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Category: Agriculture
Innovate Manitoba eager to help businesses
Innovate Manitoba president Janice Lederman and Glenn Crook, a board member with Innovate Manitoba, speak during the Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Royal Oak Inn and Suites on Thursday. Hoisting Farmers Edge as a success story out of rural Manitoba, representatives from Innovate Manitoba clarified that groundbreaking work can take place anywhere.
Ovens Valley VFF urges government to make Mandatory Price Reporting…
The Ovens Valley branch of the Victorian Farmers’ Federation has called for government legislation to lock in a Mandatory Price Reporting system to provide clear and relevant information for beef farmers and the industry. In an open letter to the Agriculture Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, the Ovens Valley VFF said developing a transparent price reporting system could not be left in the hands of the industry.
Vegalab US Adds Myco BioBoost To Its Line Of Soil Inoculants
VEGALAB US ADDS MYCO BIOBOOST TO ITS LINE OF SOIL INOCULANTS Jan. 19, 2017 Source: Vegalab news release HPC Acquisitions, Inc. DBA Vegalab US, a biotech company focused on delivering biological pesticides and natural fertilizers using its proprietary micronization and nanotechnology, announced that it has added Myco BioBoost, a highly concentrated and customizable mycorrhizal fungus soil inoculant, to its product line. Myco BioBoost’s proprietary water-soluble mycorrhizae are manufactured in powder form boasting 82 propagules per gram, one of the highest concentrations of propagules in the market for a solid product.
India’s first GM food crop held up by lawsuit
India’s long-standing push to approve genetically modified food crops has been controversially delayed, after an environmental campaigner launched a lawsuit that accuses scientists of deceiving the public about the benefits of transgenic mustard. The claims are untrue, says Deepak Pental, a plant geneticist at the University of Delhi who has led research into the crop.
TellusLabs Raises $3.1M Seed Round Led by IA Ventures
TellusLabs, an Earth monitoring and machine learning company, today announced that it raised $3.1 million in seed funding led by IA Ventures and including Hyperplane Venture Capital, Founder Collective, and Project 11 Ventures. Based in Boston, TellusLabs provides answers to time-sensitive economic and environmental questions by assembling decades of satellite imagery and other geospatial data into a dynamic map of the Earth.
After August floods, outlook on crawfish season still in limbo
Stanley Woolfolk, left, and Jeremiah Smith pour a can of fresh, hot boiled crawfish into a distribution bin, Friday, January 13, 2017, at Tony’s Seafood in Baton Rouge, La. Jeremiah Smith hands a sample of a crawfish to customer Markeith Pounds, Friday, January 13, 2017, at Tony’s Seafood in Baton Rouge, La.
Intel Has No Plans For 10 Nanometer Chips
In August of 2014, Intel rolled out their Broadwell line of processors – the first to use the new 14 nanometer manufacturing process. I believe that Intel had planned for this to be the last node to use silicon technology.
1,100 booths at Farm Show, among nation’s top 5
Fred Cline wants to attract only people who are there, as they say on the popular reality show, “for the right reasons.”
U.S. Farmers Sow Smallest Winter-Wheat Acreage Since 1909
The planted acreage for winter wheat in the U.S. fell to the lowest level since 1909 as farmers from Kansas to Texas faced prospects for declining crop prices, a government report showed. Futures prices climbed in Chicago.
NASA Study Finds a Connection Between Wildfires and Drought
The Suomi NPP satellite detected these fires in Africa on January 30, 2016. Ichoku hypothesizes that such fires play a significant role in altering rainfall patterns.
China Curbs Ambitions to Challenge World’s Top Grain Traders
Anyone seeking signs of shrinking Chinese ambitions in world agriculture markets need look no further than the inaugural speech of Jingtao Chi, tapped to run the global trading unit of the nation’s biggest food company. While Chi, 53, vowed to serve clients both in China and globally during a live video beamed to Cofco International Ltd. offices from Kiev to Connecticut and Sao Paulo, he did so through an English interpreter.
Ethiopia: Honey – Yet Untapped Foreign Trade Commodity
A new study suggest that poorly performing farms could significantly increase their crop yields by attracting more pollinators to their land. Ethiopia stands out when it comes to the number of bees in Africa.
Automation: Trump Deportation Threat Inspires Cheap Labor Agribusiness To FINALLY Invest In Robots
Elections have consequences, so they say. The Associated Press reports that farmers in California fear that Trump’s promise of mass deportations means they won’t have enough cheapie Mexicans to pick the crops and are therefore investing in agricultural automation.
