Crop Yields Articles

Ignacio Ruiz, Secretary General of ANSEMAT (Spanish Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers) & Chairman of CEMA Economic Experts Group Eurostat has recently published the 2017 figures regarding the coverage of fruits' plantation at European ...

Mar. 20, 2019

By CEMA aisbl - European Agricultural Machinery

BB fertilizer production line BB fertilizer is a kind of compound fertilizer which is made up of several granular fertilizers in a certain proportion. In the process of mixing, there is no chemical reaction. It is a series of special fertilizers based on the principle of balanced fertilization, the ...

Dec. 27, 2018

By Zz Hq Heavy Industry Technology Co.Ltd

Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level. Thus, it is not surprising that the number of biogas plants is steadily increasing as are wind power plants and solar plants. On the agricultural sector, biogas plants are an additional source of income on many farms besides crop production and livestock husbandry. When ...

Dec. 13, 2018

By Big Dutchman

Poinsettias, the classic Christmas pot plant, are grown in their thousands in UK nurseries from late July onwards, but growers have to rely on the use of plant growth regulators (PRGs) to ensure that the optimum height and number of bracts is achieved by early December. With protective environmental legislation threatening to reduce the availability and use of such PGR treatments, a project led ...

Dec. 11, 2018

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Location: Seychelles, Indian Ocean Client: International Atomic Energy Agency Waste Type: Animal & Bio-hazards Incinerator Supplied: i8-75A DEFRA Model Technical Excellence for the International Atomic Energy Agency in The Seychelles The animal waste market is one of ...

Nov. 22, 2018

By Inciner8 Limited

In general, a 200lb pig would produce about 13lb manure per day. Pig manure contains plentiful essential nutrition ingredients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for plant growth, which can promote healthy growth and increase the yield of grain crop. Even though pig manure is a commendable raw material of organic fertilizer, lots of pig manures carry E.coli, salmonella, parasitic worms and a ...

Oct. 13, 2018

By Whirlston Organic Fertilizer Machinery

Plastic-Puglia achieved  resounding  success on the 42th edition of Eima, the most important international exhibition for agricultural sector set up in Bologna with 280 thousand visitors and over 140 countries attending it. An important chance for all the companies involved in this sector such as Plastic-Puglia, a leader company for the ...

Oct. 3, 2018

By Plastic Puglia

Last summer, we shared results from a research project that was taken on by master’s students at Cranfield University. The students compared the efficiency of SOIL’s organic compost, Konpòs Lakay, to commercial grade chemical ...

Sep. 4, 2018

By SOIL Haiti

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Aug. 8, 2018

By Whirlston Organic Fertilizer Machinery

The Sahelian zone of West Africa is 400 to 800 km high and more than 4000 km wide. It is one of the very large semi-arid zones of the world, and rainfall is both scarce add highly irregular. To mitigate the effects of drought in the Sahel, flexible response polities and mechanisms are required for different production systems, protection measures, and decision making. Unfortunately, quantitative, ...

Jul. 3, 2018

By EARS Earth Environment Monitoring B.V.

Regardless of whether your yield data comes from your combine, grain cart, or from truck scales, each source has shortcomings that will not only influence your farm decisions but may also have a negative financial impact. ...

Jul. 1, 2018

By Granular, Inc.

Challenge One of the largest online food and grocery store that is determined to create an organic revolution in India. The company wanted to monitor its farms and ensure that the crops are grown organically. They were struggling with lower output yield and were looking for a farm management solution for ensuring traceability and strengthening sustainability. ...

May 24, 2018

By Cropin Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd

Johannes Kudsk, Operations Manager at Danbroiler in Denmark, produces 3.5 million broilers a year in fifteen sheds. The production is all in/all out resulting in 8.2 crops annually. All managed by Johannes Kudsk and his two employees. The DACS ventilation systems is installed in fourteen of the fifteen sheds. The choice was easy Eight years ago, the time had come to replace the ...

Apr. 24, 2018

By DACS A/S

Jamie Curston from Hooks Drove, Cambridgeshire, England, manages a 500,000+ bird farm equipped with a complete climate solution from DACS. The eight houses were commissioned in October 2014 and have been running flawlessly ever since. Nice even spread of birds throughout the whole shed Jamie is an experienced manager who has been working in the poultry sector for ...

Apr. 22, 2018

By DACS A/S

Resistant weeds, dicamba training, new EPA rules and regulations, and ag companies being bought or merging together have been a few of the topics found in many ag media and publications this winter. In summary, things are continually changing in agriculture and will continue to change. One of those changes that many, if not all growers, have experienced is how to deal with weed resistance. ...

Apr. 16, 2018

By Ag Leader Technology

Sometimes, rules and regulations come along to change how you manage your farm. The federal government’s recent action on the common herbicide ingredient dicamba is one such example, and resilient farmers may need to make some changes to comply with new regulations laid out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in October 2017. ...

Mar. 28, 2018

By Ag Leader Technology

As the Cannabis market grows for both medical and recreational use, so does the need for standardized quality control within the industry. When it comes to Cannabis quality control there are many things to consider, from moisture content to pesticide use. Moisture Content Cannabis flower moisture content should be tested and controlled to: minimize the risk of mold ...

Feb. 12, 2018

By Peak Scientific Instruments Ltd

Will Hutchinson enjoys a good challenge, especially when it comes to improving production on his row crop, wheat and alfalfa farm near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. So when he saw the opportunity to leverage Ag Leader’s Hydraulic Down Force system to prevent a common problem and improve his planting operations on acres where he plants cover crops, he jumped at the chance. Two years later, ...

Jan. 28, 2018

By Ag Leader Technology

“What lighting source should I use for my licensed cannabis grow?”; “I am comparing LED to HPS for my cannabis operation. Which source do you recommend?” These are questions people ask me almost on a daily basis. We have covered this question in past posts on our blog, like this one by our very own head of marketing: LEDs vs ...

Dec. 1, 2017

By P.L. Light Systems Inc.

Water is the driving force of all nature. “Hydrophobicity” (  ...

Nov. 26, 2017

By Soil Doctors