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The lack of herbicides and soil disruption paves the way for a regenerative approach, which leads to healthy crops and higher yields. A reduction in overall costs: Automated robots enable farmers to reduce the highly variable cost of manual labor as well as reduce the use of crop inputs such as herbicides and fertilizers. Labor is often ...
FieldAlytics is widely used by ag retailers, including those within the WinField United network, Land O’Lakes’ crop inputs and agronomic insights business, to help growers analyze field data so they can more efficiently manage their land and increase yields and profit. ...
Precise, accurate data enables tailored application of crop inputs and water resources, eliminating overapplication and overuse of products and delivering the insights needed for growers to optimize land stewardship. ...
Canadian agriculture and food technology companies Terramera and Livestock Water Recycling emerged victorious to claim USD$1.25 million after the final pitching competition in the Nutrien-Radicle Challenge on October 1 and 2 in Saskatoon. Terramera of Vancouver, BC, took home the US$1 million prize in the growth-stage category. The company develops high-performance natural alternatives to ...
Gifford estimated that there have been 1 million suicides to date, all triggered by high-chemical-input crops that farmers borrow money to raise, but fail to see returns. ...
Semios improves sustainability and profitability through lowering dependency on pesticides, reducing crop management inputs and increasing the value of harvests through reduced loss or increased quality. ...
For more than 40 years agronomists and scientists have used Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to assess the health of crops and plants. But what is NDVI? And how do you know you’re getting the real deal? ...
The winners were based on peer nominations from its global network of 25,000 and spanned novel crop inputs, robotics and AI, supply chain efficiency, precision ag and more. ...
Maintaining soil health is crucial for increased crop productivity, preventing nutrient runoff, and decreasing costs of crop inputs. ...
Agrinos, a leading biological crop input provider committed to improving the productivity and sustainability of agriculture worldwide, announces the construction of a new, state-of-the-art production facility in Clackamas, Oregon. ...
“Rental rates will take their cues from crop margins. The lower the crop price and corresponding profit margin, the more downward pressure on rental ...
” Bayer CropScience has established a series of dedicated Crop Future Forums to provide a networking platform on the future of key agricultural crops. ...
“Cover crops are an integral part of modern, sustainable agriculture. With improved plant genetics, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and machinery helping to increase yields, but sometimes masking soil degradation, cover crops become an important part in helping to improve underlying soil resources and in obtaining the full potential benefits from ...
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that its Brazilian subsidiary Ceres Sementes do Brasil Ltda., has signed a sweet sorghum market development agreement with Syngenta (NYSE: SYT). ...
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Most agricultural research and development, for instance, focuses on irrigated, chemical inputs-based cereal production systems, neglecting rainfed farming (60 per cent of India’s arable lands) which has diverse inter- and multiple-cropping systems and low input use, soil moisture management techniques, seed systems, livestock, and inland ...
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that the U.S. ...
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Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that Richard Flavell, PhD., will transition from his position as Chief Scientific Officer and an executive officer of the company to a new role of Chief Scientific Advisor. ...
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Join a panel of experts as they discuss how to practice good nutrient management in the wake of this year's drought Sponsored by the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council and hosted by the American Society of Agronomy The drought of 2012 will long be remembered for its devastating effects on crops across a huge swath of North America's most productive soils. And while late ...
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today hosted a bioenergy field day at the company’s 200-acre research center near Houston, Texas. ...
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Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that former BP Chief Scientist and Undersecretary of Energy for Science, Steven E. ...
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