Month: September 2017

Keywords: UAV , agricultural , drone Agricultural unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are helping to improve the efficiency of disease and pest control in China’s agricultural industry. A skills competition for UAV and drone operation was held in Jianbei town, Changsha county in China, on Sept 14. It aimed at popularizing state-of-the-art agricultural devices. Various operators showed… Continue reading UAV bolsters agricultural industry in China

Autumn season, and then welcome harvest. Hebei Province, now the autumn grain has entered the harvest period, all over the country are gradually sickle harvest. According to the Provincial Agricultural Commission agricultural scheduling, this year the province’s autumn grain sown area of more than 60 million mu, more than the previous year to expand. If… Continue reading Anhui Province autumn grain planting area of more than 60 million mu this year

Keywords: Dow AgroSciences , research , soybean gene Through a collaborative project, Purdue University and Dow AgroSciences researchers have discovered a novel soybean gene. The gene provides resistance to a devastating and costly fungal disease. The team of Dow AgroSciences and Purdue researchers screened a wide variety of soybean genetic material using a number of approaches.… Continue reading Purdue University and Dow AgroSciences discover new soybean gene

On the evening of September 15, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Grain Bureau, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission jointly issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job of Maize and Soybeans in Northeast China in 2017 ” According… Continue reading Corn soybean implementation of the market acquisition and subsidy mechanism

Keywords: RNA, heat, drought tolerance Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA. That RNA can increase the thale cress plant’s resistance to stress from drought and salt. The discovery could help illuminate a new pathway to engineering drought- and salt-tolerant plants, including food crops, said Dr. Liming Xiong, AgriLife Research… Continue reading RNA discovery could help boost plant heat, drought tolerance

Keywords: cotton , India , farmer Kavita Gupta is the textile commissioner of India. He said:”Time has come to restore the lost glory of Indian cotton. Country just doesn’t need to increase its productivity and improve the quality of the cotton. But it also needs to double the income of cotton farmers and non-farmers associated with… Continue reading India: need to restore the lost glory of cotton

Keywords: Cooperation , agriculture sector , boost trade , BRICS nations Sharing best practises in agriculture among the five BRICS countries can address the issue of food security. That said by a leading Indian expert in the sector. Increased cooperation in the sector will also increase trade between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The… Continue reading Cooperation in agriculture sector will boost trade among BRICS nations, says expert

The European Union court ruled Wednesday in favor of an Italian activist farmer who has defied his nation’s laws by planting genetically modified corn. Italy has prosecuted Giorgio Fidenato for cultivating the corn on his land, citing concerns the crops could endanger human health. But the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that a member… Continue reading European court sides with Italian farmer pushing GM crops

Keywords: The Netherlands , farming Jacob van den Borne is a Dutch farmer. In a potato field near the Netherlands’ border with Belgium, he is seated in the cabin of an immense harvester before an instrument panel worthy of the starship Enterprise. From his perch 10 feet above the ground, he’s monitoring two drones. That is… Continue reading This tiny country feeds the world

On September 8, the Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture held a press conference on “Pilot Project of Cultivated Land Rotation and Cropping System”. Mr. Zeng Yande, Director of the Department of Plantation of the Ministry of Agriculture, introduced the progress of the pilot project on the cropping system. According to the introduction, since… Continue reading Ministry of Agriculture: crop rotation performance will be carried out to explore institutionalized