agriculture asset News
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Zambia in a good position to take full advantage of its agricultural assets in the future
“It is an over-worn cliché to say that Zambia will one day become the ‘bread basket’ of the region but there is no doubt that, despite of current challenges, the future of Zambia’s farmers, both small and large scale, as suppliers of food products to the region and as drivers of Zambian economic growth is very positive.” This is according to Rob Munro, ...
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Unity, Maine Selected for “Local foods, Local Places” Program
The small town of Unity, Maine, is one of 26 communities nationwide that will share $800,000 in technical assistance through a new federal program to improve access to healthy local food, boost economic opportunities for local farmers and businesses, and help communities revitalize their downtowns. The technical assistance, being provided to Unity by the federal “Local foods, Local ...
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Sumatran fires: hype about the symptoms, insufficient action on the disease
Sumatra, Indonesia. The health and climate impacts of large peatland and forest fires in Sumatra provide yet another harrowing reminder of the unsustainability of palm oil and pulp wood plantations on peat. Massive fires raging on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have triggered warnings from health authorities in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, and sparked a row among the three countries ...
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Topcon announces new regional sales manager for South Australia and Northern Territory
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) introduces Stewart McMillan as the new regional sales manager for the South Australia and Northern Territory regions. In his new position, McMillan will be responsible for helping build and manage relationships with dealers and key accounts. He will report to Phil Hubbard, APAC sales and customer support manager. “Stewart has a passion for the ...
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Topcon announces Ochs as North American agriculture customer support manager
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces Jared Ochs has joined the company as customer support manager for North America. He will be located in Olathe, Kansas and will report to Robert Lindgren, TPA director of global customer support. Ochs has a background in the precision agriculture industry and most recently worked as the integrated solutions manager at Concordia Tractor, Inc., a John ...
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Topcon names Wilson new agricultural test engineer for North America product testing
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) has named Jared Wilson as ag test engineer for the North America market. Wilson will report to Kurtis Kenne, TPA manager of global field testing. Kenne said, “Jared brings a well-rounded ag background to this position. In addition to growing up on a family farm in Iowa, he has a degree in Agronomy and has worked in both the crop and equipment sides of ...
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Topcon Precision Agriculture names two new vice presidents
Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces the promotions of Michael Bourke to the position of vice president, sales, and Michael Gomes to vice president, business development. In his new role, Bourke will define, build and manage global sales to optimize market opportunities for the company. Albert Zahalka, TPA president said, “Michael Bourke has more than 20 years of industry ...
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