Of the many Chinese stands seen at Macfrut, there was one that attracted particular attention. It was the stand of Suzhou Botian Automatic Technology, represented by manager Pengbo Wang. On top of the fully-automated and remotely-controlled atomiser, we were particularly impressed by a video on a harvesting robot. According to Wang, it works perfectly and means there ...
The project is being funded with a $420,000 USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture grant. U of I environmental scientist Kaiyu Guan is the project director. Carl Bernacchi and Elizabeth Ainsworth are co-project directors. Both are plant physiologists in the U of I Department of Plant Biology and Department of Crop Sciences. The project will look at how tempe...
You wouldn’t necessarily know it, but right now Africa is facing a food crisis. With Brexit, global terror attacks, the war in Syria and the seemingly endless string of sporting fixtures vying for our collective attention in 2016 so far, the fact that up to 50 million people across east and Southern Africa are at risk of hunger seems to have largely escaped mention. T...
The food price rises of 2007-8 triggered some alarming forecasts about the future of food. By 2050, said the FAO, there would be another 2 billion mouths to feed. Production would need to increase by 70%. These dire warnings were met with widespread commitments from governments to invest in agriculture: a new Green Revolution. But is increasing production the only ...
Instead of cultivating herbs and leafy vegetables in vertical NFT gutters, German developer, Marco Tidona, decided to bend the gutters to cultivate in cylindrical cultivation barrels. With these Aponix barrels he can place about 144 plants per square metre in a space that is 2.30 metres high. Lego bricks In the system, developed by German company Manticore, herbs, le...
Plastic packaging waste is one of the largest problems worldwide. The Indian government reacted to this problem by banning certain types of plastic packaging. However, a suitable alternative is not yet available on the Indian market. This offers an opportunity for Bio-Lutions, a company in Hamburg, who just realized an investment of 500,000 Euros from DEG, the German dev...
SLANTRANGE, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation, drone-based remote sensing and analytics systems for agriculture, announced today the availability of their new 3p multispectral sensor system and SlantView™ analytics software for agriculture drones. The 3p is built on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Flight™ drone platform, a highly optimized platform for drones and robo...
Increasing water use efficiency in agriculture is key to conserving this limited resource. Dr. ZhiQiang Chen from the University of Missouri-Kansas City set out to measure the effects of soil hydrophobicity when making irrigation decisions. This research is funded under a grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the USDA. The researchers will use a Cu...
Robby Schoepflin is flying his grandfather’s 1966 Cessna 172 low and fast along wheat fields in northwestern Idaho. The fields are shorn, and the only crop yet to be harvested on this late autumn afternoon is garbanzo beans. Dry and ready for harvest, they, like the shorn wheat, are yellow, gilding the landscape. The contrast between Schoepflin’s teal-and-white airplane ...
Should the global warming continue, a golden rape field under the summer sun may soon become but a distant memory. Researchers have now developed a mustard crop with all the good properties of rape, but which, in addition, also is resistant to drought and heat. A blooming yellow rape field marks the beginning of summer in Northern Europe. However, if global warming co...
When John Chester, a filmmaker from California, quit his job to become a farmer, he didn’t do it out of a desire to “feed the world”. Instead, he says: “I’m trying to feed my neighbors – and if everyone did that, we would be able to replicate this.” He is referring to Apricot Lane Farms, a 213-acre biodynamic and organic farm in Moorpark, California, that Chester runs...
Farming, even in its modern, hyper-industrialized form, still relies on some very old-school technology: the sun, dirt, seasons, tractors. It’s all a bit messy and inefficient, at least by the standards of modern technologists, who are more accustomed to server farms that churn through data 24/7. It’s not that surprising, then, that the self-declared farms of the future...
For example, hydroponic systems eliminate the soil and simply use water containing essential nutrients as the growth media. Hydroponic systems can be more efficient than geoponic as plants find it easier to take in nutrients from water than from soil and because growth can be controlled by the nutrients made available to the plants. A less known system, aeroponic, goes a...
Greenhouse structures that incorporate this technology create an environment in which premium crops can grow year round. Modern greenhouses can protect our plants from outdoor pollutants, as well as contamination from birds, rodents, harmful insects, and plant diseases. Most importantly, controlled environment agriculture protects our environment by reducing or elimin...
Hinesburg, VT, US – Farming can often be a business of high-risk, low profit margins, and lots of debt. Researchers are now experimenting with high-throughput automated plant phenotyping, a technology that reduces the risks and increases the profits of farming. Part of that technology is ToughSonic ultrasonic distance sensors from Senix Corporation. The Biological Sy...
Working from his more than century-old Three Canyon Farms outside Kendrick, Idaho, Robert Blair is a pioneer instrumental in launching the nation's agricultural unmanned aircraft scouting industry. In fact, he claims that in 2006 he was the first farmer in the U.S. flying a drone for scouting purposes. Taking note of a release announcing a $15 million investment in th...
The world's only all-year greenhouse built on permafrost beginning a revolution in vital agricultural production in northern latitudes. The pioneering Hokkaido Corporation, which is behind the project, says Russia is ripe for 'smart agriculture'. Three layers of film in the greenhouse keep the warmth and transmit 94% of sunlight. Outside -45C, inside 19C.
