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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 ...

Jan. 6, 2014

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

Topcon breaks ground on new technology center in Concordia, Italy

Topcon Positioning Group announces the groundbreaking of the Technology Innovation District in Concordia, Italy. On June 18, 2014, Concordia community leaders joined Topcon executives as they turned the ceremonial first spades of dirt. The project scope consists of a 169,000 square meter campus, of which nearly 45,000 will function as head-offices for Topcon-affiliated organizations, Tierra and ...

Jul. 1, 2014

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

Eurocontrol to commercialize Precision Agricultural Initiative

Eurocontrol Technics Group Inc., a Canadian public company specializing in the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative test and measurement technologies for the authentication, verification and certification markets, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Xenemetrix Ltd. ("Xenemetrix") has successfully completed feasibility and verification of its precision ...

May 1, 2017

By Croptimal

JMA & JMI Models Now Offer 4-20mA Output

The JMA-100/200/300 accelerometer and JMI-100/200 inclinometer series, the latest additions to Jewell Instruments’ MEMS sensor line, are now available with 4-20mA output (JMA-L, JMI-L). This output option provides ease of use, particularly for applications that rely on long cable runs. The JMI and JMA series utilize capacitive technology and are available in multiple axis configurations. ...

Nov. 2, 2016

By Jewell Instruments LLC

Senators Stabenow, Peters Call for Coordinated Federal Response after Michigan Residents Receive Seeds from China

Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called for a coordinated federal response to households in Michigan and across the country that received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail. Foreign ...

Aug. 11, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

A Canadian winter fairy tale

If the Canadian winter doesn‘t throw a spanner into our plans our engineers are confident that the 335 kW plant will be ready for commissioning at the end of January. “Till now we consider grape pomace, grass silage, chicken dung and glycerine as input materials, but we already send an application for fermenting leftovers like oils and drippings.“ explains Jan- Hendrik Thesing, project and ...

Apr. 2, 2009

By Triangle Ltd

Innovative New Agriculture Projects Receive Support

B.C.'s agrifoods industry is receiving more than $1.4 million for 17 new projects that support innovation throughout the province. Through the Growing Forward 2 agreement, the governments of Canada and British Columbia have committed a total of $13.4 million to industry between 2013 and 2018 through the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program. In 2013-14, 36 projects have shared more than $3.3 ...

Aug. 25, 2014

By Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Croptimal nominated for the 2018 Fruit logistica innovation award

Croptimal is one of ten innovations nominated to the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2018. The nominated innovations will be in special exhibits at two locations at this event which gather each year more than 75,000 visitors of the fruit and vegetable sector. The winner will be announced at 14:30 on 9 February 2018. The FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) is presented each year at FRUIT ...

Dec. 21, 2017

By Croptimal

EU launches new computer model for policy changes on agriculture

Researchers from 15 European countries have come together to build a computer model that can evaluate the effects of policy changes on agriculture. This new model allows policy makers to investigate the likely effects of policy change on agriculture. Importantly, the model will allow the effects of policy to be examined at all scales, from farming in a single region to the whole European and ...

Feb. 15, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Aerial applicators now hitting the ‘bull’s eye’

Getting 6-inch accuracy on spray patterns, applying as little as 1 gallon per acre of water-chemical mixture, achieving virtually total canopy coverage and doing this while flying 140 miles per hour only 10 to 15 feet above the ground is the proficiency of today’s aerial applicators. “It’s very significant, the technology upgrades for aerial applicators the past few ...

Jun. 12, 2019

By Spectrum Electrostatic Sprayers Inc.

Horn of Africa `should grow more climate-hardy cassava`

Farmers in the Horn of Africa should focus on growing more improved cassava varieties, which are high-yielding and resilient to drought, according to researchers. The improved varieties developed by the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and tested in Ethiopia, may help tackle famine in the Horn of Africa, an area that was severely hit by drought and hunger in ...

Jan. 17, 2013

By SciDev.Net

Movement restrictions on older cattle introduced

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (National) Cattle born or reared in the UK before 1 August 1996 have had new movement restrictions placed on them as an extra precaution against meat from these older cattle entering the food chain. The restrictions are being placed on cattle born or reared in the UK before 1 August 1996 following a Government investigation into whether any ...

Mar. 8, 2011

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Agilent to host wine industry webinar

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will host a webinar Oct. 8 featuring Dr. Helene Hopfer, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California at Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology. Dr. Hopfer will present data on trace-metals analyses in the wine-making process. Attendees will learn how to use advanced trace-metals profiling technologies to assess the impact of ...

Oct. 4, 2013

By Agilent Technologies, Inc.

AgGateway tests precision ag conversion toolbox

AgGateway will begin initial testing next week of its Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) Conversion Toolbox. The test will take place in Lincoln, Neb., at PlugFest, an agricultural machinery compatibility testing event organized by the Agricultural Electronics Manufacturers Foundation (AEF) and hosted by the National Tractor Testing Lab. The SPADE team expects to release the ...

May 1, 2014

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

Recall of Honeycrisp Apple Cider due to Patulin Contamination

Consumers are warned to avoid drinking Pepin Heights Orchard’s Honeycrisp Apple Cider products with a use-by-date of February 9, 2012. Patulin is a mycotoxin and produced by Penicillium, Aspergillus and Byssochylamys molds. It grows on a variety of foods, including fruit, grain, and cheese, but it is a particular threat in apple juice. While the immediate effects of ingesting patulin ...

Jan. 11, 2012

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Highly convincing in handling, cleaning and feed dosing

(DLG). After having successfully passed a test in practice, the DLG Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft – German Agricultural Society) recently awarded the PAL-VITAL feeding bowl for broilers of the German manufacturer PAL Bullermann with the test label “DLG FokusTest”. Already during design and development of the feeding bowl, the ...

Jul. 27, 2015

By Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft e.V. (DLG e.V.)

Sustainable Lawn Care Brought to the Next Level

Furthering the world of customizable and sustainable lawn care nationwide, this biotech solution will drive nutrient use efficiency Rachio, Inc. is collaborating with Heliae™ Agriculture to provide a biotech liquid soil microbial food solution to assist with customizing lawn care nationwide. This collaboration will go to the next level of lawn care to drive nutrient use efficiency making ...

Feb. 27, 2020

By Heliae Development, LLC

1st restocked Iowa turkey farmer talks lessons from bird flu

Thousands of small young turkeys ran around the barns on the Moline family farm Monday near Manson, the first Iowa farm to restock birds after a bird flu outbreak decimated flocks in the Midwest. Owner Brad Moline, who farms with his father and brother, said it's a sign the industry is turning the page on an outbreak in which about 48 million birds died from the virus or where euthanized to ...

Aug. 10, 2015

By Associated Press

Most chicken, turkey farms affected by bird flu can restock

Most commercial chicken and turkey farms that were infected by the bird flu have been cleared to restock, agriculture officials said Friday, but scientists still will keep a close eye on migrating birds and test thousands to see if the virus is present. No new cases have been reported since June 17 when the last Iowa farm said chickens were dying from the H5N2 virus. However, wild birds' ...

Nov. 6, 2015

By Associated Press

Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 21 April–4 May 2011

Below is a roundup of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 21 April-4 May, 2011. Tanzania to triple research funds A decision by the Tanzanian government to more than triple research funding in the next financial year — to Sh100 billion (around US$66 million) — has been hailed by The Citizen newspaper, which says it demonstrates commitment to addressing the country's ...

May 4, 2011

By SciDev.Net