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https://www.techexplores.org/climate-change-and-socioeconomic-challenges-threaten-heroic-viticulture | 2023-12-09T02:17:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100781.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209004202-20231209034202-00032.warc.gz | 0.932168 | 503 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__119821743 | en | In a recent publication in the journal iScience, researchers are calling for collaborative efforts between farmers and scientists to safeguard the world’s renowned vineyards nestled in the hills of Italy, Portugal, and Spain. These vineyards, known for their exceptional flavors and centuries-old traditions, are facing increasing difficulties due to extreme weather events and changing socioeconomic conditions, putting the grapes and their cultural histories at risk.
Referred to as “heroic viticulture,” these vineyards earn their title if they are located on steep slopes exceeding 30%, situated on small islands or at altitudes higher than 500 meters above sea level, or incorporate terraced vine cultivation. The term “heroic” aptly captures the immense challenges associated with cultivating and harvesting crops in such demanding landscapes.
Examples of heroic viticulture sites include the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene and the traditional vineyards of Pantelleria Island, both of which are protected by UNESCO due to their cultural significance.
The researchers emphasize that the risk extends beyond the loss of an agricultural product or alterations to the landscape, which can negatively impact local economies. They argue that the true risk lies in losing the historical narratives and cultural roots of entire communities.
In their publication, the authors outline soil degradation and drought as the primary climate change-related risks confronting heroic viticulture. Furthermore, these vineyards face significant socioeconomic barriers, with rural depopulation and a gradual abandonment of mountainous regions observed over the past few decades. The younger generation is often reluctant to continue the arduous work under extreme conditions when the economic benefits are meager.
To protect heroic viticulture sites, the authors propose several potential solutions. These range from strategic communications aimed at fostering collaboration among scientists, farmers, and consumers, to on-site measures such as integrating small water storage systems into the vineyard landscapes to prevent runoff and ensure water availability. The authors also stress the importance of education, particularly in enlightening the younger generation about the advantages of rural life, the need to preserve cultural heritage, harmonious coexistence with the environment, and adopting sustainable agricultural practices.
The authors contend that success lies in combining the traditional knowledge of winemakers with innovation and scientific rigor. By forging strong partnerships between farms and scientists, investments can be optimized to create more functional, sustainable, and secure agricultural landscapes. This alliance is crucial for tackling the various challenges posed by both natural forces and human activities.
Source: Cell Press | agronomy |
http://homeeconomistmelissa.blogspot.com/2010/11/last-veggies.html | 2018-07-23T08:04:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676595531.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723071245-20180723091245-00084.warc.gz | 0.947237 | 106 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__258865293 | en | The Last Veggies
Saturday was Clean-Up Day at the Community Garden. Time to pull out the exhausted tomato plants and save seeds from the basil and marigold. The bed was all cleaned out, with the exception of the chives, oregano, and basil, which should come back next spring. I saved some OK looking green tomatoes to allow them to ripen indoors, along with two adorable (and yummy!) baby carrots. Yum! Can't wait for spring so I can start planting again! | agronomy |
https://raigad-district.infoisinfo.co.in/search/agriculture | 2018-01-20T08:48:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889542.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120083038-20180120103038-00743.warc.gz | 0.895058 | 981 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__89789339 | en | Are you looking for the best natural products in Raigad District? Would you like to enhance your agricultural production? Hire the best agricultural services in Raigad District
When talking about the agricultural sector in Raigad District, we clearly see goals to achieve: sustainable agriculture, economic growth, job creation, food security and rural development. Department of agriculture programs are focused on that and the best agricultural companies in Raigad District also include those goals among their business objectives.
Agriculture development is thought as one of the most attractive business and improvements for agricultural land are being carried out in order to receive more investments.
However, agricultural practices are not always easy in Raigad District due to economic and climatic conditions. For example, high temperatures and drought hinder crop farming as well as livestock farming.
For this reason, if you need to hire agricultural services, you must look for the best agricultural companies in Raigad District.
How to spot the best agricultural companies in Raigad District
- They not only will offer you a variety of agricultural services such as irrigation systems, farming, grass cutting or stock feeds. They will also guide you through the whole agricultural process with quality advice.
- They will adapt their services to you either for long terms or short terms.
- They count with good agricultural equipment, from feeding equipment and road graders to rotary cutters, spreading and tillage equipment, for example. Moreover, there are always keen to use new technology in agriculture.
