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Diesel efficiency in agricultural production

The topic of diesel efficiency has only become an increasing focus for farmers in recent decades, following earlier decades of concentrating above all on timely and high quality performance of work with modern agricultural machinery and equipment. The discussion on diesel efficiency, which is still topical today, was triggered not only by rising fuel costs, but also by the environmental policy ...

Nov. 10, 2013

By European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

Plastic-Puglia at EIMA 2018

Also this year Plastic-Puglia will be at the international exposition of machines for Agriculture and Gardening that will be held in Bologna from November the 7th up to 11th 2018. In addition ...

Sep. 30, 2018

By Plastic Puglia

EC proposes new Common Agricultural Policy measures to tackle climate change, biofuel production and water management

The European Commission today unveiled its blueprint for streamlining and further modernising the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. The so-called 'Health Check' of the CAP will build on the approach which began with the 2003 reforms, improve the way the policy operates based on the experience gathered since 2003 and make it fit for the new challenges and opportunities in an EU of 27 ...

Nov. 19, 2007

By European Commission, Agriculture and Rural Development DG

Food security may be increased by new agricultural production modeling

Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. They do soil tests to choose the right amount of fertilizers to apply, and they sometimes plant row crops on some fields while keeping others in pasture. But is it possible to optimize production across a much bigger area—say, the whole East Coast of the United States? That’s the question a team of USDA-ARS scientists ...

May 4, 2014

By American Society of Agronomy

Towards a new European agricultural and agri-food product promotion policy

The European Commission today presented a draft reform of the information and promotion policy for European agricultural and food products. This new promotion policy, which benefits from a more substantial budget and will in the future be supported by a European executive agency, is intended to act as key for opening up new markets. With the slogan 'Enjoy, it´s from Europe', the policy aims ...

Nov. 20, 2013

By Europa Press Room

Self-seeding: an innovative management system

US researchers have investigated the potential for rye and wheat cover crops to perpetuate themselves, saving time and money for farmers while providing environmental benefits Winter cover crops provide important ecological functions that include nutrient cycling and soil cover. Although cover crop benefits to agroecosystems are well documented, cover crop use in agronomic farming systems ...

Apr. 13, 2008

By American Society of Agronomy

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 ...

Feb. 24, 2015

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

Making agriculture sustainable

Agriculture is possibly the most important sector of global activity. It is a source of foods, fibers and, increasingly, fuel. It provides livelihoods and subsistence for the largest number of people worldwide. It is vital to rural development and therefore critical to poverty alleviation. Up to 40% of the land’s surface is used for agriculture, along with 70% of the world’s fresh water supply. ...

Feb. 4, 2008

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

Empowering women in agriculture

Reducing gender inequality is fundamental to eliminating hunger and developing more sustainable food systems, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told international experts and country representatives at an International Women’s Day event in Rome. “This year we are celebrating Women’s Day against the backdrop of the ...

Mar. 6, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Linde and Sapphire Energy Announce Deal to Co-Develop CO2 Management System for Algae Fuel Production

The technology group, The Linde Group, and Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world's leaders in algae-based crude oil, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement to co-develop a low-cost system to deliver carbon dioxide (CO2) to commercial-scale, open-pond, algae-to-fuel cultivation systems. Linde, the leading merchant CO2 supplier in the U.S., will partner with ...

May 10, 2011

By Sapphire Energy

Egyptian Experimental Farm Reveals Possible Market for `Sewage Farming` Agricultural Products

Crops grown on the Egyptian desert using treated wastewater are safe for human consumption and their production is economically viable, concluded engineers working on an experimental farm in Gerga, in the Sohag Governorate of Egypt. Their final report, 'The Re-use of Treated Sewage Waste Water in Agriculture' contains recommendations for a successful country-wide establishment of ...

Aug. 12, 2015

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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 ...

Jan. 5, 2014

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

USDA Awards Research Grants to Address the Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture Production

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today (April 22, 2014) that USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $6 million to 10 universities to study the effects of climate on agriculture production and develop strategies to provide farmers and ranchers with the solutions they need to supply the nation with quality food. Vilsack made the announcement during remarks at ...

Apr. 21, 2014

By U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Trimble Launches First-of-its-Kind VerticalPoint RTK System for Agriculture

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has launched a world-first, patent-pending VerticalPoint RTK™ system for grade control in agriculture. VerticalPoint RTK provides significantly enhanced vertical accuracy and stability of standard single-baseline RTK systems reducing the downtime and costly delays experienced by many agriculture land improvement contractors today. VerticalPoint ...

Dec. 18, 2016

By Trimble

Strengthening links between industry and agriculture to build sustainable food systems

Industrialization can be an important tool for poverty and hunger reduction but should not come at the expense of agricultural development, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today. “Industrial development and agriculture should complement each other,” he told participants at the Second Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Forum ( ...

Nov. 3, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Agriculture to 2050 – the challenges ahead

Agriculture must become more productive if it is to feed a much larger world population while responding to the daunting environmental challenges ahead, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said here today. Opening a two-day High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 Diouf told the 300 delegates that over the next 40 years: 'The combined effect of population growth, strong income ...

Oct. 12, 2009

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Advancing agricultural adaptation and mitigation

This policy brief, published by Science, examines how agricultural science can help improve policies for climate change adaptation and ...

Jan. 23, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Exploring the use of wastewater in agriculture

With food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and instead manage it as a resource that can be used to grow crops and help address water scarcity in agriculture. ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Materials from Successful B&C and CPDA Workshop to Explore Agricultural Product Challenges with GHS Compliance

On February 28, 2013, the Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA) and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) jointly sponsored a workshop on Global Harmonization System (GHS) labeling requirements for agricultural chemicals. The workshop featured speakers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and ...

Mar. 7, 2013

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Materials from Successful B&C and CPDA Workshop to Explore Agricultural Product Challenges with GHS Compliance

On February 28, 2013, the Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA) and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) jointly sponsored a workshop on Global Harmonization System (GHS) labeling requirements for agricultural chemicals. The workshop featured speakers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and ...

Mar. 8, 2013

By Acta Group

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