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Years with lower corn prices lead to many farmers making soybeans a bigger part of their crop plan. The Maximum Farming System® can help make the most of such changes and provide optimal fertilizer management, which varies by crop. ...
With TELUS Agriculture, we are making a commitment to everyone in the Agri-Business and Agri-Food, Consumer Goods and Retail value chain to create a better flow of information across the food system. By bringing together leading solutions to securely link the food chain, we will be able to increase yields, returns and efficiencies. ...
Semios, the leading precision farming platform for permanent crops, has raised US$75 million in private equity funding to advance the development of its data-driven crop management solution. The financing was led by Morningside Group, a Boston-based private equity and venture capital firm. Since its founding in 2010, Semios has secured a total of US$115 million in external capital. Semios has ...
FIGARO, an EU-funded international project focused on developing the new precision agriculture Decision Supporting System (DSS) to improve irrigation management for increasing water productivity, has been invited to hold a special presentation at Expo Milano 2015. ...
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David Leclère, a researcher at the International Institute for Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, and colleagues report in the journal Environmental Research Letters that they used computer simulations to explore nine different climate scenarios and their impact on 18 selected crops and four crop management ...
With all of the tradeoffs of different management systems, which one should growers use? To answer that question, researchers from the USDA Agricultural Research Service compared nutrient and sediment loss from no-till, conventional tillage, and reduced-input rotation watersheds in a study published online today in Soil Science Society of America Journal. ...
"Changing farmers' attitudes from using the open pollinated variety seeds they are accustomed to, to adopting the hybrid seeds will be a challenge," says Cyprian Banyiyereka, head of the Department of Land Management and Cropping Systems at ISABU. Banyiyereka is calling on Burundi's government to consider subsidising the cost of hybrid seeds, to ...
He will also be part of the team that helps build the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program as it expands around the world. “With the addition of Bruce, ASA will be complementing and expanding the continuing education opportunities it currently offers to certified professionals,” says Luther Smith, ASA’s Director of Certification Programs. ...
A four year research project led by Cranfield University aims to improve energy and water efficiency and crop quality through developing an innovative approach to irrigation practices. Rising energy costs, increasing water regulation and supermarket demands for premium quality produce are forcing growers to address the impacts of irrigation on crop quality whilst simultaneously reducing energy ...
Resistance to biotic stresses Increase durability of resistance to biotic stresses that threaten food security in major crops. Crop management systems Create novel crop management systems that are resilient in the face of changes in climate and rural demographics. ...
The use of herbicides on crops causes environmental concerns. A new French study assesses the performance of cropping systems to manage weeds and finds that these techniques could control arable weeds in the long-term and reduce reliance on herbicides. ...
Although cover crop benefits to agroecosystems are well documented, cover crop use in agronomic farming systems remains low. ...