Lighting a Candle in Dark Times
Are we born not knowing, are we born knowing all? Are we growing wiser, are we just growing tall? Can you read thoughts? Can you read palms? Can you predict the future? Can you see storms coming? a Can you read signs? Can you read stars? Can you make peace? Can you fight war? Can you milk cows even though you drive cars? Can you survive against all odds now?” Meet the old boss, same as the old boss. Except he’s a bit crazier, less qualified, much more petulant, narcissistic, and thin-skinned.
EnWave Receives Purchase Order from Eregli Agrosan for 100kW REV(TM)…
E4U ) today reports that it has received a purchase order from Eregli Agrosan for a 100kW Radiant Energy Vacuum machine to expand their processing capacity of their AgroREV fruit, vegetable and cheese products. EnWave and Eregli have also signed a non-exclusive Marketing Cooperation Agreement to help facilitate sales growth of AgroREV products in North America.
KDA approves more than 12,800 acres for hemp planting in 2017
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has approved 209 applications from growers who have been approved to cultivate up to 12,800 acres of industrial hemp for research purposes in 2017, nearly triple the number of acres that were approved for the previous year. More than 525,000 square feet of greenhouse space were approved for indoor growers in 2017.
Investment Analysts’ Downgrades for January, 4th (AGU, AVY, AWR,…
According to Zacks, “Agrium has underperformed the Zacks categorized Fertilizers industry over the past six months, reflecting its lower-than-expected earnings performance in the last quarter and the pricing headwinds faced by the company. Agrium is still reeling under the effects of the depressed prices of crop nutrients.
USAID Project supports seed sector
The Feed the Future-Ghana Agriculture Technology Transfer Project is partnering reputable financial institutions in northern Ghana with a loan programme of $ 9 million to stimulate improved seed production, processing, and marketing. The programme is to fuel the nascent private sector seed business that serves farmers in Upper East, Upper West, and Northern Regions.
Billionaire’s new project: Easing India’s poverty
Ronnie Screwvala sat crossed-legged on the floor of a three-room schoolhouse in early November in Nate, a village about 100 miles from Mumbai, formerly Bombay, the city of his birt,where he built a billion-dollar media conglomerate. Watching a group of children playing with colorful educational games, Screwvala, a boyish-looking 54-year-old, appeared as wide-eyed and engaged as the students.
Trofim Lysenko, Patron Saint of Obama’s Energy Dept.
Readers who aren’t part of the “settled science” warmist community should probably keep in mind how the “Global Warming” science became “settled.” Don’t think in terms of universal application and agreement, like the law of gravity, but more in terms of a coup.
IS claims Baghdad suicide bombings that killed 28
A pair of suicide bombings minutes apart hit a central Baghdad market on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding at least 54, prompting security forces to ban traffic from key streets at the center of the Iraqi capital, police and hospital officials said. The twin attacks hit al-Sinak, a busy market selling car accessories, food and clothes as well as agricultural seeds and machinery.
Ethiopia: Sharing Animal Husbandry Experience
In spite of the fact that Ethiopia has abundant resources of livestock, it has not exploited the prevailing potential due lack of skilled power and proper technology. In spite of some efforts to encourage crossbreeding between local and exotic breeds of almost all domestic livestock, the number of crossbreeds remain to be negligible.
The meteorite that still is fascinating scientists
It may be nearly half a century since the Murchison meteorite fell over the small town in northern Victoria, but it continues to dazzle scientists around the world. Cattle were scared but fortunately no-one was injured when the meteorite broke up and landed over a 13 square kilometre area in the farming district on September 28, 1969.
Farmers Cheer Macri Tax Cut as Rest of Argentina Jeers Slump
The popularity of Argentine President Mauricio Macri has faded since he took office a year ago, as Latin America’s third-largest economy slid into recession and inflation soared. But his appeal among the nation’s farmers remains as strong as ever.
Ahead of the Curve: Driverless Tractors Present Opportunities for Dealers
Shortly after Case IH and New Holland introduced their concept autonomous tractors at the Farm Progress Show in late August 2016, Colorado-based market intelligence firm, Tractica, released a report predicting rapid growth in robotic tractor sales by 2020. The report suggested that eventually revenues from those sales would reach $30.7 billion by 2024.
EnWave Reports 2016 Annual Financial Results
E4U ) today reported its annual results for the year ended September 30, 2016. These annual consolidated financial statements and MD&A are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on our website at www.EnWave.net .