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Pork Commentary: USDA Crystal Balls 2013 Corn- Soybean Crop & Prices
2013-02-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Last Week the USDA released their expectations for the US corn and soybean crops in 2013, writes Jim Long.
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Cover Crop Interseeder
2013-02-26 16:12:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
One pass seeds cover crops, sidedresses the corn crop and sprays weeds, at least in State College, Pa. Penn States cover crop experimental interseeder potentially increases profits by $100/acre in corn yields, reduced N requirements and glyphosate applications costs. read more
United Kingdom: Farmers turn to renewables as crop yields falter
2013-02-26 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Farmers producing their own wind energy earned up to 50,000 last year, according to an industry-backed study. Analysis from NatWest, RBS, and trade association RenewableUK shows the majority of wind farm installations saw up to 80kW of capacity installed, generating 50,000 payments for farmers from electricity generated and exported to the grid. Meanwhile, smaller installations of 20kW attracted payments of around 12,000 a year. The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates that during 2012...
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India: 'Climate change to hit crop yield'
2013-02-23 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: There is going to be a major shift in crop pattern across the state and the yields of different agriculture and horticulture crops will be reduced owing to climate change over the years, according to agriculture scientists. Scientists in the field of climate change met at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, (UAS-B) on Thursday to discuss adaptive strategies to meet challenges of climate change. According to Prof M B Rajegowda, Agro-meteorologist at UAS-B, temperatures are likely...
Miracle grow: Indian farmers smash crop yield records without GMOs
2013-02-22 13:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: What if the agricultural revolution has already happened and we didnt realize it? Essentially, thats the idea in this report from the Guardian about a group of poverty-stricken Indian rice and potato farmers who harvested confirmed world-record yields of rice and potatoes. Best of all: They did it completely sans-GMOs or even chemicals of any kind. [Sumant] Kumar, a shy young farmer in Nalanda district of India`s poorest state Bihar, had - using only farmyard manure and without any herbicides...
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