- They carry out sustainable agriculture practices rather than conventional agriculture. Some methods are crop rotation or cover crops. Sustainable practices lead to benefits like environmental conservation, health safety or pollution prevention, for example.
Where to find the best agricultural companies in Raigad District
At Infoisinfo we always work hard to be able to show you where to buy or hire the best products and services for you and your company in Raigad District whatever your needs are. This time, we’d like to help you to improve your agricultural business as well as finding the best agricultural equipment. In order to this, we’ve prepared a list of the best agricultural companies in Raigad District. In our directory, you could see contact details such as phone numbers, websites, opening times and address. In addition, you can have a look at comments and valuations from other clients to get a better idea about the quality of the services. If you find it useful, please do not hesitate to share your opinion too so it can help others.
Cities of the district
- Navi Mumbai (6)
- Agricultural Equipments
- Agricultural Import Export
- Agro Products
- Bottle Cap
- Construction Machinery
- Cutting Tools
- Housekeeping Products
- Import Export
- Machinery Construction
- Material Handling
- Material Handling Equipments
- Plastic Products
1 - Gautam Infrastructure & Construction Equipment Pvt. Ltd. - Navi Mumbai
208, Bldg. No. 1 (61), Sector Ii, Millennium Business Park, Mahape, Mahape. Navi Mumbai. Raigad.
And construction hoist is increasing day by day in the competitive market, an overview the need for aerial access platform, scissor lift, tower crane. 5 percent of the gdp is invested…
2 - Foggers India Pvt. Ltd. - Navi Mumbai
C233, Midc. Ttc Indl Area, Pawane, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai. Raigad.
Sprayer machines, manufacture and suply, mosquito hand sprayer machines, agriculture sprayer, hand sprayer machines, tulip sprayer.
3 - Turbhe Polycans Pvt. Ltd. - Navi Mumbai
D-30/5, T. T. C. Industrial Area, Opp. Allana Cold Storage, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai. Raigad.
Plastic trigger sprayer, mist sprayers, multicolor trigger sprayers, trigger sprayer, push pull cap, flip top, manufacture of bottle.
4 - Karamshi Pacharia & Company - Navi Mumbai
D-17, A P M C Market-2, Phase-2, Vashi, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai. Raigad.
Trade and suply, all kind of agriculture, all types of pulses export.
5 - S.s.s. Enterprise - Navi Mumbai
Block No. 7, Itc Railway Station, Belapur, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai. Raigad.
6 - Chudekar Industries - Navi Mumbai
Plot No. 77, Sector, Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai. Raigad. | agronomy |
http://www.jaiveershergill.com/agrarian-crisis-and-farmers-suicide-in-punjab-need-for-corrective-political-action/ | 2018-06-24T22:43:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867095.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624215228-20180624235228-00168.warc.gz | 0.966773 | 3,389 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__189231412 | en | Farmers’ suicide is a consequence of deep –rooted agrarian rural distress as well as of four important factors: technological, ecological, socio-cultural, and finally policy factors. Suicides by farmers were first highlighted by the media in the states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. These were attributed to the poor economic status of the farmers there, in view of widespread poverty. But then came the reports of suicides by farmers in the grain bowl of India-Punjab-which was perturbing and quite unexpected in such a prosperous region. So long as suicide remained an occasional and stray incident, it did not generate much public concern. But when the incidence showed an upward trend and affected a large section of society, in the mid-eighties, it became a public issue, to be viewed, studied and analyzed in all its seriousness.
Punjab, a rather small state occupying less than 2 per cent of total geographical area and little more than 2 per cent of the total population of the country, has earned the title of “India’s bread basket.” The state was viewed as the most dynamic and progressive state of the country, particularly on account of its success in the agrarian sector during the green revolution. Of all the states of India, Punjab’s agricultural growth rate was the highest during the 1960s to the middle of the 1980s which was the first phase of the green revolution. However, the elation did not last for very long. After two decades of growth, the green revolution began to lose its magic, and was followed by the series of crisis. Beginning with the early 1980s, the word crisis became the dominant mode of representing Punjab. From politics and economics to culture and ecology, everything seemed to be in a state of crisis in Punjab. At present, the state of Punjab, earlier regarded as an agriculturally developed region of India, has been passing through a severe economic crisis.
