Category: Industry News

Keywords: India , NGO , farmer , pesticide , fertilizer , farming The government running centres and universities are not helping farmers in addressing their issues. But an NGO dedicated to farmers has come to their rescue from the problems. This NGO is named ‘Dr Surinder Dalal Keet Saksharta Mission’. It is named after a Haryana-based… Continue reading India: NGO educates farmers about good farming practices

According to the provisions of the Law on Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products and the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Work Arrangement of Food Safety in 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture organized a total of two national and agricultural products in the first half of… Continue reading Ministry of Agriculture released the first half of 2017 national agricultural product quality and safety routine monitoring (risk monitoring) information

Keywords: Wheat , rice , crop , heat-tolerant crop Harkamal Walia is an associate professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been awarded a $5.78 million National Science Foundation grant to explore the affects of high nighttime temperatures on wheat and rice. The stress of high nighttime temperatures can lead to… Continue reading University of Nebraska-Lincoln leads research into heat-tolerant crops

Hubei is the main battlefield of the national poverty alleviation, there are Dabie Mountain, Wuling Mountain, Qinba Mountain, Mogu Mountain 4 concentrated contiguous areas, 37 poor counties (of which 25 poor counties), 4821 poor villages, 5.9 million poor population. In 2016, the province relies on the development of tea and fruit and other special industries,… Continue reading Hubei: agricultural industry to carry out the poverty alleviation “beam”

Keywords: cotton bollworm , cotton planting areas , China On 5 July, 2017, the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) of China updated a piece of information. It says the volume of left first-generation cotton bollworms in most regions of North China, West China and Huanghuai Region is high. Considering the favorable weather conditions in June,… Continue reading China’s NATESC warns about worsening harm by second-generation cotton bollworms

Keywords: Hybrid rice , Africa , AfricaRice Africa has tremendous agricultural potential. It is often described as a continent of paradoxes. Rice statistics reveal one such paradox. The continent’s average rice yields, estimated at about 2 tons per hectare (ha). Yet, Egypt, in northern Africa, has one of the highest national average rice yields worldwide, with… Continue reading The hybrid alternative for Africa

According to Safra & Mercado, Brazilian soybean acreage in 2017/18 season will hit a record high of 33.7 million hectares, according to Brazil’s Economic Value Report on July 25. However, the impact of unfavorable climatic factors, Brazil’s national soybean production will drop 0.2 percent to 113 million tons per hectare of production from 2016/17 3378… Continue reading China’s demand and other factors to stimulate the Brazilian soybean acreage record high

Keywords: Paraguay , Brazil , wheat , crop Two weeks ago the wheat crop in Paraguay was severely damaged by very cold temperatures that were as low as -6°C (21°F). These were the coldest temperatures registered in areas of Paraguay since 1975. According to the Paraguayan Cereal and Oilseed Exporters Association (Capeco), loses of the winter… Continue reading Cold weather impact wheat crop in Paraguay and Brazil

Keywords: EU , crop , corn , import In the European Union the European Commission cut its forecast for 2017-18 corn crop  by nearly 4 million tonnes to a five-year low. While they raise projected imports of the grain to a record level. Usable production of corn was put at 58.4 million tonnes, compared with 62.1… Continue reading EU slashes corn crop forecast

Keywords: Drones , robotics , agriculture Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and other robotic vehicles are no longer seen as toys for hobbyists. They are becoming an important tools for the future of agriculture. However many people still have questions about the safety of drones, about how farmers use UAV on their farms, and what kinds of… Continue reading In the air and on the ground: Experts discuss the future of drones, robotics in agriculture