Crop Irrigation News
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Get Quality Agriculture Water System for Better Farming Results
The irrigation system is one of the most important parts of agriculture, and it is the life support of agriculture because without purified nutritional water, you cannot get good crops, and without an irrigation system, you cannot distribute water. Irrigation can make a big difference to your farming business. Your initial investment in agricultural water systems and purification will be ...
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Leave no farmer behind: IWMI and partners prioritize inclusivity at Africa Food Systems Forum 2023
Prioritizing farmers and ensuring their active participation in shaping the future of agriculture was a unifying call at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023. A diverse group of policymakers, farmers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from across the continent gathered to critically discuss the complex challenges facing Africa’s agriculture sector, highlighting innovative solutions, ...
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Manna Irrigation and Jain Logic have Merged
We are pleased to update that the merger of Rivulis (Manna’s parent company) and Jain Irrigation’s International Business (Jain Logic’s parent company) is now fully completed. The merged company, Rivulis, will be a global micro irrigation leader, backed by two strong, long-term shareholders – Temasek and Jain Irrigation, and focused on transforming agricultural irrigation ...
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Corteva Agriscience and Manna Announce Agreement on Seed Production Irrigation Management
The agreement paves the way towards more sustainable irrigation practices Corteva Agriscience, one of the world’s largest agriculture companies, and Manna Irrigation, a leading provider of irrigation intelligence software solutions, have announced a new contract to enhance effective irrigation practices. Corteva Agriscience implemented the Manna Irrigation ...
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Plant app Update: An Integrated view of plant and soil. Plus: NDVI inside
“Nature is pleased with simplicity", goes the quote by the great Sir Isaac Newton, and we're pleased to introduce a new update of the Plant mobile app, designed to simplify decision making. "The new layout allows seeing climate data, irrigation summary, irrigation spans, plant status, plant graphs, and soil graphs, on one view", Says. Monitoring and Analysis products manager. Omer Sagee. ...
By Phytech
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Pivot App update: Water allocation, NDVI and much more
Our Pivot App has been recently upgraded, giving row crops growers even better visibility of their plants, soil and irrigation status to support their decision making. Let's see what's new. NDVI inside NDVI maps have been added without additional cost to all our customers. With Sentinel-2 NDVI images for each plot, every 5 days (depending on cloud cover) growers have another significant data ...
By Phytech
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Human rights to water of millions endangered by large-scale agriculture and industries
There are currently 2.2 billion people, or nearly a third of the global population, who lack safely managed drinking water. Of this figure, 450 million children face poor drinking water services and water scarcity, putting them in situations of high or extreme water vulnerability. The labour costs of water collection, including that of time spent to collect water and associated security ...
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Peroxide UltraPure™ produced directly on site improves growth and yield in super-intensive olive plantation
The Alentejo region in Portugal is known for its long sunny days, which create ideal conditions for the growth of high-quality olives. Irrigation water in the region is sourced from the Alqueva dam, and especially in the summer months it accumulates a high quantity of organic matter (algae, bacteria). This caused a problem for growers in the region specifically with drippers clogging, irrigation ...
By HPNOW
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HPGen™ improves crop yields, reduces irrigation system maintenance in Almeria greenhouse
Located in the highly productive greenhouse area in the Almeria region in southern Spain, a greenhouse grower with cucumbers in winter and watermelons in summer ran into some irrigation issues: the soil in the region is dry, the climate warm and the operators use organic fertilizers. The plants are grown in the typical Almeria sandy soil (enarenado) and are irrigated with a modern drip irrigation ...
By HPNOW
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Peroxide UltraPure™ produced directly on site boosts blueberries through increased organic soil content, uniform irrigation
The Huelva region in southern Spain is an important area for agriculture. Dry soil and a warm climate, combined with the use of organic fertilizer, can be challenging for growers, however. A 24-hectare blueberry plantation in Huelva, part of an organization producing high quality organic berries, turned to HPNow for help. Together with the operators of the farm and leading agronomists, HPNow ...
