Chestnut Farming Articles
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Water Weed Removal: Mechanical Harvesting Versus Chemical Herbicides
Mechanical harvesting versus chemical herbicides is the great debate when it comes to tackling water weed problems. When you’re faced with an infestation of any of the water weeds we’ve covered in previous articles (and there are plenty more to talk about as well), you can feel so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just want the problem to go away as quickly as possible. This causes ...
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Worst Water Weeds #5: Water Chestnut
With this article, we get back to exploring invasive exotic species, and this time it’s the water chestnut or water caltrop (Trapa natans), not to be confused with the Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) that you can buy in cans in grocery stores and used in Western-style Chinese food. The water chestnut is a floating annual aquatic plant native to the warm temperate areas of Eurasia ...
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Peanut Crusher Machine in Kenya
Recently, we have sold two sets of peanut crusher machines to a customer in Kenya. This type of machine is designed to cut various beans and nuts (like peanuts, almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, Macadamia nuts and hazelnuts kernels) into granular sizes or powder. The final products of the peanut crusher machine are in high demand in the food processing industry. To meet specific demand of customers, ...
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Why Is Peanut Cutter Machine Hygienic And Cost-Effective?
A peanut chopper machine is one the most popular machines of our company. It is designed to shred various beans and nuts into particles or powder. The automatic peanut cutter machine has many advantages, especially hygienic and cost-effective. 1.Why is the peanut cutter machine hygienic? Food safety is closely associated with people’s health. So, it deserves to keep high levels of hygiene ...
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Chestnut Farm Power Production Management Project - Case Study
Challenge Chestnut Farm is a quaint operation that wanted to harvest enough solar to power the house on premises without interfering with farm land. Solution An efficiently sized ground-mount system was installed in a dual-use chicken pasture. Benefit The house now receives 100% of energy needs from the solar energy system. ...
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Environmental fate of emamectin benzoate after tree micro injection of horse chestnut trees
Emamectin benzoate, an insecticide derived from the avermectin family of natural products, has a unique translocation behavior in trees when applied by tree micro injection (TMI), which can result in protection from insect pests (foliar and borers) for several years. Active ingredient imported into leaves was measured at the end of season in the fallen leaves of treated horse chestnut ...
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Hielscher Ultrasonics: Ultrasound in vinegar manufacturing
Ultrasonics in Maufacturing ans Aging of Vinegar The ultrasonic mixing technology is used in manifold ways in food and beverage industry. Hielscher Ultrasonics found a new application in the field of food processing: The sonication of vinegar, which is an important condiment in cuisine. The production of vinegar (e.g. balsamic), especially of high quality products as balsamic vinegar, is a ...
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Forest biotechnology: trees of our future
The trees of our future will inevitably include trees developed with specific characteristics to fit environmental, social and economic world needs. How do we prepare for these trees? The evolving social and political arena in which technology must answer questions has and will continue to influence the process. Forest biotechnology has the opportunity to address many of these questions at the ...
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