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Crop Farming Articles & Analysis: This-Year
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Farming can often include high-risk, low-profit margins and lots of debt. Researchers are experimenting with high-throughput automated plant phenotyping, a technology that reduces risks and increases the profits of farming. Part of that technology is ToughSonic® ultrasonic distance sensors from ...
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. ...
As combines roll and the growing season draws to a close, now is the ideal time for farmers to step back and assess whether their crop nutrition strategies worked or didn’t. In a recent NUTRI-CHECK NET webinar, ADAS crop physiologists Dr Sarah Kendall and Dr Tamara Fitters shared how grain analysis and post-harvest reviews can play a pivotal role in ...
Agriculture in Sri Lanka is undergoing a transformative journey amidst numerous challenges, including the impacts of COVID-19, a controversial fertilizer ban, the struggles faced by smallholder farmers and increasing climate extremes such as floods and droughts. In response to these pressing issues, Sri Lanka’s Department of Agrarian Development (DAD), in collaboration with the ...
Over the past 12 years, the YEN has helped hundreds of growers improve their crop performance and get closer to their farm’s full yielding potential. Whether you are seeking to improve crop yields, reduce your farm’s environmental impact, or improve overall crop quality, the YEN will ...
January is always a busy time, especially for farmers. It’s a month filled with essential maintenance tasks: hedging, tree planting, clearing ditches, and ensuring drainage systems are in top shape. Livestock farmers also bring their sheep indoors to protect them from harsh winter weather and carry out pregnancy scanning. But January is also a time for innovation and connection, ...