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Millbrook First Nation Hatchery - Case Study

A FIRST FOR MANY Millbrook hatchery represents Octaform’s first endeavor into Aquaculture, after numerous successes in containment tanks since 1997. The aquaculture operation was the dream of Millbrook First Nation, a Mi’kmaq community that calls Nova Scotia ...

Oct. 1, 2021

By Octaform Systems Inc.

COVID-19 & Food for Thought

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated many aspects of modern society that are simply not sustainable. One of them is the current food system. Yet to be accurately determined amounts of food have been unable to be distributed and, therefore, have been wasted either intentionally or unintentionally. Part of the reason for the waste is the distance that so much food must be ...

Oct. 16, 2021

By FOR Solutions, LLC

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Due to the need for higher temperature, it is necessary to sprinkle some warm water on the leaves regularly. Plants placed in a dry environment can put a layer of wet small gravel in the flower pot to promote the growth of plants. Seedlings are planted from March to April in spring, or preferably from September to October in winter. Sowing before the frost season. In winter, please manage ...

Oct. 10, 2021

By Wilson Garden Co.,Ltd

Rolling out a strong human rights policy across Godrej companies

This interview is part of a deep-dive series from WBCSD’s Global Agribusiness Action on Equitable Livelihoods Project (GAA-EL) featuring perspectives from human rights experts in the NGO sector, government, WBCSD member companies, and more. The series aims to raise awareness about the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned across the sector. The GAA-EL project works with its ...

Oct. 5, 2021

By World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Agriculture`s Quantum Change: Precision Farming

We’ve Come a Long Way, Precision Farming Will Take Us Even Further As I sit here looking out my back window and watch my neighbor gathering up the last of the round bales of the season, loading them onto a bale trailer, it makes me reminiscent of days gone past. I think about life as a teenager during the summer, my friends and I spending many days on the hay rack or in the mow stacking ...

Oct. 4, 2021

By DP Techlink

Manure Tank Construction in Montana - Case Study

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Dimensions: 213’ Diameter, 16’ Depth, 10” Concrete (un-insulated) Capacity: 4m gallons Wall Area: 13,313 sq.ft Crew Size: 20 – 25 Time: 10 days Location: Shelby, ...

Oct. 1, 2021

By Octaform Systems Inc.

Improving Irrigation in Browns Valley, California

In Northern California, the Browns Valley Irrigation District supplies water to hundreds of farmers. As this water source needs to supply many farmers in Northern California, accurate measurement is key as it ensures that farms are able to properly function and sustain the plants and/or livestock they have. The specific source of water that irrigates the fields in the Browns Valley District ...

Sep. 30, 2021

By Pulsar Measurement

Improving Irrigation in Browns Valley, California

In Northern California, the Browns Valley Irrigation District supplies water to hundreds of farmers. As this water source needs to supply many farmers in Northern California, accurate measurement is key as it ensures that farms are able to properly function and sustain the plants and/or livestock they have. The specific source of water that irrigates the fields in the Browns Valley District ...

Sep. 30, 2021

By Pulsar Measurement

Evaporation Increases Capacity for Drying Cheese

A novel use of evaporation using heat exchanger technology from HRS Heat Exchangers has increased drying capacity for a major European processor of cheese products. ...

Sep. 17, 2021

By HRS Heat Exchangers Ltd.

What bones can the bone crusher break?

It is suitable for material processing in medicine, chemical, food, feed, and other industries. It is especially suitable for hard and difficult to crush materials in traditional Chinese medicine. Such as hard roots, bundles of grass, vines, large pieces, and various horns. Grasses (such as spatholobus), vines (such as pathology), rhizomes (such as Dalbergia odorifera, citron, Acanthopanax ...

Sep. 11, 2021

By Zhengzhou Taizy Machinery Co., LTD

Manage herd and farm

Improve health, raise productivity, save money – herd management with digital technology by GEA offers large and small dairy farms powerful functions for monitoring and managing cow health and operational procedures efficiently on a daily basis. With GEA’s Herd Management your farm is front and center GEA’s Herd Management system filters information to provide the ...

