farming water Articles
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Enhancing Agricultural Practices with Ozone for Farm Water Systems
Farmers constantly pursue innovative technologies to improve crop quality and yield in today’s ever-evolving agricultural landscape. Ozone systems have emerged as a game-changing solution in agriculture, offering myriad benefits. The ozone process not only purifies water and improves yield but also prevents mineral deposits from forming in pipes, leaving no chemical residue. This ...
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Re-coupling the carbon and water cycles by Natural Sequence Farming
The techniques of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) were developed during hands-on management of degraded farmland in the Upper Hunter Valley region of Australia. Early settlement of the continent by people with European cultural assumptions disrupted established interactions of water, soil, and plants resulting in lost fertility. Moreover, agricultural practices such as clearing, burning, ...
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Almond Grower Slashes Water Usage
The American south-west and central plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years. Places like California are already facing very dry conditions, but these are quite gentle compared with some periods in the 12th and 13th Centuries. The drought in California has reached dire proportions, landing agriculture directly in the regulatory ...
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Manual- vs automated data collection
On many fish farms, several water quality parameters (including toxic free CO2) are only measured manually at fixed times or in selected tanks. The water quality is fluctuating daily and are often following rhythmic patterns. With this method, you will often miss the peaks and therefore create a misleading result of a satisfying, stable CO2-level. This white paper compares and analyzes two ...
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Estimating the ratio of pond size to irrigated soybean land in Mississippi: a case study
Although more on-farm storage ponds have been constructed in recent years to mitigate groundwater resources depletion in Mississippi, little effort has been devoted to estimating the ratio of on-farm water storage pond size to irrigated crop land based on pond metrics and its hydrogeological conditions. In this study, two simulation scenarios were chosen to determine such a ratio as well as ...
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Prevalence and types of Campylobacter on poultry farms and in their direct environment
To study whether broiler and layer farms contribute to the environmental Campylobacter load, environmental matrices at or close to farms, and caecal material from chickens, were examined. Similarity between Campylobacter from poultry and environment was tested based on species identification and Multilocus Sequence Typing. Campylobacter prevalence in caecal samples was 97% at layer farms (n = ...
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Validating the FAO aquaCrop model for irrigated and water deficient field maize
Accurate crop development models are important tools in evaluating the effects of water deficits on crop yield or productivity. The FAO AquaCrop model predicts crop productivity, water requirement, and water use efficiency (WUE) under water-limiting conditions. A set of conservative parameters [calibrated and validated for maize (Zea mays L.) in a prior study and considered applicable to a wide ...
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JM Farm Pond Water Case Study
JM Farms, located in Kentucky, had been experiencing significant buildup of biofilm and slime in the water system. The biofilm and slime buildup led to water with a poor taste and odor, decreased water and feed consumption, longer flock cycles and fewer-than-expected head sold, which resulted lower revenue for the farm. Understanding the impact that better treated water can have on the key ...
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Fish farming at Kontiolahti
At Kontiolahti Fish farm the cuttings of salmon, trout and rainbow trout are cultivated to juveniles. Spawn is hatched and the juveniles of 0+ age-class are farmed inside. The older juveniles are farmed outside in surface basins. The water flow is 100-170 l/s depending on the season. Situation in the beginning The oxygen rate of the becoming water to the farm was not enough time to time, only ...
By W-Rix Ltd
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New App Helps University Farm Reduce Water Usage
Each morning when he wakes up, Robert Willmott glances at his cell phone and is reminded of modern technology’s impact on agriculture. The Fresno State campus farm technician checks the WiseConn smart phone app that is virtually connected to the University’s olive orchard. A few clicks verify the 20 acres of trees he oversees are receiving the right amount of water via drip ...
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What Are Benefits Of Fish Farming Business?
Fish farming is basically the commercial raising of fish in tanks and ponds for food production. Commercial fish farming has established profitable commercial opportunities worldwide. It is well known that fish is an important source of food and protein, so the demand and price of fish and fish-related products have increased rapidly along with population growth. Pellet making machine can make ...
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Farming Cotton In A Water-Scarce World
One of the least discussed aspects of the climate emergency is the water crisis, but as the realities of water stress and scarcity around the world really start to bite, there can be no doubt that it will soon become a hot topic of conversation, hitting headlines with increasing regularity as time goes on. Because water underpins every aspect of society in the 21st century, it is immediately ...
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Modifications of macrobenthos assemblages on land–based fish farm phytotreatment basins in the Orbetello lagoon
In the Orbetello lagoon basin there are some intensive land–based fish–farming facilities which contribute to cause a significant cyclic development of the opportunistic chorophycea Ulva laetevirens, and consequent serious decay events in spring and summer. To minimise the nutrients' impact, fish farming was supplied with phytotreatment system. The purpose of this study was to ...
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Things To Consider Before Starting A Fish Farm Business
Are you considering entering the fish farming business, and are you considering factors to consider when planning to locate your fish pond? Fish farming is one of the thousands of dollars of profitable business ideas during the harvest season. Fish feed pellet machine is the indispensable equipment to make fish feed pellets. Have you gone into fish farming, but it doesn’t seem to be ...
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Re-evaluating the rationale for irrigation technology adoption through an integrated trade-off analysis: case study of a cotton farming system in Australia
While the prevailing rationale for new irrigation technology adoption is improved water use efficiency, this study evaluated trade-offs between water savings, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and economic gain associated with the conversion of a furrow irrigation system to a sprinkler irrigation (lateral-move) system on a cotton farm in eastern Australia. Trade-offs were evident when conversion ...
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Murphy Family Vestal Hog Farms Dragonfly Wastewater Treatment System - Case Study
The proliferation of large and efficient confined animal farms has created a significant problem for the processing and disposal of the water used for cleaning and cooling as well as other applications on the typical farm. The answer is Water Energy’s utilization of the technology presently known as the Dragonfly Water Treatment System. The result is the only hog farm capable of reusing ...
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Tips And Vital Points For Solar Irrigation Projects
The Article highlights important points that should be taken care of from planning to commissioning of a solar powered irrigation project. For example: points to consider during sizing of the project; defining the objectives of the project; study of the project site with respect to the historical site solar data and climate data. There are points to consider during installation of the project, ...
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Biofloc Fish Farming Tank Galvanized Water Tank
A great collapsible tank to rear fish is one of our Folding Frame Tanks. These storage tanks are built with an open top that allows fish to be easily inserted into the tank and maintained for use.Folding Frame Tanks are also a reliable emergency water storage tank for any emergency that requires quick and easy deployment during hurricane and flood relief or for fire suppression.MAIN FEATURES1. ...
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Environmental input–output analysis of the New Zealand dairy industry
This work presents data and analysis quantifying the total (direct and indirect) resource use and outputs (products and pollutants) of the New Zealand dairy industry for the year April 1997 to March 1998. It also identifies those sectors supplying the dairy industry which make significant indirect contributions to its total inputs and outputs. Although this data is 14 years old, it is the only ...
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The big shrimp farming debate: clear-water v. biofloc
In recent years, the global market for seafood products, including fresh shrimp, has grown, alongside consumer awareness of and demand for sustainably-sourced produce. This has resulted in a shift from traditional pond culture of shrimp, to closed systems that are closer to market, feature enhanced biosecurity, have a minimal environmental impact, and result in improved shrimp production. A tale ...
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