By HPNOW
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EDP, the issue of safety in the foreground
EIMA Digital Preview, the first virtual exhibition of agricultural machinery, dedicated Saturday 14 November to the issues of safety, ergonomics, and the prevention of accidents at work in the primary sector. The prevention of accidents with tractors and the devices aimed at improving the well-being of the operator on board the self-propelled machines. Many of the accidents that occur in the ...
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New Versions of SMS Software and AgFiniti now available
We’re been busy here at Ag Leader bringing you updates and new features to our products for the fall season ahead. We have new InCommand display firmware, new SMS Software and AgFiniti versions to share. SMS Software Version 20.5 and AgFiniti Version 20.5 Marks 20 Years of SMS Did you know the first version of SMS was released in the summer of 2000? SMS has been the trusted data platform ...
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ClimaCell Collaborate with Ag-Tech Startup SupPlant
We are proud to announce a new collaboration with ClimaCell Inc., a leading weather intelligence platform. Israeli Ag-Tech startup SupPlant, which develops data-driven autonomous irrigation systems, has signed a preliminary agreement with weather prediction giant ClimaCell to bring smart irrigation systems to small-scale farmers around the world. ClimaCell is a weather intelligence platform ...
By SupPlant
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Decision support-based approach for sustainable water reuse application in agricultural production - DSWAP
Launched in July 2019, the main goal of DSWAP is to develop modular cost- and energy-efficient wastewater treatment systems specifically designed for wastewater reuse in the context of crops irrigation that safeguard public health, environmental and soil quality and long-term agronomic sustainability. This goal encompasses five specific objectives: Optimization and evaluation of ...
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Veolia supplies crystallization technology to produce premium potash fertilizer in Turkey
Veolia Water Technologies will provide key processing technologies integrating HPD ® crystallization systems designed to produce high-quality sulfate of potash. In a world with a growing emerging class of more affluent consumers, the demand for high-value foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and coffee is soaring. Thanks to greenhouses and precision irrigation, these ...
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OriginClear Agrees to Market Depuporc Integrated Manure System Worldwide
OriginClear Inc. (OTCQB: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced it recently agreed to market the Depuporc S.L. line of manure treatment systems outside of Europe, where Depuporc will continue to market it as a long-time licensee of OriginClear. OriginClear has published a case study that reviews the performance of the Depuporc treatment system using ...
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Agrilevante, a resource for Mediterranean agriculture
The 2019 edition of the showcase of technologies and machines for agriculture, to be held in the Bari exhibition centre from 10 to 13 October next, was presented in Bari. Growing numbers and a new section dedicated to animal husbandry, with the exhibition of fine breeds of cattle, horses, sheep and goats, characterize the review, organized by FederUnacoma and Nuova Fiera del Levante with the ...
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The principle that gardens need irrigation
1. Irrigation principle The amount of irrigation, the number of irrigation times and the time should be determined according to the water demand characteristics, growth stage, climate and soil conditions of medicinal plants, and timely, appropriate and reasonable irrigation. 2. The types of irrigation mainly include irrigation before planting, seedling irrigation, growth and irrigation, and ...
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Watering the world
Original story at MIT News Many farms in drought-prone regions of the U.S. rely on drip irrigation as a water-saving method to grow crops. These systems pump water through long thin tubes that stretch across farm fields. Hundreds of dime-sized drippers along the length of each tube trickle water directly onto a plant’s base. A farmer can control the timing and amount of watering, ...
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California Farmer Focuses on the Future of Drone Technology
Family-owned and operated, Bowles Farming in the Central Valley in California is taking a close look at the best ways to measure almost every aspect of how they operate—from labor use, to soil variability to environmental impact and profitability. According to Danny Royer, Bowles Farming’s vice president of technology, drones will no doubt be a key measurement and analysis ...
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