Sep. 9, 2021

By GEA Farm Technologies

Reduce the risk of mycotoxins in maize silage this season

“It’s not been a typical season for maize, with many crops going into the ground late. Quality and yield is looking variable, therefore it’s important farmers explore avenues which could help maximise quality and minimise dry matter losses between the field and feed-out, this will allow them to reduce purchased feed costs,” explains Lientjie Colahan, technical sales ...

Sep. 9, 2021

By MAGNIVA - a brand from Lallemand Animal Nutrition

Spinder new knowledge partner of Dairy Academy Royal A-ware

On Wednesday, September 1st, Spinder and Dairy Academy, the knowledge platform of Royal A-ware, signed a five-year partnership. The Frisian company Spinder is known as an expert in barn design concepts. By sharing knowledge in the field of design and layout of barns, member dairy farmers are kept up to date on smart solutions that contribute to cow comfort and farmer comfort. Eleventh knowledge ...

Sep. 9, 2021

By Spinder

Cow monitors help dairy boost production, health at Hardscrabble, United States

Background Jerry Volenec and his wife, Jennifer, farm 1,000 owned and rented acres and milk 350 Holstein cows in a limited liability company with his parents, Charles and Marilyn Volenec, near Montfort in Grant County, Wis. Jerry is the fifth generation of his family to farm at Hardscrabble Farms. In 2000, the Volenecs were milking 130 cows in a double- eight milking parlor. By 2010, they had ...

Sep. 9, 2021

By Allflex Livestock Intelligence - Merck & Co., Inc.,

Krill as a Source of Minerals - Case Study

Krill has a low content of ash making ideal for fresh water feeds. It is lower in content of phosphorus than other marine based meals such as shrimp or fish meal. Its calcium/phosphorus ratio is near to 1,5:1 which favors the absorption of both minerals, and it is significantly lower compared to fish or crustacean meals (3 or ...

Sep. 6, 2021

By Krill Canada Corporation

Chitin/Chitosan as an Immunostimulant - Case Study

Chitin is component of several crustacean and insect carapace. It is an energy source for several species which can degrade chitin through special enzymes. Disease control, profilaxis and eradication are based on the use of vaccines and chemiotherapeutical substances. But there are a number of pathologies that have no known cure. There are for example, the case of Piscirichettsiosis in Chilean ...

Sep. 6, 2021

By Krill Canada Corporation

Krill as a Source of Natural Carotenoids - Case Study

Krill is a source of natural carotenoids. Over 95% of the pigments present in krill are in the form of asthaxantin, which is the only type of pigment that fixes onto the flesh of salmon when krill is used in the diet and the flesh color is the same that it is found in wild salmon (Hue). Pigments in krill are esterified giving them more stability. Asthaxantine is not only a pigment, but also ...

Sep. 6, 2021

By Krill Canada Corporation

Krill as a Taste Attractant - Case Study

Both fish and crustaceans live in an immersed aquatic environment, where their chemioperceptive system receives permanent stimulation by soluble compounds. These substances are usually of low molecular weight, non-volatile and most of them contain nitrogen (amino acids, nucleotides, etc.). These compounds stimulate the chemioperception of the animal (taste and smell), and its behavior (feeding ...

Sep. 6, 2021

By Krill Canada Corporation

Oilseed Elevator Upgrade - Case Study

Largest UK producer of rape / canola oil recently upgraded their main silo feed elevator to incorporate 4B's advanced anti- static AM Nyrim elevator buckets. Increasing capacity by reducing material build-up in the buckets and improving hygiene throughout the production process. Challenge Largest UK producer of rape / canola oil required an increase in the tonnage capacity of the ...

Aug. 31, 2021

By 4B Braime Components Ltd- BRAIME GROUP PLC

Agriculture Waste Biomass Carbonization Machine Could Save Money

As the population from the earth is growing, the quantity of food we have to produce to outlive does at the same time, then some. An incredible number of acres of land worldwide are planted in crops, from corn, wheat, and rice, to coconuts, oil palms, and avocados, there are crops growing everywhere. Naturally this is a great thing, how else would every one of us be able to eat? However, the ...

Aug. 26, 2021

By BESTON (Henan) Machinery Co., Ltd | BESTON Pyrolysis Machinery