Setting Up Irradiation Plant In Karachi To Increase Mango Export Vital United States is the biggest importer of mangoes in the world and we are missing US market only because of lack of irradiation facilities. By establishing the irradiation plant in Karachi, a large quantity of fruit could be exported to US, said Waheed Ahmed […]
Pakistan’s yield per acre of gram has dropped by 50 percent: from 5 maunds per acre to 2.5 maunds per acre, according to Ibrahim Mughal Chairman of the Agri-Forum Pakistan. This statistic would surprise no one in the wake of a 2011 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2011 report. That revealed that Pakistan […]
Wind turbines farm In Agribusiness Modern,efficient and competitive,Brazilian agribusiness is a secure and profitable activity. With a diverse climate,regular rainfall,abundant solar energy and almost 13% of all fresh water available on the planet,Brazil has 338 million hectares of fertile and productive land,of which 90 million have not yet been explored. Agribusiness is today the principle […]
Helping to industrialize the agribusiness by utilizing experiences in agriculture as a management resource A business will surely succeed if it can properly provide what consumers want. However, it is hard for a person in agribusiness to carry out everything involved throughout the entire process. For this very reason, I believe it is crucial to […]
Factory Egg Farming is controlled by BIG AGRIBUSINESS… “The history of the poultry industry provides the best illustration of what happens as animal production systems increase productivity through capital intensification. Because of the demands of expensive equipment, only large companies can afford to enter the business and to expand production; when they do, smaller operators […]
Reveal 4-N-1 with Hydraulic Control The Reveal 4-N-1 has the capabilities of four tools in one unit: a chisel plow, a land leveler, a scraper box, and a pulverizer and is powered by your tractors hydraulics. ***** The Reveal 4-N-1 was originally designed with the landscaper in mind, and many landscapers and sod farmers are […]
Clustering of diverse agribusiness industry capabilities In addition to significant agribusiness manufacturing and technology activity, Manitoba is the focal point for Canada’s grain-based industries: commodities, transportation and marketing; regulatory agencies; value-added processing; manufacturing; process technology; consulting engineers; turnkey construction; training and education. Winnipeg, Manitoba is home to most of Canada’s major grain marketing companies and […]
Agribusiness Manufacturing & Technology Sector Structure Size: A major segment of the Advanced Manufacturing cluster, agribusiness manufacturing and technology shipments are estimated to exceed $1 billion. As much as 70% is exported with the majority bound for United States market destinations, particularly the Upper Midwest. Comprising in excess of 250 Manitoba-based firms, this diverse yet […]
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 […]
Combine + grain cart = Tribine The introduction of the grain cart forever changed harvesting operations across the country. Ben Dillon, an Indiana farmer, is attempting to uproot again the traditional harvesting operation by introducing the Tribine. The Tribine unites the two historic functions of the combine (the binder and the stationary threshing machine) with […]
Soucy Track unveils the S-TECH 800 Apr. 17, 2013, Drummondville, QC – Soucy International Inc. has launched a new product in its line of Soucy Track agricultural track systems: the S-TECH 800, designed for high-power tractors. The S-TECH 800 is a brand new platform with a central geometry developed using castings, preventing the accumulation of […]
Rotary cultivator 2FK160 (Agribusiness Farm Machinery) Robust and solid PTO driven rotary ridger, for making nice and firm potato ridges. The machine is equipped with a 1000 rpm PTO gearbox and can be used for potato ridges as well as carrot rows can be formed. The machine is equipped with a chain drive from one […]
Computer vision based, guidance system for non-chemical weed control This project was concerned with reducing agrochemical inputs through the use of inter-row cultivation to control weeds. This practice goes back to Jethro Tull’s invention of the seed drill in the 18th Century. However, the advent of herbicides all but eliminated inter-row hoeing in the UK. […]
Gujarat farmers set to go Hi-Tech with the help of Israeli Green tech A world-class agriculture research and high-tech farming training institute is to be set up in Gujarat in collaboration with Israel government. This was stated by chief minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating a national convention on ‘The next frontier of agri-business and technology’ at Mahatma Mandir […]
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 […]
Lettuce Gaze Upon the Future of Agriculture Florida has its oranges, Georgia has its peaches, and California has its lettuce. These leafy greens are the Golden State’s biggest vegetable crop, bringing in $1.6 billion annually. Problem is, they require a lot of attention to raise properly. Historically, California has relied of its abundant, affordable work […]
Agribusiness Sector and its Support Institutions The Agribusiness Sector The nature and character of farm agribusiness linkages in Nigeria can best be understood within the context of the Nigerian economy. Obviously, the supply of raw materials to the agro-industrial processing and manufacturing sector is a primary role of agriculture. This role also facilitates the other […]
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 […]
Agaricus bisporus var bisporus Agaricus bisporus is a terricolous secondary decomposer fungus, which plays an ecologically significant role in the degradation of leaf and needle litter in temperate forests. Soils contain humic compounds derived from modified lignin and other recalcitrant aromatic compounds, presenting a different catabolic challenge to intact woody resources. Thus, A. bisporus forms […]
What’s wrong with a factory farm? I love a good steak. Most of us love a good steak. In fact, we love meat so much that consumption of beef, pork, chicken, veal and other animal protein is increasing at breakneck speeds all over the world. As developing nations like China and Brazil grow, their appetite […]