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Precision farming technology as a management tool

03-09-2019 | Article

‘Precision farming technology as a management tool’

Photo: Syngenta

02-09-2019 | News

Syngenta acquires ag tech company Cropio

Canola is a major commercial oilseed crop associated with high quality oil. A field trial, by canola breeding program at Kansas State University, investigating the effect of heat stress responses on yield and oil qualities to enhance resilience to heat exposure under future warming scenarios.

02-09-2019 | News

Optimising fertiliser source and rate to avoid root death

CR-7 application via bee vectoring gets EPA approval

02-09-2019 | News

CR-7 application via bee vectoring gets EPA approval

epa07570199 A large crop of corn grows in a field near Bailey, Texas, 14 May 2019. Farm crops have been getting a lot of rain causing farmers trouble. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

30-08-2019 | News

KWS adds Iteris ClearAg to digital farming platform

With ecovio® M 2351, BASF offers a certified soil-biodegradable plastic for mulch films consisting of the biodegradable co-polyester polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) ecoflex® and other biodegradable polymers made from renewable raw materials. Mulch films made of ecovio® M 2351 can be ploughed into the soil after mechanical harvest as naturally occurring micro-organisms in the soil recognize the structure of the film as food they can metabolize. When growing tomatoes, mulch films made of ecovio® can lead to an increased yield from 15 to 50 percent, less water consumption and a better weed control with less herbicides compared to bare-soil farming.

27-08-2019 | News

Soil-biodegradable plastic increases tomato yield

Future Farming 3: How to benefit from precision tech

26-08-2019 | News

Future Farming 3: How to benefit from precision tech

Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

23-08-2019 | Article

Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

2014-06-17 21:37:49 TO GO WITH AFP STOY by Rob LEVER, US-farm-IT-Internet-environment Andrew Isaacson watches from the cockpit of a tractor in a corn field as screens show where he has fertilized at the Little Bohemia Creek farm on June 17, 2014 in Warwick, Maryland. The farm on Maryland's eastern shore is part of a growing "precision agriculture" movement that uses high-tech tools to replace seat-of-the-pants farming. GPS auto-steered tractors cut down or eliminate overplowing and overlap that wastes fuel and time. Other technologies can sense just how much water is needed in a field to cut irrigation costs. At Little Bohemia Creek, the tractor's sensors gauge the health of various segments of a field to deliver fertilizer and other chemicals more efficiently, which has an environmental benefit. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP

22-08-2019 | News

Novatel unveils RTK From the Sky corrections

2017-09-12 19:01:45 Bananas trees are pictured at a plantation in Los LLanos de Aridane, on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, on September 12, 2017. DESIREE MARTIN / AFP

21-08-2019 | News

Artificial intelligence detects diseases in bananas

09:10 | Photo report

Larger role for distributors at World FIRA

FarmRobo iMog wins Ag Robot of the Year 2025 award, also chosen as public favourite

05-02 | Expert opinion

‘Autonomy choices’