The Yellow Emperor, also named Xuanyuan Shi, was the chief of the legendary Five Emperors. He has been regarded as the primogenitor of the Chinese nation together with Emperor Yan, so the Chinese of later generations have claimed themselves ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key ...
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Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key ...
Tags: Arcadia Biosciences, ESL, Food
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow to launch a new conservation initiative with an focus on public-private partnership. The new program promises to go beyond traditional ...
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The University of Melbourne, together with Regional Development Victoria, has opened a new upgraded Dookie Robotic Dairy facility. The new facility features robotic milking capabilites, milking shed as well as feeding systems with a ...
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Scientists at US Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) are developing a new modeling tool to optimize agricultural production. The new platform, known as the Geospatial Agricultural Management and Crop ...
The Mexican state of Chihuahua leads in production of cotton in the country during last year with 652,340 bales, with an average yield of 7.72 bales per hectare, as per the data released by the Ministry of the Rural Development of the ...
Tags: Cotton Production, cotton, cotton growers
Scotland-based potato producer and packer Albert Bartlett and UAE's Al Dahra National Investments have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) in Abu Dhabi. The new company, Al Dahra Bartlett, will be engaged in potatoes and ...
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Crop yields in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe have been declining over time because of poor soil fertility due to mono-cropping, lack of fertilizer, and other factors. In collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for ...
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A new collaboration promises the ability for growers to more accurately plan, place, and manage nitrogen applications on a real-time basis, growers will have more corn hybrid choices for 2014, U.S. soybean crop quality survey shows less ...
Roberto Rodrigues was Brazil’s minister of agriculture from 2003 through 2006, and he’s recognized as one of that country’s leading authorities on agriculture. Like his father and grandfather, he is an agricultural ...
Tags: intensification, family farms, market forces
In this part 1 of a two-part series, a K-State veterinarian provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially plays a role in cattle fatigue. In agricultural ...
Tags: Beta-Agonists, Cattle Fatigue, Environment, Agriculture
In Tieshiya village, farming is mostly left to the over 60's as about a third of its population have gone to work in towns or cities. Villager Zhou Douquan is worried, very worried. "Farmers make little profits from their land. Most ...
Cotton acreage in the Mexican region of Sierra de la Laguna is estimated to rise from 5,800 hectares to 15,000-20,000 hectares, during 2014, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock (SAGARPA) of Mexico’s ...
Tags: Region Cotton, Textile
Japan-based Nitori Holdings Company is set to invest US$ 550 million in Tanzania’s cotton farming and related industries, Daily News Tanzania reported. The Japanese company has secured 40,000 hectares of land for commercial ...
Tags: Cotton Farming, Textile