The paradoxical situation of rising of cost of cultivation with stagnant productivity and minimum support price reduced returns from agricultural operation. The reduction of differentials between returns and cost of production, the increasing uncertainty of weather as well as a dependence on borrowed money at higher rates of interest from moneylenders were the reasons responsible for increasing the indebtedness among farmers of Punjab. It has compounded problems to the extent that farmers of Punjab resorted to committing suicides. If we ponder over the root causes of agrarian crisis and consequent farmers’ suicide in the State, we will find that on the one hand, commercialization of agriculture, which has become prominent, needs more money to invest and in the agriculture set up borrowing is a necessity. It is neither objectionable nor a sign of weakness. But on the other hand, the institutional lending is inadequate and costly and farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers, have to resort to private non-institutional sources of finance, which have their own ways to exploit and squeeze the farmers’ net income. The institutional credit mechanism fails to fulfill the demand for credit in the state in both quantity and quality. Consequently, farmers live in a vicious cycle of debt, pressure, guilt, and lies that drive them further into more debt. Therefore, failure of the institutional credit mechanism was the root cause of the crisis and its manifestation into the distress act of suicides by farmers in Punjab.
Over the past decade, the state has experienced deceleration of its economy and has slipped in the ranking of the prosperous states in the country. The crisis in agriculture has manifested itself in the form of stagnating productivity, rising cost of production, decelerating income, shrinking employment, escalating indebtedness and ecological imbalance. One of the main consequences of this agrarian distress has been that the marginal and small farmers, who find it increasingly hard to sustain on farming, are getting pushed out from agricultural sector. These farmers are not being fully absorbed outside this sector due to the unfavourable nature and structure of the industrial sector in the state. Thus, a large chunk of ‘reserve army of labour’ is prevalent in the economy. It is estimated that about 35 lakh persons are unemployed in Punjab, out of which about 24 lakh belong to rural areas. The fact remains that there is a decline in the proportion of cultivators in the total workforce of the state that has added to the unemployed or semi-employed force, and has put pressure on an already over-crowded agricultural labour market. The situation has worsened to the extent that young farmers have become the victims of suicides. The surviving families of farmers who commit suicide are predominantly female. Women often become the sole supporters of families. These women, who previously managed the domestic sphere and perhaps engaged in light fieldwork, now find themselves playing the new role of breadwinner and sustaining their families amidst extreme outstanding debt. While most rise in the face of adversity to sustain their families, many remain deeply depressed and in a state of desperation. The attitude of the State administration is also pushing the people to the extreme. Villagers fear seeking help from State officials since they are often accused of causing the suicide, which is a crime under the Indian Penal Code. Therefore, it is fair to argue that such State Government mismanagement at the least fails to prevent suicides.
Need for Corrective political action
This is the crucial angle on which hinges the future roadmap of agriculture. What is required is an agriculture model tailored to the needs of market and that should be the government’s answer to the crisis. There is clear polarisation of views on efficacy of the view that the market that take care of its own will take care of agriculture too or not. However, the government should be clear on which direction to go keeping in mind the requirement of all sections of the famers of the state. The then Congress Government in Punjab had launched a plan to introduce 1936 formula once advocated by the well known farmers’ leader Sir Chotu Ram. This formula envisages waiver of loans if farmers have paid as much interest as the principal amount. The formula, which became an act, is not applied any more. To develop farming sector and to increase the farming efficiency, it was recommended to enhance the accessibility of small and marginal farmers to formal agricultural credit. According to the results, it was also suggested that loan for the livestock should be enhanced. Thus, by providing more credit for the purpose of livestock would definitely enhance farmer’s income and ultimately would reduce poverty. The then Government of India advised the financial institutions to double the supply of agricultural credit in three years, from 2004 to 2007. In the subsequent annual budgets, Government of India had announced targets for credit to agriculture to ensure adequate credit flow to the sector. The flow of agriculture credit since 2003-04 has consistently exceeded the target. To mitigate the distress of farming community, in general, and small and marginal farmers, in particular, and to declog the institutional credit channels and make farmers eligible for fresh credit, the Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 was announced in the Union Budget for 2008-09. The then Government had implemented a package for revival of Short-term Rural Cooperative Credit Structure in the country. The Revival Package aimed at reviving/strengthening the Short-term Rural Cooperative Credit Structure (CCS) and to make it a well-managed and vibrant medium to serve the credit needs of rural India, especially the small and marginal farmers.
The 11th plan period was a period of action. During the period, policy focus was on increasing the flow of agricultural credit. Firstly, target was given to the banking sector to double the flow of credit to agriculture in a matter of three years, and later came the announcement of agricultural debt waiver [and one time settlement scheme for large farmers]. This period saw an increase in the flow of credit to agriculture from 2,54,657 Crore (2007-08) to 4,46 ,779 crores (2010-11). The period was an interesting one not only because of the thrust in the flow of agricultural credit and increased policy attention towards the growth of credit, but also from the perspective of institutional reform. There are also committees and commissions that the central government had appointed to analyse the reasons for farmers’ committing suicide.
