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MTS Sensors Advance Precision Farming Technology

2013-09-11 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced its multiple enabling technologies for the precision agriculture industry, including position feedback sensors that enhance the performance of GPS-guided systems that are designed to increase the efficiency of farm equipment and crop yields.<br /> <br /> As the worldwide demand for agricultural productivity continues to grow, the ...This story is related to the following:Position Sensors | Precision Measurement Sensors

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Nigeria's Dangote Sugar to spend $1.5 billion on cane farming

2013-09-09 07:42:39| Sugar Industry News

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's biggest sugar refiner will spend $1.5 billion over the next five years on farming cane at home, its managing director said, responding to a government drive to make the country less reliant on its oil industry.

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Northeast Forests Still Feeling the Effects of Colonial Farming, Study Shows

2013-09-07 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: A walk through the woods in the Northeastern United States today reveals the same type of trees the colonial settlers encountered 400 years ago; however, the similarities end there, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. "If you only looked at a tree species list, you'd have the impression that Northeast forests haven't changed," Jonathan Thompson, research associate at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and lead author of the new study, said in a statement. "But...

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Dangote Sugar to spend $1.5bn on cane farming

2013-09-05 09:14:31| Sugar Industry News

Nigeria\'s biggest sugar refiner will spend $1.5 billion over the next five years on farming cane at home, its managing director said, responding to a government drive to make the country less reliant on its oil industry.

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