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Agrivoltaics is a fascinating innovation for land-scarce regions that combines farming and crop cultivation with solar energy production. During the Agrivoltaics World Conference 2025, in Freiburg, Germany, we sat down with Matthew Berwind, Scientist at Fraunhofer ISE, to discuss the benefits, intricacies, and challenges of Agrivoltaic sites. ...
In a pioneering initiative, Iowa State University (ISU) is embarking on a research project to explore the combination of crops and solar power. The Alliant Solar Farm at Iowa State University is a groundbreaking agrivoltaics research project merging solar power generation and agriculture to study how best to optimize land use while providing local community ...
The major components of the new rule are a revision of the commodity definition for marjoram; the addition of three new commodity definitions for basil, edible flowers, and mint; and replacement of the existing “Crop Group 19: Herbs and Spices Group” with two new expanded crop groups, “Crop Group 25: Herb Group” and ...
“Over the years, I have used a combination of crop protection methods and tried and tested pesticides. ...
That passion drew him to questions about silvopastoral systems. Silvopastoral systems combine crops and animals in the same location in a way that benefits both. ...
The Harvest Survey will contribute towards the first source of published data on UK crop production levels for this year. It also looks to get the full picture of the wheat crop by mid-September and the year’s harvest of major combinable crops to date by early October. The Harvest Survey will also reflect on issues ...
Diverse agri-environmental schemes which combine flowering crops with semi-natural habitats, such as grasslands and hedgerows, will be best for bees, new research suggests. The researchers examined the foraging behaviour of honey bees, bumblebees and other wild bees and found that all bees used semi-natural habitats, which were particularly important for wild ...
The report profiles 162 companies including many key and niche players such as Bayer CropScience AG, BASF Agricultural Solutions, Dow AgroSciences, Mycogen Seeds, KWS SAAT AG, Limagrain, Monsanto Company, Delta and Pine Land Company, LLC, Emergent Genetics, Seminis, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Sakata Seed Corporation, The Pickseed Companies Group, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, ...
User groups innovated local agroforestry systems that combine double-cropping annual food crops, together with horizontal strips of valuable trees such as the aronia berry (Aronia melanocarpa) for its fruit, and a species of larch tree (Larix leptolepis) for timber. These practices have improved soils and increased tree cover and ...
Nearly three-quarters of all field vegetable crops, the most important crop in the UK after potatoes in terms of crop value, are irrigated using overhead methods which are inefficient in energy and water use, therefore affecting crop quality. 40,000 ha of outdoor vegetable crops are irrigated in a dry year. ...
An extensive US study over 15 years showed that 77% of harvester fires initiated in the combine engine bay. “Crop materials collecting or clumping on hot components can ignite, then embers can drop down or are blown around the machine and into the crop to cause smouldering and spot fires,” Dr Quick said. ...
Tris West, project leader, stated, “The use of remote sensing products allows for the identification of soil and environmental attributes that are associated with each unique combination of planted crop and associated management inputs at the sub-county scale.” ...