial apples has been widely talked over among fruit growers for several years. The matter of price, fruit quality, harvesting method and sales options are discussed. For several years we can see an increase in interest in an industrial apples production in specially growing orchards. Suitable types of fruits are produced there, and they are picked ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

At the end of July, we had the pleasure to host in Poland  and Weremczuk FMR’s company our Hungarian dealer- together with a quite large group of cherries producers from this country. The main purpose of their visit was the opportunity to see the harvester FELIX-Z during work in cherries orchard. ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

The latest proposition in the WEREMCZUK Agromachines offer among fruit harvesters, which responding to needs of customers looking for machines adapted to work on all plantations in the country and abroad, guaranteeing efficient raspberry and blueberry harvesting and excellent fruit quality. Designed based on many years of experience in designing and implementing machines in the fruit-growing ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

Poland is one of the main sour cherry producer in Europe and on the world. What do you have to do if want to be successful? Experience, knowledge and appropriate atmospheric conditions is the basis. Innovative approach to carrying out intense cherry orchards and the mechanization of the harvest is also important (cherry harvesters). Way to Success Sour cherries and other stone ...

Feb. 2, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

Snow might still be on the ground, but it’s never too early to think about the year ahead. Many producers have their crop plans already in place.  Last fall’s early snow means spring fertilizing is on the radar for a lot of farmers. In this month’s article, we talk to Connor Bohachewski, our Territory Manager for ...

Jan. 29, 2020

By Dutch Openers

Introduction: The full ASCE/FAO-56 Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration (PM-ET) equation and crop coefficients are often employed for irrigation scheduling of open-field crops. To obtain PM-ET derived water-use figures requires access to full weather station datasets, which includes radiation, air temperature, wind-speed, and relative humidity measurements. Over the years there have been many ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Daily measurements of the slab by hand meter give essential information on what is going on in the slabs. This is important to confirm the readings of any fixed sensors and to show the standard deviation across the glasshouse. This data will give more potential control over the crop to increase yield and quality as well as more efficient use of water and fertilisers. The substrate manufacturer ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Using the WET Sensor to optimise growing conditions and irrigation efficiency in high volume strawberry and raspberry production Clock House farm nestles in the rolling hills of Kent, a few miles south of Maidstone in the UK. The expansive 250 acre farm grows a variety of fruit, including strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Notable innovators in horticulture, Clock House Farm were ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

There has been much recent interest in modifying root system properties to overcome the effects of soil abiotic stress on crop growth and yield (Lynch 2007; Ghanem et al. 2011). Plant root systems are usually exposed to heterogeneous environmental conditions due to vertical differences in soil moisture and strength. Strong subsurface layers of soil can confine root systems to shallower soil ...

Jan. 27, 2020

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

HDPE canal liner is the widely used geomembrane liner products and the essential lining system for the efficient use of water resources due to their features of lowest permeability, excellent anti-seepage and ultra stress crack capacity, etc. More than 45% of water used in the agriculture would be lost due to seepage. HDPE canal liner is an affordable ...

Jan. 26, 2020

By Best Project Material Co., Ltd (BPM)

High Power Pork LLC., a 6000-head Carthage System sow farm, has recently undergone conversion from a conventional European-style electronic sow feeding system to the Gestal 3G free-access feeding system and is therefore announcing a group-housing retrofit with Jyga Technologies, manufacturer of Gestal. Since its establishment in 2010, the farm has used pen housing. The original open pen system ...

Jan. 23, 2020

By Jyga Technologies

Anna-Lena Andersson knows that to build a better world, you have to lay a few bricks. Last October Andersson, head treasurer of GE’s Steam Power division, joined eight of her colleagues to break ground on an elementary school for 150 students in Kaolack, Senegal. “I’ve always believed any kind of change has to start with ...

Jan. 21, 2020

By GE Renewable Energy

Plant trolleys such as CC-containers, Danish trolleys and Flora auction trolleys are used in the logistics chain by multiple and often unknown users. The trolleys are regularly soiled with plant, sand and substrate residues which can harbour mould, bacteria and viruses such as Fusarium, Xylella and ToBRFV. Upscaling, automation and globalisation increase the susceptibility of nurseries to ...

Jan. 21, 2020

By Limex Machine Exploitatie BV

Proper weed control early during the growing season is essential for reducing nutrient competition, gaining optimal crop health, and preventing yield loss. Weed management in corn and soybeans can be an extremely difficult problem to tackle and, if left unmanaged, can cause nearly a 52% corn yield loss and 49% yield loss in soybeans according to research conducted by the  ...

Jan. 21, 2020

By Sentera, LLC