High commodity prices have created strong profits for America's farmers. That has them replacing aging combines, tractors and other equipment. That's been good for Titan Machinery (TITN), which operates 96 farm and construction equipment ...
Greenhouse growing plays a huge role in the production of localized crops, allowing for enhanced yields per acre compared to outdoor farming and reduced trucking needs. These controlled environments have been operating for decades using HPS ...
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According to new market analysis from Lux Research, the market for frack water treatment is expected to grow nine-fold to $9 billion in 2020. Hydraulic fracturing -- the use of high pressure water to help extract previously inaccessible ...
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The government of Kenya is investing Sh 120 million in a bamboo processing venture intended to conserve its fast receding forest cover. The bamboo project is aimed at making bamboo products such as wooden jewellery, curtains and furniture ...
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High commodity prices have led to a spike in machinery buying on Midwest farms. We asked the full-line equipment manufacturers what industry trends they see among their customers. They came back with seven clear machinery-buying trends. ...
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It's easier to carve an apple with a knife than an axe. The same goes for manufacturing, where plants are increasingly building things with precise, programmable electric tools instead of machines run on compressed air. Industry groups say ...
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Cordless power tools are an amazing convenience that can help speed up projects in a big way. But there are all kinds of problems which can crop up with as with any kind of electrical device, whether you're a just a DIY inclined Portland ...
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The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reported December North American unit sales increased for row-crop tractors by 9% year-over-year. Compared to the December 2010, sales of utility tractors rose by 11% and compact tractor sales grew ...
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Sustainable packaging upstart Ecovative Design LLC has received tremendous attention over the past year for its disruptive technology introduction of protective packaging materials grown from agricultural byproducts bound together by ...
One of the most common methods of film manufacture is Blown Film (also referred to as the Tubular Film) Extrusion. The process involves extrusion of a plastic through a circular die, followed by "bubble-like" expansion. The principal ...
Blown-film Extrusion can be defined as a process for forming Plastic films. The Blown-film extrusion involves a molten resin extruded through a circular die and filling the tube with air. The air within the tube stretches the film to obtain ...
Plexus Cotton Limited reports that NY futures ended the week mixed, as December managed to close unchanged at 99.50 cents, while March dropped 240 points to close at 96.48 cents. For most of the week the market tried to work its way higher ...
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Bamboo flooring can be a great choice for environmentally conscious consumers. When handled properly, the flooring is sustainable and environmentally friendly. The processing of bamboo leaves little waste while creating an attractive wood ...
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The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from the fact that it combines three separate operations, reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single process. Among the crops harvested ...
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A rice transplanter is a specialized transplanter fitted to transplant rice seedlings onto paddy field. Although rice is grown in areas other than Asia, rice transplanters are used mainly in East, Southeast, and South Asia. This is because ...