Une agriculture rentable avec moins d’herbicides ? C’est possible ! L’usage massif des herbicides dans l’agriculture pose question. Mais pourrait-on s’en passer ? Pour le savoir, l’Inra mène une expérimentation depuis 12 ans en Bourgogne. L’ingénieur de recherche Nicolas Munier-Jolain dresse un bilan plutôt positif de ces systèmes de culture en protection intégrée. En utilisant certains […]
Irrigation can shield Africa’s farmers from the effects of climate change Farmers in northern Ethiopia are struggling under the impact of climate change. Until a few years ago farmers in this hot and dry area could at least count on the occasional moderate rain. These days there is either no rainfall or it is in the form […]
Improving agriculture to fight Filipino poverty Researchers will examine how improving agriculture can cut poverty in conflict areas of The Philippines, thanks to a $A1.4 million grant. The five-year project is led by RMIT University and funded by the Australian Government via the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). The project aims to develop […]
Sustainable agribusiness takes centre stage in Singapore Conservation business leaders from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) actively endorse the World Sustainable Agriculture Congress The Asia-Pacific region is the world’s largest supplier and consumer of food. The World Sustainable Agriculture Congress is the first of its kind in Asia to focus on the entire agriculture and […]
Agrishow 2014 (International Tradeshow for the Technology in Agribusiness) Summary:AGRISHOW (International Tradeshow for the Technology in Agribusiness) is consolidated as the main tradeshow of the sector in Latin America. With a total area of 440 thousand m², 790 exhibitors presented the most modern technologies for the agribusiness at the 2013 show. Agricultural machinery and equipment […]
Agribusiness hungry for specialized business grads For those who have ever dreamed of a life tilling the land, David Sparling has some advice: Go to business school. “I’m a massive believer in the importance of business education for farmers because farmers are in business,” said Dr. Sparling, who is chair of Agri-Food Innovation and Regulation […]
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Precision equipment showcased at CropTec 2013 As well as invaluable agronomy advice and knowledge sharing, the inaugural CropTec event also offered a platform for manufacturers wanting to show off their kit. James Rickard rounds up some of the precision equipment. Using technology taken from its mechanical weeder, such as its Robo Crop camera guidance, Garford […]
Civics Turn Out To Honoure Gardford Farm Machinery In Agribusiness Garford Farm Machinery were officially honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, in the Innovation category, on Tuesday this week (7th September) in a full civic ceremony at their premises in Deeping St James. Garford were independently judged a worthy winner of the award, which […]
Robocrop: on-farm robots AS Andrew Bate’s farm machinery got bigger and bigger over the past decade, the machines that occupied his thoughts in the tractor cab got smaller and smaller. As a result, the Queensland farmer, “Bendee”, Emerald, is now talking with some confidence of a future broadacre farming system run by “swarms” of robotic […]
Agribusiness Is Forcing Factory Dairy Farms Down Our Throats The current move to drive milk prices down in the UK is sinister. If allowed to continued, dairy farmers will go out of business, leaving a vacuum that can only be filled with CAFOs. by Heidi Stevenson Concentrated Animal Feed Operations – CAFOs – are one […]
Bird Flu and Chicken Factory Farms: Profit Bonanza for US Agribusiness Look to the giant ‘chicken jails’ or chicken factory farms around the world as a more likely source for emerging Bird Flu viruses, not to small peasant chicken farmers, and we might be closer to the truth Clouds can have ‘silver linings’ the adage […]
Globalization of Agribusiness and Developing World Food Systems The issue of the global concentration of agribusiness is crucial to the future of the food systems of developing (and poor, non-developing) countries. These countries have been a target of corporate investments from the outset of the industrial food system. This process has been uneven—at different times […]
Global livestock nutrition conference begins at UVAS Planning And Development (P&D) Board Chairman Irfan Elahi has said the government is taking initiatives to boost national economy through strengthening existing livestock’s health and productivity, milk and meat processing and marketing. He was addressing the fourth “International Livestock Nutrition Conference” which began at the University of Veterinary […]
Russia’s wheat prices up as EU export demand recovers Russia’s wheat export prices rose further last week as demand from traders picked up following a sharp increase in benchmarks in western Europe and Chicago, analysts said on Monday. European wheat futures set a new four-month high on Monday before turning lower as reports that an […]
Agri researchers underline importance of regional partnerships International and local agricultural scientists and delegates from 24 countries and UN officials, who gathered on Tuesday, stressed the need for applied research in the sector that has practical application and have positive impact on the people, especially on youth and underlined the importance of conducting ‘regional research […]
Bunge’s agribusiness operations process and transport tens of millions of tons of commodities every year We connect farmers to the global marketplace and supply end customers, from nations to small livestock producers, with high-quality commodity products derived from a variety of crops. In agribusiness, the world is Bunge’s market – seven billion people and counting.
Agribusiness is greener than urban farming Your upsetting myth debunker for today: Urban farming, the wildly popular green trend that is spreading like weeds in New York City and other metropolises, is an environmental sham. So says none other than a self-proclaimed environmentalist, who notes that the craze for eating locally grown food emits tons […]
Langdene Merino stud sold 118 of 120 to a top of $7000 ROSS Wells was in no hurry to see his prized Poll Merino ram Willandra Desmond head out the front gate, but an offer of $35,000 from across the Tasman Sea was too good to pass up. At the Australian Sheep and Wool Show […]
Ag to ride Asian wave THE economy could grow by $250 billion over 20 years by promoting five industries that will benefit from growth in Asia: tourism, agribusiness, wealth management, international education and gas, according to the economic arm of consulting firm Deloitte. A Deloitte Access Economics report says business can capitalise on the opportunities […]