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Rising global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events threaten food security as they alter crop cycles, heightening the risk of droughts and extreme rainfall, and shifting the distribution of pests and diseases. ...
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Repeatable by design and flexible by nature, the Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ program compensates farmers every crop cycle for using a more reliable form of nitrogen by connecting them with companies looking to achieve Scope 3 emissions reduction goals. ...
REA responds to the Environment Agency’s publication of a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) on the spreading of organic manures on agricultural land; Conditions of the RPS makes it possible to have a plan to apply organic manure to agricultural land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop, as long as it does not cause pollution; REA welcomes the clarity ahead ...
Calcium is a key component in many crop nutrition programmes. Providing sufficient levels of calcium strengthens and stabilises cell walls, helping crops build natural resistance to pests and common disorders such as Internal Rust Spot in potatoes, Cavity Spot in carrots and Tip Burn in lettuce. In addition to cell wall structure, its role in root development and ...
” The team is the first to use satellite imagery to establish the link between warming and crop yields. The images were taken at weekly intervals, from 2002 to 2007, of the wheat-growing seasons to measure the “vegetation greenness” − an indicator of crop yield. ...
As of 2012, the most recent data available, seed crops in Hawaii were worth $217 million, up from $140 million in 2007. ...
In contrast, spring brought a shortage of rain to the United Kingdom, northern France, the Benelux, the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Balkan region, and the surrounding areas of the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions, where the crop cycle is also advanced due to the warm weather. The forecast published by the European Commission provides yield estimates ...
Fertilising crops with cattle manure can lead to better soil quality than when synthetic fertiliser is used, recent research indicates. ...
The area under protected cultivation was 0.23% of the total area under the horticulture cultivation in India in FY'2012.The major crops grown in the protected cultivation are tomato, capsicum, cucumber, melons, rose, gerbera, carnation and chrysanthemum. ...
Cover crops and reduced tillage appeared equally effective in reducing runoff and soil loss between cropping cycles, despite the fact that the cover crop development was very poor. ...
Soil quality issues are being researched within two crop rotation experiments that started in 1994 at Narrabri. They compare several crop rotations that include or exclude legume phases. The data presented here relate to the most recent 2-year cycles of these experiments. Following cotton harvest at the end of the previous cycle, ...
The quality of soil must be maintained or restored if it is to provide its essential services: cycling nutrients, water and air, supporting biodiversity and acting as a substantial store for carbon. ...