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Given the acceleration of work and the reduction of excessive pesticide use, the stability of the treatment process must go hand in hand. ...
The vertical farming process uses minimal water and no pesticides, combined with an exceptional water recycling capability that means the only water leaving the farm is contained in the crops. ...
CHAMPAIGN — With hot, rainy weather this spring, fungi have had an ideal environment to grow in. That's kept helicopter pilot Frank Pagel busy spraying fungicides on area farms. "We'll sit in these things 12, 14 hours a day, and it's exhausting," said Pagel, co-owner of Helicopter Services of Illinois in Fisher. "It's fun flying them ... but after the first hour of the season, I'm over ...
The eight ES considered were: food production from traditional methods; food production from intensive agricultural methods; air quality; climate regulation; water regulation; erosion control; tourism; and local identity. Overall, 402 questionnaires were completed and social sampling was conducted covering a wide range of local stakeholder profiles (including producers, workers ...
With farmers contemplating the most suitable party to vote for in the coming general election, it’s not only policies on fertiliser and pesticides and water abstraction and water supplies that are at the forefront of many farmer’s decision making. ...
” The scale and rigor of the baseline data gathered by Syngenta on land productivity, the efficiency of fertilizers, pesticides, water and energy in crop production will complement and enhance the broad base of information and analyses already available to the agriculture sector. ...
BySyngenta
This year’s Agricultural Engineers annual conference takes place at Newcastle University on Wednesday 20th May and will focus on new tools for water management and how engineering can develop and support their adoption. ...
The quality is high, and nowhere else is the use of water and pesticides so low. Even so, demand for innovation, sustainable production and healthy fruit and vegetables and high-quality flowers remains high. ...
Ingredients grown using GM technology require fewer pesticides, less water and keep production costs down. In fact, GM technology helps reduce the price of crops used for food, such as corn, soybeans and sugar beets by as much as 15-30%. ...
The Monsanto Co., one of several agricultural companies that sell pesticides in Argentina, says it is working with government officials and farmers to promote better pesticide practices. ...
Intensification and increased reliance on external inputs such as fertilisers, pesticides and water have caused major pressures on air and water quality, as well as on biodiversity. ...
Grass playing fields require mowing, fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides, and watering, all of which adds up to significant costs. ...
Geological Survey study. The declines in pesticide concentrations closely followed declines in their annual applications, indicating that reducing pesticide use is an effective and reliable strategy for reducing pesticide contamination in streams. ...
The vehicle can transport a load of up to 1 tonne; agricultural equipment can be attached for watering, pesticide spraying and collecting crops and it has a top speed of about 45 km/h on the road. ...
A new computerised tool helps regulators identify water sources at risk of pesticide contamination. The tool can be used to produce maps indicating water bodies at risk of contamination by taking into account: adjacent land-use, the concentration of pesticides in the environment and biological indicators of contamination. ...
Green Revolution agriculture increased the use of pesticides. Organochlorides, a chemical group of pesticides including DDT and dieldrin that spread with the Green Revolution, accumulated through the food chain and spread throughout ecosystems. Farm workers were poisoned by the new pesticides, water was contamined, and pests ...
Environmental Protection Agency for a decision that the spraying of pesticides into the nation's waters should no longer be regulated by the Clean Water Act. ...