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Backup generators for Biggest brassica producer in Uk
YorPower has provided a standby 400kVA Cummins diesel generator, along with battery charger, engine water heater and cable termination box to a customer in Lincolnshire, UK. The customer specialises in the cultivation of vegetables, Brassicas in particular and has the largest production unit of Brassicas in Britain. Using 100, 000 acres of land and with 600 employees this highly-successful ...
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Nepal`s shifting rains and changing crops
With weather becoming more erratic every year as a result of climate change, Nepali farmers are progressively shifting their approach, turning vast areas of rice paddies into small-scale vegetable farming. Vegetables are more resilient as they can be hand watered in case of drought. Farmers say that with rains that used to come in April now shifting as late as mid-June, vegetables that can be ...
By SciDev.Net
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Australian vegetable farms could be fully automated by 2025
Australia could see fully automated vegetable farms by 2025, according to top robotics researchers, with the ability to automate the entire production process for some crop commodities emerging through targeted research and development in the industry. The latest edition of the InfoVeg Radio R&D podcast, developed specifically for Australian vegetable producers, features the developer of the ...
By AUSVEG
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New equipment has its place across two operations
Armed with a Field Crops Technology degree from NC State University, the fifth generation farmer came home after college, and several months later, had an opportunity to start a vegetable farming venture with his life-long friend, Walker Shelton. “This year, Walker and I grew 160 acres of cucumbers and 15 acres of specialty peppers that are drip irrigated thanks to a great water supply from ...
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Envista Farms and Independence LED Lighting launch groundbreaking integration of aquaponics and LED grow lights
Strategic partners Envista Farms and Independence LED Lighting announced today the launch of the latest indoor fish and vegetable farming facility on the market with advanced Aquaponics and LED Grow Lights. The facility at 1003 Maclay St, Harrisburg, PA 17103 opens in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on January 9 through 14, 2016, and serves as a ...
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From Creative Ideas to Specific Plans for Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture may be trendy but does it have any impact? Municipalities are increasingly discovering that the answer is ’yes’, with benefits for health, the neighbourhood and the local economy. In the fast-growing Urban Agriculture City Network (Stedennetwerk Stadslandbouw), councils are working together to make urban agriculture a permanent success. The Day of Urban Agriculture ...
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Obama Administration Selects Itta Bena and Clarksdale, Mississippi to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion
On behalf of the White House Rural Council, six federal agencies joined to announce 26 communities including Itta Bena and Clarksdale, Mississippi have been selected to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing technical support to integrate local food systems into community economic action plans. Under this effort, a team of agricultural, transportation, ...
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Lending promise featured in April dining for women program
Lending Promise Inc., a nonprofit organization that offers microcredit - small loans of $100 or less - to poor mothers in Nepal and India, is the featured organization at April programs of more than 180 chapters of Dining For Women (DFW) in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Dining for Women empowers poor women by funding programs fostering good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency and ...
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A day spent in nature is never a lost day
As spring arrives in Geneva, forests are coming back to life and animals are enjoying the first warm days, we hear from Julian Rad, a runner up in our 2018 ‘Experience Forests, Experience PEFC’ photo contest. Julian tells us about his photo ‘Sniffling’ and why forests and wild animals are his favourite photo motives. How do you feel about forests, both professionally ...
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Small Farm Advice: Stand & Deliver
A roadside stand is a good entry into direct-marketing your crops. In addition to earning extra income without a middleman taking a cut, it’s a good way to promote your farm and test what sells with consumers in your area. Besides the bricks and mortar (or more likely wood and nails) of your stand, consider the “intangibles” necessary to pull off a successful farm stand that ...
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Launch of Growing Solutions Kenya
Last Friday September 18th the project Growing Solutions Kenya was launched during the Naivasha Horticultural Fair. The launch was carried out by Mr. Bert Rikken, agricultural counselor, Peter Muthee, director of Latia Resource Centre, local partner of Growing Solution Kenya and Mr. Harm Maters, chairman of Growing Solutions by disclosing the Growing Solutions billboard. Growing Solutions Kenya ...
By Genap B.V.
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Energy efficiency a key concern for vegetable growers
As Australian vegetable growers continue to struggle under the weight of rising production costs, an energy audit report on the industry has taken a closer look at power consumption and efficiency. “Energy costs have practically doubled over the last decade, prompting the industry to take a closer look at the way facilities use energy, and to then use the report to identify inefficiencies ...
By AUSVEG
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Victoria to host veggie roadshow
Victorian vegetable growers will have their say on a range of issues affecting the vegetable industry, at a series of free levy payer meetings to be held next week as part of a nationwide Regional Roadshow by AUSVEG and Horticulture Australia Limited. Two meetings will be held in the state’s principal vegetable growing regions, with the first taking place in Werribee on Monday 17 March at ...
By AUSVEG
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Secret to Healthy Soil, Black Worm Castings, Organic Fertilizers, Vermaplex
Although it is not apparent, the soil in your garden or farm is living system teaming with life. The ‘soil food web’, is made up of millions of beneficial micro-organisms which supports the development, vigor and production of the plant. These organisms include, nematodes, fungi, protozoa, and bacteria, are also responsible for retaining water and nutrients and disease suppression. ...
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Benefits of Black Worm Castings, VermaPlex, and Organic Fertilizers
Over the last couple of years, organic fertilizers such as Black Worm Castings, VermaPlex Specialty Fertilizer, Black Sea Kelp, Coral Calcium, Hydrolyzed Fish, and Liquid Humate Plus, have become increasingly popular. As gardeners and farmers realize the amazing benefits of these amendments, many stores have started selling them, but the quality and affordability of Vermitechnology can not be ...
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Restore Life to Your Soil With Vermaplex/Black Worm Castings
Farmers and gardeners alike are looking for ways to improve the health of their soil and ability to store water for drought relief. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service released its “Unlock the Secrets in the Soil” campaign, “leading the effort to get more farmers and ranchers to adopt soil health management systems for a ...
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CDM emerging a disincentive for government investment in renewables
The UN’s clean development mechanism (CDM), which allows developing countries to earn credits for investing in clean energy or forestation projects, has come under attack in India, as a ‘perverse’ disincentive for renewable energy technologies. Under current CDM rules, some Indian renewable energy projects receiving government support cannot qualify for CDM credits, but ...
By SciDev.Net
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Six months after disaster, Philippine farmers bring in the harvest
Tens of thousands of farmers are bringing in their first rice harvest just six months after one of the worst typhoons to ever hit the Philippines left their fields in tatters and their livelihoods at risk, FAO announced today. After Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines on 8 November, 2013, the situation was dire. More than 6,000 people lost their lives, while some 600,000 hectares of ...
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What are the impacts of fish-farming on marine ecosystems?
New EU-supported research in the Mediterranean Sea has assessed the impact of fish-farming on seafloor ecosystems. Results indicate that impacts are only apparent in habitats with no vegetation, but the researchers suggest that habitats with vegetation seagrass could be masking the effects. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56 1 aims to achieve good environmental status of the EU's ...
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Muck Crops Field Day is July 31
Agricultural producers are welcome to attend the Muck Crops Field Day and learn the newest vegetable care and growing tips from state experts at Ohio’s oldest outlying agricultural research station. The 2014 Muck Crops Field Day is July 31 at the Muck Crops Agricultural Research Station, located in Willard. This event is sponsored by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center ...
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