Nut Farming Articles

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it is not yet ready to ban the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops, despite growing concerns from lawmakers and members of the public regarding its safety. The chemical – which is an organophosphate insecticide – is primarily used to control foliage and soil borne insect pests on food and feed ...

Sep. 10, 2017

By UL - The WERCS

The threat of deadly aflatoxin is being reduced by food manufacturers across the world, through the use of TOMRA’s innovative laser technology and sorting machines Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world, behind only heart disease, and rising mortality rates make it a significant public health threat. The World ...

May 14, 2017

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Change is never easy. But when it comes to adopting new agricultural practices, some farmers are easier to convince than others. A group of researchers at the University of Illinois wanted to know which farmers are most likely to adopt multifunctional perennial cropping systems -- trees, shrubs, or grasses that simultaneously benefit the environment and generate high-value products ...

Mar. 13, 2017

By ScienceDaily

In 2007 the Ruparel family started producing peanut butter and, because of their strong commitment, this has made the company one of India’s leading manufacturers and exporters of peanut butter and peanut pastes in many different varieties and flavors. ...

Dec. 26, 2016

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Flip Potgieter and his son Phillip started building Macridge in 2003. Since 2011, Phillip has been in the driving seat at Macridge, a well-established macadamia factory, nestled in the lavish Soutpansberg Mountains in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The company specializes in processing and marketing macadamia nuts and they recently decided to partner with TOMRA Sorting Solutions to increase ...

Nov. 2, 2016

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Morada Nut is a third generation family farm specializing in growing and processing walnuts, cherries, onions and bell peppers, located in Linden, California. High quality food is a priority for the farm so ensuring that they have the very best in food sorting technology is a must to serve safe and delicious walnuts for their customers to enjoy. Headquartered in the fertile San Joaquin ...

May 21, 2016

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Exclusive interview with the Zambian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, the Honourable Given Lubinda. The Honourable minister is expected to be at the upcoming Agritech Expo in Chisamba from 14-16 April again. www.agritech-expo.com/interviews 1) Honourable minister, thank you for this opportunity, you said ...

Mar. 22, 2016

By Clarion Events Ltd

The Academy of Science of St. Louis invited Dr. Bruce Hemming and the MiL, Inc. to participate in the Carver Careers exhibit at the Missouri History Museum to talk about the recent salmonella outbreak in peanut butter based products as well as careers in the field of microbiology. The presentation was given to four different eighth grade classes from St. Louis City schools. The students asked ...

Jan. 17, 2016

By Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc

The Supel Tox AflaZea SPE cartridge was used to demonstrate the cleanup of corn meal, wheat meal, and raw peanut paste matrices prior to the analysis of Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, and G2. In the procedure, corn meal, wheat meal, and raw peanut paste extracts were spiked with Aflatoxin Standard Mix (Product No.  ...

Oct. 25, 2015

By MilliporeSigma

Ecologist Katherine Ingram is on a quest to quantify the economic value of insect-eating bats in walnut groves. For the past three years, Katherine Ingram has had a most unusual summer job: catching bats and studying their droppings to see what they eat. A doctoral student in ecology at the University of California, Davis, Ingram is exploring the role bats can play as winged ...

Sep. 20, 2015

By Ensia

In rural Kenya, where it may only rain twice per year, farmers and herders are embracing so-called “climate-smart” agriculture. The video above, produced by the World Bank, begins by showing how John and Mary Obuom have transformed their one-acre farm into a model of sustainable practices. The family plants a diversity of crops in case one or more fails in a given year. A thicket of ...

Sep. 2, 2015

By Ensia

Honeybee waggle dancers are helping researchers identify conservation best practices. The question scientists at the University of Sussex in the U.K. had was simple: Where do honeybees find food? But finding a way to answer that simple question seemed not so simple. Tiny radio or GPS trackers have a limited range, and it would take huge amount of work to survey fields on foot. Instead, ...

Sep. 7, 2014

By Ensia

While working on tracking adaptation finance for our Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative project, we often get the question “What is adaptation finance?” or “What counts as adaptation finance?” To our embarrassment, we ...

Oct. 2, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

Sophisticated laser sorting from TOMRA increases pecan and macadamia output by 30 percent while a novel rear ejection system (RES) significantly lowers false rejects to less than 0.25 percent. The sorter’s ability to quickly and easily accept variable sorting parameters, along with its remote diagnostic capabilities, produces a cleaner end product with greater confidence that exceeds ...

Jul. 8, 2013

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Sessions Company, an Alabama based peanut sheller and processor, chose TOMRA Sorting as the preferred supplier for optical sorting equipment, to guarantee quality, limit losses and increase yield. They installed a Helius sorter to efficiently detect and remove foreign material and aflatoxin. Sessions Company, a family owned and operated peanut sheller and processor headquartered in Enterprise, ...

Jul. 8, 2013

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Quality postharvest of three cultivated species of the Northeast Region of Brazil was evaluated after receiving ionising radiation. Cashew peduncles (Anacardium occidentale L. var. Nanum) stored for 14 days under 6.5°C had presented best results in the sensorial analyses for external appearance, flavour and aroma when irradiated with 1 kGy. Sapodillas (Manilkara sapodilla (L) Van Roy en) ...

May 1, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Project Name: Los Padres National Forest Product: Gravelpave2 aggregate paving Application: Picnic Area City: Santa Barbara State/Province: California Install Date: February 2001 Install Size: ...

Jan. 11, 2011

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

Project Name: Maxwell Productions LLC Product: Gravelpave2  Application: Fire Lane  City: Scottsdale State/Province: Arizona Install Date: December 2000 Install Date: 1120 m2 (12,056 ...

Nov. 16, 2010

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

The weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina and O. longinoda are abundant in tropical Asia, Australia and Africa. Although local people and a handful of scientists appreciate the benefits these tree-dwelling ants bring in terms of medicinal and food source, protection of tree crops, and enhancement of fruit and nut quality, Oecophylla has one major drawback: it also bites people. Perception of this ...

Apr. 11, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

The use of crop rotation systems involving winter-annual grazing can help peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) producers increase profitability, although winter-annual grazing could result in excessive soil compaction, which can severely limit yields. We conducted a 3-yr field study on a Dothan loamy sand in southeastern Alabama to develop a conservation tillage system for integrating peanut with ...

Nov. 29, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)