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The study identifies how this new low-cost solution could help growers yield maximum crops with minimal fertilisation. - Photo: Canva

23-12-2021 | News

Low-cost AI soil sensors could help reduce fertiliser use

String Bio claims it can turn methane into food-growing biostimulants. - Photo: Van Assendelft

15-11-2021 | News

Turning methane into a valuable crop input

Photo: Topcon

27-10-2021 | Article

Determining slurry quantities in advance with Topcon

Corn (maize) growing in the NYU Rose Sohn Zegar Greenhouse on the roof of the NYU Center for Genomics & Systems Biology. - Photo: NYU Center for Genomics & Systems Biology

29-09-2021 | News

Machine learning to help grow crops with less fertilizer

Australian soils, in particular in the marginal wheat belt in Western Australia, are structurally degraded. - Photo: David Maunsell

14-09-2021 | News

Returning nitrogen to soils without chemicals

The antenna on the spreader determines the wind force and wind direction. Based on these measurements, the system adjusts the spreader to maintain a symmetrical spreading pattern. Photo: Amazone

31-08-2021 | News

Amazone wind control separately available on fertilizer spreaders

With the new Speed Control function, the fertilizer granules are thrown more in the center of the spreading disc as the driving speed increases, to compensate for the influence of the wind. Photos: Sulky

18-08-2021 | News

Sulky spreader compensates the influence of driving wind

A farmer tilling in cover crops. The use of cover crops can be risky to farmers because they cannot determine the exact amount of nitrogen supplied to the soil. - Photo: Henk Riswick

17-08-2021 | Article

Measuring nitrogen in cover crops

A bioactive developed from the algae known as “blue-green” (Cyanophyta). - Photo: Daniel Azevedo

22-07-2021 | News

Algae biofertilizer rises plant performance up to 10%

Photo: Canva

21-07-2021 | News

New tool to help farmers make nitrogen input decisions