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Argus FMB Africa Fertilizer 2016: Your super early bird rate ends next Friday
If you are looking to grow your business in Africa and hear the latest analysis of consumption trends, Argus FMB Africa Fertilizer is the best place to meet key decision makers. You can network with international market players including delegates from 20 countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Register before 11 ...
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How to promote the transformation of agriculture to green development?
Focusing on agricultural wastes such as livestock and poultry manure, livestock and poultry, crop straw, waste agricultural film, waste pesticide packaging, etc, explore effective technical paths and governance models for the resource utilization of agricultural wastes, and use organic fertilizer production line to promote the green development of agriculture transformation to achieve ...
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What are the advantages of using an organic fertilizer granulator?
The granular organic fertilizer produced by the organic fertilizer granulator machine, the fertilizer with low water solubility is ground into small particles to ensure that it can be effectively and quickly dissolved in the soil and absorbed by plants. The control of organic fertilizer particle size is very important for the storage and transportation of fertilizers. Good granulation can make ...
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Magnosiet and Kieserite as fertilizers for agriculture
Learn more about the use of Magnosiet and Kieserit in agriculture. Magnosiet and Kieserit are fertilizers based on sulphur or magnesium and are ideally suited for the use in agriculture. FERRO DUO has had outstanding quality magnosiet and kieserite fertilizers in its range for several years now, which are particularly suitable for use in industrial agriculture. Our high-quality and pure ...
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The difference between chicken manure dehydrator and chicken manure dryer
Organic fertilizer production not only requires fermentation equipment, mixers, overturning equipment, belt conveying equipment, cylindrical sieves, pulverizers, organic fertilizer granulator machine, etc. You also need drying and cooling equipment, so what is the difference between chicken manure dryer and dehydration ? The chicken manure dehydrator has no restrictions on the moisture of the ...
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Yara appoints new Head of Upstream segment
Oslo (2012-10-31): Gerd Löbbert is appointed head of Yara Upstream, effective 1 December 2012.Dr. Löbbert, a German national with a PhD in Chemistry, brings extensive experience from leading positions at BASF and Borealis."It is a great pleasure to welcome Gerd Löbbert to Yara as the new Head of the Upstream segment. I also take the opportunity to thank Jan Duerloo for his ...
By Yara UK Ltd.
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Fertilizer Use to Surpass 200 Million Tonnes in 2018
Global fertilizer use is likely to rise above 200.5 million tonnes in 2018, 25 percent higher than recorded in 2008. World fertilizer consumption will grow by 1.8 percent a year through 2018, according to FAO's new report "World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2018." At the same time "the global capacity of fertilizer products, intermediates and raw materials will increase further," the report ...
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Successful Breeder Management is All in the Details
"How do we optimize egg production? We all know that a lot of things have to fall into place…programs such as housing and nutrition, but the biggest factor is understanding the reproductive system in both male and female breeders,” remarked Chad Mason, breeder-hatchery manager with Columbia Farms, a division of House of Raeford, at USPOULTRY’s 2014 Hatchery-Breeder Clinic held ...
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High Quality New Type Organic Fertilizer Granulator Machine On Sale
This series of new type organic fertilizer granulator designed and manufactured through wet continuous pusher granulation. Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery is a professional organic fertilizer granulator manufacturer, this article will introduce this machine in detail. New Type Organic Fertilizer Granulator Introduction The new type of organic fertilizer granulator used for granulating various ...
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Putting the right inputs in the hands of Niger’s farmers
A five year, €6 million multi-donor initiative to intensify agriculture has achieved yield increases of up to 100 percent in over half of Niger's farmer villages, FAO said today ahead of a high-level meeting on renewed efforts to end hunger in Africa, where Niger will present its new hunger reduction strategy. According to FAO's most recent hunger statistics, Niger has brought down ...
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Fertiliser Calibration and Product Choice – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farming UK recently examined how the correct set-up and calibration of spreaders can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of fertiliser applications. Correctly calibrated spreaders ensure the uniform application to grassland and maximum benefit from application. However, according to Rob Foxall, manager of spreader testing company, SCS, calibration is not just about getting your ...
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Manure matters! How can you turn poultry manure into value? Poul-AR produces fertilizer and sustainable energy from poultry waste
Colsen has developed a new technology to valorize poultry manure. Until now poultry manure is considered a waste stream with a considerable cost, Poul-AR® now represents an important valorization step, by which the manure will generate nutrients and energy. This is directly associated with considerable operational benefits and thus represents a large added value for the poultry sector. In ...
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Closing the phosphorous-efficiency gap
Ways to reduce the costs of phosphorus fertiliser use on farms – critical for sustaining high agricultural production in many Australian farming systems – have been identified in a new suite of journal papers. The price for phosphorus is increasing steadily and has doubled over the last 10 years. Providing a national review of phosphorus use in grazing and cropping systems, ...
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Many Countries Reaching Diminishing Returns in Fertilizer Use
By Lester R. Brown When German chemist Justus von Liebig demonstrated in 1847 that the major nutrients that plants removed from the soil could be applied in mineral form, he set the stage for the development of the fertilizer industry and a huge jump in world food production a century later. Growth in food production during the nineteenth century came primarily from expanding cultivated area. It ...
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Precision Fertiliser Project Underway
Always a good source of farming related news and information, The Western Morning News reveals how a consortium of British businesses led by GrowHow UK has won funding to support the development of an automated system for the precision application of nitrogen fertiliser and plant growth regulators. The £1 million kitty required to develop the precision technology is funded through ...
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IFA to Highlight the Essential Role of Fertilizers for Sustainable Agricultural Systems at COP25
As the world examines how agriculture is impacted by and also in turn impacts climate change, IFA will be leading an industry delegation to Madrid to underscore the vital role of fertilizers in producing around 50% of the world's food supply, and meeting the challenge of a 60% increase in productivity to feed a population of 9.8 billion people by 2050 on existing arable land, as well as the need ...
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GM rapeseed could reduce fertiliser usage
Nitrogen fertiliser used in crop production is a substantial source of environmental pollution, contributing to around one third of the total greenhouse gas emissions from the world's agricultural sector. Recent research on a genetically modified (GM) variety of rapeseed, which has been made more nitrogen-efficient, suggests that yields comparable with conventional varieties can be obtained using ...
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Liquid corn, fish fertilizers `good options` for organic blackberry production
Managing soil nutrients in organic production systems presents multiple challenges for fruit growers. The availability and release rate of nitrogen from organic fertilizers, ease of application, and cost are among the important factors that influence choices in organic production. The authors of a new study say that there has been limited information available about the influence of fertilizer ...
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New Material to Enhance Soils using Manure Waste
The results of the research group of Valuation of resources from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid suggest an optimal solution to manage the manure from chicken and cattle. Biochar, a material obtained after thermal treatment of this waste through pyrolysis, is an organic fertilizer that applied in soils and not only has positive effects on crop yields, but also represents a significant ...
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Measuring calcium in serpentine soils
Serpentine soils contain highly variable amounts of calcium, making them marginal lands for farming. Successful management of serpentine soils requires accurate measurement of the calcium they hold. Research published this month in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shows that multiple measurement techniques are needed to accurately measure calcium content in serpentine soils. To make ...
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