It has now become an imperative that first the demand for agricultural credit in each state/region be assessed depending on crop patterns and current inputs and capital requirements in relation to targeted output growth rate and then, policy framework should be put in place to meet those requirements, instead of increasing the credit supply uniformly in all the states/regions of the country. Such a policy sometimes proves counterproductive and that appears to have happened in the Punjab agriculture.
There are many kinds of unconventional risks emerging in the agrarian economy of Punjab, which if not estimated and addressed properly may pose a severe challenge to its sustainability and hence food productivity as well as the farm incomes. This risk may further endanger the food security position of the nation and may increase the vulnerability of the poor in the country. The decline in ground water has resulted into an increased consumption of power by the agricultural sector. The cost of cultivation has increased. Therefore, water harvesting management and construction of water embankments need serious attention of the Government. The ambiguous path of development has not created debt free farmers. On the contrary debts of farmers have been multiplying. Institutionalized credit system had failed to address the issues of rural indebtedness. This is the reason why moneylenders have transformed themselves into a form of sharecroppers or absentee owners. Many a time the agreement that the farmers entered into with the money lending class is either in the oral form or in the written form, which has no legal sanctity. This has aggravated the problem, particularly the families of deceased- the state would not recognize the loan taken from the moneylenders except the institutions. Lack of access to credit is a severe constraint for many farmers in Punjab. The shortage of credit availability or capital constraint faced by the farmers is one of the major problems in the adoption of modern technologies and efficiency improvement in the agriculture sector. There are several irritating and bureaucratic hassles in obtaining an institutional credit. Studies have found that a farmer on an average has to incur Rs.4016 for obtaining a loan from a commercial bank, which amounts to about 5 per cent of his total loan. In the case of cooperatives, the transaction costs have been worked out to be much lower, around 1.2 per cent of the loan and cooperatives are located right in the villages. In spite of significant increase in institutional lendings, the mal-practices prevailing in the system make this lending more cumbersome and costly. Therefore, it is high time to address these inadequacies of the institutional sources. Considering the distinctive characteristics of agricultural credit, especially in developing nations, it should be reasonable for the government to support rural and farming sector development. The farming sector development could be achieved by scheduling an adequate policy framework for more efficient performance of rural financial market.
To conclude, the Punjab state is a major agricultural state which is important from national food security point of view as well. However, there has been a recent slowdown in agricultural growth and large scale degradation of soil and water degradation has been witnessed. It is significant to note that even though farmers are migrating from agriculture, about one-third of the marginal and small farmers were dissatisfied with their new occupations and wanted to shift to another profession. In such a situation, it is of utmost importance to address the problem of the small farmers who are leaving farming. There is a need to look into the viability of the farming sector, particularly of small farmers. The gradual withdrawal of the state from active participation in development activities has resulted in sharp decline in public investment in agricultural infrastructure and research.
Clearly, suicide is not an individual act. It is a reflection of the total failure of state policies and economic mechanisms that are being dictated by the dynamics of global capital. Farmers’ suicides in Punjab and across the country in other states are the tip of the iceberg indicating the plight of millions of the rural poor. It is the breakdown of a system that is affecting a multitude of people in different ways. Those who own little land as well as the large section of the landless that is dependent on wage labour in the agricultural economy have much at stake both in the struggle for a life of dignity as well as a future for their children.
The problem of suicides in farming community needs, therefore, to be tackled in a holistic way. Awareness among farmers will have to be created to avoid unproductive expenditure as well as efficient use of investments in irrigation structures through adopting efficient water use measures. Crop insurance programme need to be strengthened, especially in cash crops like cotton, where the yield and price variability are relatively high. Innovative loan settlement mechanisms need to be developed in the case of crop failure so that the farmers can cope with falling incomes and tide over financial crises. Regulation of non-institutional lenders is necessary to prevent them from charging exploitative rates of interest from farmers and pushing them into a debt trap. Government and social institutions should be made proactive in addressing the economic distress of farmers during the economic squeeze arising out of climate change or market failure. Education is very important for human resource capacity-building in economic activities as well as for coping with social problems. The government should, therefore, strengthen the educational network in these areas to improve literacy levels of rural people in order to equip them for better livelihoods and to cope with economic distress.
