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Killing Weeds And Nurturing Crops: Sustainable Agriculture At Its Finest
Weeds. Not only do they strangle your aunt’s petunias at the roots, they also have the entire agricultural industry in a $33 billion headlock. That is the estimated annual cost of dealing with invasive plants that compete with cultivated crops for water, nutrients, light, and space. These days...Read more -
Agricultural production on steady downward course
Greek agricultural production has been shrinking 0.3% per year for the last 30 years, according to research organization Dianeosis. Exports have risen in recent years, but agricultural productivity remains constrained by structural issues – a small number of aging, low-educated farmers. In 202...Read more -
New Report Creates a Roadmap for Urban Agriculture in California
DAVIS, Calif. — A new report, “California Urban Agriculture: Challenges, Pathways, & Equity for a Resilient Landscape” draws from the perspectives of over 200 of California’s urban growers, educators, and community leaders. This comprehensive roadmap sheds light on the pressing and unique c...Read more -
U of A partners on project combining AI, virtual reality and agriculture
Using information gathered by agricultural sensors, researchers from the University of Arizona and Purdue University are developing a tool that uses virtual reality and artificial intelligence to better understand large datasets. Once finished, they expect the platform, called VR-Bio-Talk, will l...Read more -
Strategies for boosting exports in agriculture in Pakistan
In Islamabad, Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, convened with the Council for Agriculture and Food Processing to deliberate on augmenting Pakistan’s export prowess in this domain. The dialogue with the Council for Agriculture and Food Processing highlighted Pakistan’s ca...Read more -
Extreme weather impacts agriculture in Hungary
This summer, Europe’s agriculture faced challenges due to extreme weather conditions, leading to crop failures and an increase in food prices. Hungary experienced notable losses in corn, potato, and sunflower yields due to drought conditions. The MCC Climate Policy Institute highlig...Read more -
Barren County High School agriculture expansion underway
BARREN COUNTY, Ky.- After a bustling summer, Barren County High School is celebrating significant progress in expanding its Agriculture Department. The school’s Ag Barn, situated at the rear of the campus, now features several new additions, including an upgraded classroom and a state-of-the-art ...Read more -
Louis Dreyfus leads regenerative agriculture programme in Argentina
Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has launched a regenerative agriculture programme in Argentina. The initiative, involving other companies and organisations, was aimed at bringing together agricultural stakeholders with a common goal to help reduce carbon emissions, conse...Read more -
USDA UNDER SECRETARY SAYS TRADE EXPANSION A PRIORITY FOR U.S. AGRICULTURE
Advancing and expanding U.S. agricultural trade remains a priority for USDA. Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor tells Brownfield that includes diversifying what’s being exported. “Making sure that if we produce it that we’re able to export it and that...Read more -
ATU Breaks Ground on Farm Credit Agriculture Building
Arkansas Tech University marked the beginning of a new construction project that will support its oldest academic program when it broke ground on the Farm Credit Agriculture Building at the ATU Farm on Thursday, Aug. 15. “More than 100 years after we were founded as the Second District Agricult...Read more -
Avrom Farm Party celebrates agriculture
While the farm itself currently is not in production, the annual Avrom Farm Party returns this August with its three-day food and music festival located near Green Lake. The festival, which is set for Friday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11, came into existence in 2018 with the idea of celebrating re...Read more -
Why the Largest Allocators Are Focusing on Agriculture
Agriculture is very much a long-term investment, notes PGIM Real Estate’s head of agriculture, Jamie Shen. Some assets, like trees, can take decades to mature. The story of the Swedish navy planting 300,000 trees on the island of Visingsö in 1831 for use in ship construction alludes to the pati...Read more
