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Cone tanks a versatile tank ideal for rainwater brewing molasses liquid fertiliser and more
For those seeking a versatile tank with many applications, full drain cone bottom tanks, or cone tanks in short, may just be the solution. Available in sizes ranging from 1360 litres to 21000 litres, Enduramaxx cone tanks can be used as a vertical rainwater tank, through to brewing applications and chemical and fertilizer storage tanks. Used as a plastic water tank, Enduramaxx Cone Tanks come ...
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IKEA produces sustainable cotton through its better cotton practices
Cotton is a part of our lives. We sleep on it. Live in it. We wear it everyday. IKEA is committed to cotton because it’s one of the retailer’s most important raw materials. Having cotton produced, sourced, manufactured and sold sustainably - while not being wasteful - is core to IKEA and its Swedish roots. IKEA is also committed to working towards better cotton growing methods, and ...
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Country Smells – Natural Fertiliser and Vertical Storage Tanks
The Bucks Herald has again written about country smells after townspeople have complained about a farmer spreading animal manure on his land to increase productivity. The view of the newspaper is that farmers are only doing their jobs when it comes to fertilising their land. Consumers often express that they don’t want farmers to be using chemical fertilisers, and when natural fertilisers ...
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The Reason That The Finished Product Appears Rough In The Organic Fertilizer Granulator Production Line
Organic fertilizer granulator production line is to make the fertilizer into the user needs the granule, then convenient for later use or sales. Zhengzhou Fusmar is a professional fertilizer granulator machine manufacturer, welcome to our website and inquiry for machine details. The Reason That The Finished Product Appears Rough In The Organic Fertilizer Granulator Production Line The service ...
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Environmental entrepreneurs: Mexico’s Alibio harnesses the power of microbes
A Mexican company uses microbes to reduce chemicals used in agriculture and water treatment. What do bacteria have to do with clean water and sustainable agriculture? Mexican entrepreneur Alfredo Suárez Rivero has built his business, AliBio, around the ability of bacteria and other microbes to treat wastewater and reduce the use of polluting chemicals in the agriculture and aquaculture ...
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Modern farming practices: a short term solution to soil erosion
New research shows that the damaging effects of soil erosion can be partly avoided by using modern farming methods, such as the use of fertilisers, but at a cost. An increase in the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, for example, is likely to have an impact on local ecosystems. A team of European scientists, lead by the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, have developed a ...
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Rice Farmers in China use Less Fertilizer, Increase Yield
“Rice farmers can decrease their nitrogen fertilizer and pesticide use by around 20%, and increase their yield by 10% by using the ‘three controls technology’ (3CT),” says Dr. Xuhua Zhong, crop physiologist at the Rice Research Institute of the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDRRI). The meaning of “three controls” is controlling the amount of ...
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Quality Organic Fertilizers & Soil Amendments at an Affordable Price
Our health starts with our soil. If the soil in our farms and gardens is depleted of life because of chemical and fertilization, the food will be sterile and not healthy. They key to a healthy body, soul, and mind is organically grown food that is full of life. “When the things we put into our bodies are healthy, our bodies are able to utilize the nutrients with very little energy. This ...
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Eco friendly advice for healthy lawns and greenscapes (PA)
Beautiful lawns are a big part of summer, but the average lawn can eat up your free time and cost a bundle to maintain. Going with eco-friendly methods can actually save you time and money, and help the environment. A thick, full lawn reduces soil erosion, filters contaminants from rainwater and absorbs airborne pollutants like dust and soot. Grass is also great at converting carbon dioxide to ...
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Main digital technologies in precision farming
We briefly covered some of the different forms of technologies that are used in precision farming. FIELD MONITORING Crop Health Monitoring (mostly based on NDVI) — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a method that is used to determine the health of crops through the analysis of drone and satellite imagery. It looks at various wavelengths of light, both visible and ...
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Influx of cheap Peruvian quinoa riles Bolivia
International demand for quinoa continues to boom, and that's fueling an increasingly bitter commercial feud between Bolivia and Peru, the two main producers of the Andean "superfood." The fight pits hardscrabble, traditional organic growers mostly in Bolivia's semi-arid highlands against upstart Peruvian agribusinesses concentrated on the Pacific coast that include heavy pesticide users. Peru ...
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