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The European Commission and the European Investment Bank facilitate access to credit for farmers

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have today presented a model guarantee instrument for agriculture, the first new product developed in the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in agriculture and rural development within the EU, signed in July 2014. The model instrument aims to help ease access to finance for farmers and other rural ...

Mar. 23, 2015

By Europa Press Room

New draft rules for State aids in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, now available for information and feedback

The draft new rules on State aids in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rural areas (block exemption Regulation and Guidelines) have now been put online in all official EU-languages. The new rules have not yet been adopted by the Commission. These drafts are made public to inform institutions, public authorities, organisations, companies and citizens who can make comments by 24 March ...

Feb. 24, 2014

By Europa Press Room

EU agrees on green-friendly farm reform outline

In what's being cast as a major breakthrough, the European Union agreed Wednesday on an outline for a major farm reform program that seeks to boost environment-friendly agriculture. The seven-year program is to kick off next year. It is designed to move away from the subsidy-heavy policies that led to excessive red tape and rules that were kinder to huge companies than to the small farmers. ...

Jun. 27, 2013

By Associated Press

Cross-Section Averaged Spray Characteristics

A new ASTM International standard, E2872, Guide for Determining Cross-Section Averaged Characteristics of a Spray Using Laser-Diffraction Instruments in a Wind Tunnel Apparatus, will be used to guide characterization of nozzles and atomizers using laser diffraction instruments. E2872 is primarily applicable to aerial agricultural spraying, aerial forest sprays and air-blast spraying. ...

Jun. 19, 2014

By ASTM International

Limiting bioenergy crops to marginal land would not work, says study

Large-scale cultivation of bioenergy crops on marginal land is unfeasible, according to a recent study. While limiting bioenergy crops to less productive land could cut the sector’s impact on food prices, the financial incentive to grow crops on more productive land may be too strong for landowners to ignore, the researchers suggest. During recent decades, there has been a growing interest ...

Mar. 22, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

Solentum and Pessl Instruments Partner Up to Offer Technology Solutions to Potato Industry

Pessl Instruments, a global manufacturer and leading provider of advanced agricultural technology solutions and holistic tools for informed decision-making under METOS brand, headquartered in Austria, and Solentum, a service company from Holland, offering data-driven solutions for the international potato value chain, have closed a partnership agreement in precision agriculture. Over the years, ...

Sep. 2, 2019

By Pessl Instruments GmbH

Global Threshers Market to Touch a Valuation of US$ 3.38 Billion by the End of 2026, Notes Fact.MR

With soaring food consumption levels, agricultural sectors of developed as well as developing economies are striving to boost the production of farmlands and increase profitability. Agricultural mechanization continues to be recognized as a pivotal force that aims to increase farm outputs through the use of heavy fieldwork machines and equipment such as threshers. Farmers are using threshers to ...

Aug. 24, 2020

By Fact.MR

Agrilevante and Agrimach, two

Presented in Paris the two exhibitions dedicated to agricultural machinery that FederUnacoma organizes during the year. The Bari exhibition should register further growth, thanks also to the introduction of a livestock section. The exhibition in New Delhi takes place in the context of an impressive growth in Indian mechanization, which in 2018 reached 800,000 tractors sold on the national market. ...

Feb. 25, 2019

By FederUnacoma Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation

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