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Cattlemen Praise Confirmation of Gov. Perdue for USDA Secretary
Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, today praised the Senate confirmation of former Gov. Sonny Perdue to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture: “Decisions made every day at the USDA have a significant impact on our ability to run our operations. We are excited to have a Secretary that comes from the industry, understands the complexities of our ...
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FIGARO to Hold 3-day Conference in Israel on Precision Irrigation
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing a new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will hold a three-day conference in Israel September 7–9, 2016. The event will gather together FIGARO consortium members, EU representatives and expert stakeholders from academia, industry and the ...
By FIGARO
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FIGARO Project to Hold First Live Demonstration of its Precision Irrigation Platform in Xanthi Greece
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will start a series of live demonstrations of the benefits and capabilities of the FIGARO System, with a workshop in Greece. The first demonstration will be organized by the Democritus University of Thrace ...
By FIGARO
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FIGARO Project to Hold Annual Conference in Bologna in January
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will hold its Annual Partners Meeting from January 25–27, 2016 at the “Accademia delle Scienze” of the University of Bologna. Representatives of all 17 consortium members will attend ...
By FIGARO
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Copa-Cogeca to Host FIGARO Project’s Closing International Conference in Brussels
European Farming body Copa-Cogeca will host the closing conference of the FIGARO Project in Brussels on September 19, 2016. The event, which will be held at Copa-Coqeca’s offices, will present the successful project’s outcomes and the benefits of using the FIGARO Platform to potential end users and promoters of precision irrigation. The Figaro Project is an EU-funded ...
By FIGARO
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FIGARO`s Precision Irrigation Platform Presents Major Water and Energy Savings
Field tests of the FIGARO new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) carried out in six countries over a period of three years indicate that the FIGARO platform can provide significant water and energy savings while leading to increased production and yield. FIGARO, an EU-funded international project aiming to develop and test the new precision agriculture system for increasing ...
By FIGARO
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FIGARO to Unveil the World`s Most Advanced Precision Irrigation System
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Support System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, will unveil the world’s most advanced precision irrigation at a partners’ meeting which will take place in Kavalla, Greece, June 1–2, 2016. The FIGARO platform collects climate, soil ...
By FIGARO
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Conformity Assessment Body Suspended in China for Six Months
SCS Global Services has been suspended from carrying out new ASC certifications in China following a review. SCS Global Services is a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) – the bodies which independently audit farms and make certification decisions against the ASC standards. Like all CABs, SCS Global is accredited by another independent body, Accreditation Services International (ASI). In ...
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FIGARO to Present at Expo Milano 2015 Agri-Water Workshop
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Supporting System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, has been invited to hold a special presentation at Expo Milano 2015. Dr. Adriano Battilani, senior researcher at the Canale Emiliano Romagnolo (CER) research institute in Bologna, Italy and a FIGARO ...
By FIGARO
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Japanese Professional Agro-Industrial Delegation to Visit Israel this Week
A delegation comprised of 25 executives and researchers from a variety of Japanese agricultural enterprises, arrived to Israel Sunday for a week-long visit. The visit's aim is to study the Israeli agricultural model and encourage cooperation between Israeli and Japanese agricultural sectors. During their stay the delegation will get acquainted with Israeli methods of greenhouses, desert ...
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Biplot Analysis: Proceed with caution
Selection of a crop cultivar is one of the most important management decisions a farmer makes. However, choosing the “right” cultivar for a particular environment (location or year) has been an immense challenge because of the unpredictable performance of cultivars across environments, which is known as the genotype-by-environment interaction (GE). Despite continued efforts to breed for cultivars ...
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Adoption of a further 24 Rural Development Programmes to boost the EU farming sector and our countryside
The European Commission has today approved a further 24 Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) aimed at improving the competitiveness of the EU farming sector, caring for the countryside and climate, and strengthening the economic and social fabric of rural communities in the period until 2020. The programmes adopted today are expected to create over 40 000 jobs in rural areas and about 700 000 ...
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Free E-Learning Course on the Cool Farm Tool
In order to support farmers and supply chain actors in their use of the Cool Farm Tool and their actions towards a more resilient, carbon-smart agriculture, we have developed a free E-Learning course with updated video tutorials and user manuals for Crops, Beef, Dairy and Biodiversity, as well as useful guidance and resources for sustainable ...
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ScoutPro Partners with Farmers Edge to Boost Crop Monitoring Capabilities with Daily Satellite Imagery
ScoutPro Inc. has partnered with Farmers Edge, a global leader in digital agriculture, to deliver the best-in-class imagery solution available for crop monitoring to their customers. Daily satellite imagery, state-of-the-art processing technology, and unique map layers are now integrated into the ScoutPro scouting app. Highly rated among retailers and other agricultural service providers, ...
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New Calculator Can Help Soybean Farmers with Seed Decisions
Facing lower soybean cash prices this year, farmers are looking for opportunities to add to their bottom lines. Growing identity-preserved (IP) soybeans is one option for additional profit opportunities, but the costs can seem overwhelming to farmers thinking about getting started. U.S.-soy-industry-led board QUALISOY developed a calculator that can help farmers determine how much profit they ...
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Big Data Climate Challenge winners show how big data can drive climate action
The winners of the Big Data Climate Challenge have been announced as part of the buildup to the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on 23 September at UN Headquarters in New York. The winners include a monitoring system that provides real-time information on forests, and a tool for farmers in Colombia that promotes climate-smart agriculture. The winners will be invited to attend the ...
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Decision could boost use of popular weed killer
Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide - and on genetically modified seeds to grow crops designed to resist it. Critics say more study is needed on the effects of the herbicide and they are concerned it could endanger public health. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected ...
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Farming and Election Manifestos Not Just About Water
With farmers contemplating the most suitable party to vote for in the coming general election, it’s not only policies on fertiliser and pesticides and water abstraction and water supplies that are at the forefront of many farmer’s decision making. The NFU has analysed the manifestos of the top 5 parliamentary parties in relation to a number of key farming issues. The aspects that the ...
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U.S. Soy on the Move
Throughout soybean harvest here in the United States, soybean farmers are making decisions on where to move this year’s crop. Three out of every four bushels harvested will go from the field to either on-farm storage or to the local elevator. The remaining 25 percent go directly to processors or export. All of these movements require roads, rails and rivers to get the soybeans from the ...
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Loos Housing in Central Nebraska
Agricultural Activist Trent Loos has put MPSAGRI ESF feeding stations in his new hoop barn near Litchfield, Nebraska. Trent and his wife Kelli have embraced group housing for their small pedigree Sow herd on their rural ranch and love the benefits that have come with it. Call and ask them . . .Trent - 515 418 8185 or Kelli - 515 333 1215 Trent is a sixth generation United States farmer with a ...
By MPS Agri Ltd
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