Protecting the environment, plant, animal, and human health using natural strategies is a key objective for developed nations. The recent adoption of absorbent polymers and hydrogels in agriculture has shown numerous advantages such as improving soil quality, conserving water, reducing soil nutrient consumption, mitigating dehydration and moisture stress in crops, and ma...
Add 4g this white powder into 1L soil You can increase yield by up to 24%! It is not groundless It is from the real test data Speaking with Real Data, Aiding Farming with Innovative Tech Hello everyone, I am Chao Welcome back to our channel Lettuce is a kind of vegetable that can go with everything It can be eaten row & cooked Because of the refreshing and rich...
Naturally sourced polymer-based hydrogels offer advantages over synthetic forms owing to their biocompatibility, physicomechanical and environmentally friendly properties. A hydrogel is basically a polymer made by cross-linking monomers with an ionic agent such as a strong cation. It can absorb and store large quantities of water in its branched polymer network. While...
When it comes to "saline-alkali land", I believe most of you will think of a question like this reflexively: Is saline soil acidic? What grows saline soil? And after this two, how to improve it? "How do plants living in saline soil?" Are alkaline soils salty? Is saline soil acidic? What grows saline soil? And after this two, how to impro...
The name Superabsorbent Polymer was first translated from the Japanese, and the common international name is Super absorbent polymer (SAPs). Water retention agent was first developed in the 1960s by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northern Research Institute using corn Water retention agent is also known as soil water retention solution, high water absorption va...
Mycotoxins appear in the food chain resulting from fungal infections of crops before and after harvest. Mycotoxins-producing fungi grow on a variety of crops and numerous food products including cereals, nuts, spices, coffee, cocoa, beans, and lentils. They thrive in warm and humid conditions and can penetrate deep into the seeds. When crops are not dried properly and st...
In recent years, the United Nations and national agricultural sectors have been grappling with the challenges posed by drought, driven by the growing impacts of climate change. As we witness an increase in the frequency and severity of droughts around the world, it is imperative to explore innovative solutions that can increase agricultural resilience and ensure food sec...
The application of water retention agents to combat soil and water loss on slopes is one of the most important tools .Water retention agent, also known as highly absorbent resin, super absorbent, solid water or polymeric absorbent, is a polymer with strong water absorption and water retention capacity made from a strong water absorbent resin.It can absorb a lot of water...
Hydrogel is a type of gel that is composed of water and a three-dimensional network of polymer chains. The word "hydrogel" is derived from the combination of "hydro," meaning water, and "gel," which refers to a semisolid material. Hydrogels are known for their impressive ability to swell, absorbing and retaining large amounts of water or liquids without compromising the...
Discover the articles published in May in the press and on the web concerning INFACO: - Equipment and Landscape: professional electric secateurs are connected - Vitisphere: this connected box makes it possible to plan and monitor vine pruning sites - Independent Winegrower: from pruning to attachment: in viticulture, INFACO stands out - Landscaping profession: weeding, t...
One of the most commonly used forms of imaging in practice is ultrasound. Veterinary Ultrasound Imaging Principle Ultrasound is a sound wave that is inaudible to the human ear. Sound waves above 20 kHz are called ultrasound, and those below 20 Hz are called infrasound. Ultrasound frequencies used for medical imaging are usually higher than the human ear: about 2 MHz to ...
It is now possible to plan the progress of the size thanks to new connected solutions. An additional Bluetooth® box is available for INFACO F3020 or F3015 professional electric pruners! Our promise? Optimize your organization while managing your productivity. This will give you peace of mind and simplify the management of your domain. INFACO joins forces with the expert...
Learn how the sprinklers used in center pivot irrigation systems have evolved over the years. From initial developments to major innovations, find it all here.
Valentin Vergnes, R&D test/prototyping technician at INFACO, participated in an interview for SINTRATEC. The Swiss company, manufacturer of our 3D printer, is interested in feedback from its customers. INFACO has invested in a printer for its Research & Development department. It can now count on a modern technological tool that allows it to save precious time when desi...
Geometer International is actively working towards the introduction of high-precision positioning technologies and, in particular, on the availability of RTK solutions for a broad group of users. It was practically impossible to achieve absolute positioning accuracy in a three-dimensional environment with a portable device before. All existing RTK kits are designed prima...
Because of this, the process of converting wood logs into chips carried out by the chippers used by these industries requires the use of quality knives, with an application of high technology in the development of these components. The intention is to create assertive products that are synonymous with availability, performance and high performance . The pulp and paper s...
It is responsible for providing other productive sectors with this raw material so essential in our lives, used in civil construction, technology, health and other areas. Developing products such as knives and spare parts for the steel industry is also promoting this long production chain that goes from the extraction of this ore to the final consumer. Our solutions for...
In addition to guaranteeing a direct commitment to an agenda that is increasingly in vogue in recent years, the company also places itself as a reference and combines its brand with these sustainable values , generating even greater trust with its products, services and with the organization . Generally. This debate comes to a head in June , when we celebrate Environmen...
The Mytilus-Protect® cage has been designed by Nodus Factory to protect mussel farming on vertical culture (stakes, ropes,...). This product protects the mussels from predators during their growth cycle. This specific mesh cage is designed to protect your mussel farms from attacks by sea bream or other predators.
