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Outdoor silo for grain is logical investment
When Bert Veerman became so fed up with the dust and vermin, he considered various alternatives for storing grain. After a calculation, he discovered that the outdoor silo was the most advantageous altrnative for various reasons. Other grain storage possibilities, such as the construction of a new warehouse are less favorable. Labor saving, sustainabiliy and optimal grain quality were decisive ...
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Syngenta response to Cargill lawsuit
Syngenta believes that the lawsuit is without merit and strongly upholds the right of growers to have access to approved new technologies that can increase both their productivity and their profitability. The Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) was approved for cultivation in the USA in 2010. Syngenta commercialized the trait in full compliance with regulatory and legal requirements. Syngenta also ...
By Syngenta
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What's the Cost of Spent Grain Dryer?
The price of brewery spent grain dryer varies with the performance and quality of dryer equipment. Many aspects should be paid attention to when buying a spent grain dryer. The main function of distiller's lees drying machine is to dry and dehydrate quickly and promote the recovery and utilization of spent grain. To ensure higher economic benefits, the dried spent grains have high requirements in ...
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Roberts, Stabenow Applaud House Passage of Grain Standards Reauthorization
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today applauded the House of Representatives for passing the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020. The legislation is now ready to be signed into law. The U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 passed out of The Senate Agriculture ...
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28 new rice varieties released in 2014 as scientists ensure responsive breeding for the future
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners released at least twenty-eight new rice varieties to governments of eight countries in Asia and Africa in 2014. These newly-released varieties possess high-yielding and stress-tolerance traits that can help farmers overcome challenges, such as the negative effects of climate change, in their rice growing ecosystems. Some of the ...
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Ohio’s 2015 Wheat Crop Faced Tough Year
Growers wondering how this year’s historic rains have impacted wheat now have proof that it has indeed been a tough year for the crop, according to the results of the 2015 Ohio Wheat Performance Test. The test results are offered by researchers with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University and can be viewed at go.osu.edu/wheatresults. They ...
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Earthworms decompose GM maize
Pest-resistant genetically modified (GM) maize makes up an increasing proportion of maize grown commercially in the EU. A new study shows that earthworms may help break down the toxins produced by GM maize. GM maize (Bt-maize) plants are engineered to produce 'cry' proteins that are toxic to the European corn borer, a major insect pest responsible for corn crop losses. Recent studies have shown ...
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New App Involves Farmers in Investment Decisions in Rice Breeding
Investment Game Application (IGA), a new tablet app, helps farmers in South and Southeast Asia participate in an “investment market” for public rice breeding. By playing IGA, farmers reveal their preferences for the rice breeding products they most urgently need in order to improve their livelihoods. The app also helps them prioritize the traits they want in their rice varieties while ...
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Mathews Company announces its revolutionary new delta series product line
Mathews Company (M-C) is excited to announce its entry into the mixed-flow grain dryer market with planned availability of its new Delta Series product line this November, 2018. This has been one of the most aggressive new product development efforts since the company was established in 1954. By adding this new mixed-flow dryer product line to the company’s portfolio, it provides customers ...
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Ranking Member Stabenow Opening Statement on the Grain Standards Reauthorization
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the business meeting to consider the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020. Stabenow’s statement, as prepared for delivery, follows: Thank you Mr. Chairman for your leadership and bipartisan work on this bill. We ...
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TS3600 as stand-alone screen delivers high-quality grain sizes in processing and recycling
With the TS3600 RUBBLE MASTER, the market leader for mobile Compact Recyclers, launched a high-performance double-deck screen at the end of 2006. The first mobile tracked screen of the successful RM product family was designed as the perfect addition to the high-throughput compact crushers – for top quality and value added with the graded value grain. Having said that, the merits of the TS3600 ...
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Mathews Company introduces next generation Legacy series grain dryer
Mathews Company (M-C), a global manufacturer of grain dryers announces the launch of their newest grain dryer product line, The Next Generation Legacy Series. M-C has been at the forefront of innovation by rolling out new product designs in five of the past six years, and this year is no exception. In production for over forty years, the Legacy Series has been a flagship product for the company. ...
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Syngenta and Anheuser-Busch InBev enter malting barley collaboration
Syngenta and Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced today a partnership to secure the sourcing of high-quality malting barley, the key raw material for the beer industry. Under the agreement, growers will have access to the best Syngenta malting barley varieties and a tailored growing approach, which includes training and advice on agronomy and sustainable farming practices. By following the ...
By Syngenta
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IRRI and FAO step up joint efforts to globally bolster sustainable rice production
FAO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to cooperate more closely to support sustainable rice production in developing countries to improve food security and livelihoods while safeguarding natural resources. An agreement signed today seeks to better pool the scientific knowledge and technical know-how of the two organizations so that they can expand and intensify ...
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Roberts, Stabenow Announce Committee Passage of Grain Standards Reauthorization
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee passed the bipartisan U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 by a voice vote. Click here to read the legislation, summary, and section-by-section. “The entire federal grain inspection system needs the certainty, ...
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Canadian Government Supports New Infrared Grain-Sorting Technology at Winnipeg-Based Feed Mill
The owners of a Winnipeg feed mill will receive $1.1 million to install two new infrared grain sorters which will identify and remove undesirable grain kernels, significantly increasing the value of the final product, Minister of State Kevin Sorenson along with Member of Parliament Lawrence Toet, on behalf of Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural ...
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Bayer innovations help secure world record barley harvest
Innovative crop protection solutions from Bayer CropScience have helped a New Zealand farming couple break the world record yield for barley. Warren and Joy Darling, from Timaru in the country’s South Island, produced 13.8 tonnes per hectare, easily breaking the previous record of 12.2 tonnes held by Scottish grower Stockton Park since 1989. The new record was officially ratified by ...
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Grain Technologies 2019
Convex International GmbH took part in the Grain Technologies 2019 International Exhibition of Innovative Solutions in Grain Farming, which was held on February 19-21, 2019 in Kyiv. Our stand was visited by our partners with whom our company has been actively and successfully cooperating for many years, as well as representatives of agricultural enterprises interested in buying European ...
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Fueling ethanol production while protecting water quality
Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years as the cost and instability of oil has increased. New US government policies require major increases in ethanol production. While future plans call for a viable cellulosic ethanol industry, expanded grain ethanol production will lead to further growth of corn acres in the near term, with unintended negative water quality ...
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Protect your field, yield and profits from day one
Following their recent aquisition of the seed treatment Latitude, Certis are looking forward to Cereals and the opportunity to discuss with visitors the issue of take-all and how to protect crops from this devastating disease from day one. “Take-all is an extremely significant and widespread fungal disease that occurs in wheat and barley, with half the UK wheat crops estimated to be ...
By Certis UK
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