The development of the FIGARO new precision agriculture Decision Support System has been completed, allowing growers to benefit from cutting-edge developments in irrigation technology, optimize the use of irrigation water and energy ...
Neogen has received approval from the AOAC Research Institute for its new rapid and accurate test to definitively detect E. coli O157:H7 DNA. Neogen's newly approved ANSR for E. coli O157:H7 detects the bacteria after only 10 minutes of ...
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The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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Driven by a large fall in the area planted to cotton, the production of white gold in Australia is forecast to fall by almost half in 2014-15, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). ...
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As the global population expands, so will the demand for food and fresh water. The challenge becomes producing more food while using our resources efficiently. "Agriculture is at the intersection of many major challenges today – ...
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A hefty snowpack in most parts of Colorado heading into spring is good news for state hay growers, says Tess Norvell, reporter with USDA-Colorado Department of Agriculture Market News in Greeley. “We’ll get river run-off and ...
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What’s keeping large farmers up at night? Labor shortages, for one, says David Hollinrake, vice president of agricultural commercial operations marketing for Bayer Crop Science. Hollinrake told about a group of large farmers he ...
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India’s government wants to replace 26 million groundwater pumps for irrigation with more efficient pumps that run on solar power, in an effort to relieve farmers of high costs of diesel fuel. Diesel generators are commonly used when ...
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Idaho alfalfa hay prices will rise or fall in 2014 based largely on how much irrigation water will be available during the growing season, says Glenn Shewmaker, forage specialist with University of Idaho Extension. "Right now, a lot of ...
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Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists recently provided 2014 projections for major commodities produced in Texas, with many pointing to past drought conditions as a key factor in making or breaking a crop. The Plains region of ...
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The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) held its fourth meeting to assess the 2013-14 crop situation, under the chairmanship of Ms. Rukhsana Shah, Federal Secretary, Textile Industry Division. Based on the information provided by ...
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Spiral steel pipes are widely used in gas petrochemical electricity heating water supply and drainage with steam heating hydropower station pressure pipe thermal power source such as long distance pipeline, steel structure of bridge pile ...
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The area of plantation for cotton in Australia, in the 2013-14 harvest season, is forecast to fall by 2 percent to around 434,000 hectares, according to the Australian Crop Report—September 2013 edition, released by the Australian ...
UC researcher's comments sound serious alarm Parasitic wasp enlisted in fight against ACP Irrigation water blocked by red tape Tests on Asian citrus psyllids (ACP) taken live from infested trees in a neighborhood in Dinuba, Calif. came ...
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