Suicides among farmers are avoidable. This would require preventive and remedial measures to avoid agrarian stress on one hand and relief plus rehabilitation of victim families on the other. There is need to pass a law for debt redemption among farmers. At the same time, identified victim families need to be provided with compensation and rehabilitation package. In fact, the poor farmers need to be given a comprehensive social security as suggested by the National Commission for Enterprises in Unorganized Sector (NCEUS) 2007. Within agriculture sector, efforts should be made for group cultivation (may be cooperative farming) for small and marginal farmers along with taking up of marketing and processing activities by these cooperatives. Rural education and health has to be put on the rails. The children from rural areas must be given quality education and make them to access skills at affordable costs enabling to take up jobs in modern sectors outside the agriculture so that pressure on agriculture can be reduced. The country needs proper education and employment policy in a coordinated manner.
Majority of the farmers in Punjab are small farmers and, therefore, the technology promoted in agriculture should be the one that is better able to safeguard the interests of these small farmers. Remedies, thus, have to be found not only in terms of short term or immediate solutions to suicides, but also long term solutions to end the agrarian crisis itself. While immediate measures could include relief, mainly financial relief, to the families of suicide victims, and attempts at their rehabilitation, the long term measures to ‘nip the evil in the bud’ should comprise of attempts at rural industrialization. This could be done on the lines of how and what has been undertaken in East Asian countries especially in Taiwan. Farmers’ cooperatives, sans middlemen, to produce, process and market output on the farm gates can be a way out. This would not only provide the agricultural sector with a much needed diversification from the wheat-paddy rotation, but also prove to be remunerative in terms of incomes and employment. Farmers’ organizations must engage themselves to start collectively processing and marketing enterprises rather than purely depending on agitations for more remunerative prices. Asking for rights along with engaging in industrial activities has a capacity to eliminate the middlemen who thrive on surpluses generated through processing and marketing activities. State government apart from supporting and extending cooperation must become innovative to articulate policies in the fast globalizing world to prod farmers’ organizations to initiate those activities which integrate the processing and marketing activities on the farm gates. This also underlines that the state and state-run financial institutions would have to alter their system of lending-loans and would have to be made adequate, timely, cheap and commensurate with demand. The red tape and additional costs involved, which makes institutional loans so unattractive, would also have to be cut drastically.
Agrarian distress and its manifestation in the form of suicides has to be dealt with in all seriousness, beginning from soothing broken-both mentally and financially-families to longer term remedies of correcting the crisis itself. There can be no short cuts, only patient, persistent efforts by learning, adapting, adopting and implementing.
* The Author is an Advocate and a National Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress. | agronomy |
https://fursaafrica.com/are-producers-orphaned-the-tragedy-of-the-golden-pipes/ | 2021-10-27T16:37:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588216.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027150823-20211027180823-00031.warc.gz | 0.97794 | 2,020 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__227294372 | en | Many years ago, in a land far, far away into the countryside, the chief and his clansmen realised that the forested hills a few kilometres away caused a lot of water to flow down to the grasslands during the rainy seasons which was then getting wasted away in the lowlands and onward to the sea. They noted that the water sped away untapped, and yet the families in the countryside went on for many days without drinking water during the dry spell. The village elders came together and agreed to seek out funds and pipe the water to the home yards using plastic pipes for domestic uses, watering animals and irrigation.
The land became so productive that in three consecutive seasons they had paid up the borrowed funds and the village had become the source of grain, fruits and vegetables, for the neighbourhoods and later the entire nation. The cess accounts of the village grew a hundred-fold as the buyers approached the villages in droves carrying out truckloads of raw and semi processed commodities.
During the regular village elders meeting, one key priority was to upgrade the pipes from plastic to metallic; to reduce the risk of bursting under the pressure of the flowing water, when this was done, a similar session six months later resolved to change the pipes from metallic to a Golden finish to reflect the image of a progressive village. It was an expensive affair but it made the pipe network appear exquisite and out of this world.
To the amazement of all, three years later, the rains subsided and the amounts of water flowing down the village reduced quite significantly. The golden pipes dried up and began to slowly rust away. The quality of life for the village began to deteriorate, and the local government was deeply concerned. A delegation of technicians was sent to the highlands brought a shocking report, that up there in the catchments; all the trees and the grasslands that had previously covered the hills and brought the rains, had now been cut and the hills were now looking dry, rock-strewn and rugged!
Many years later, this became known as the most historical Tragedy of the Golden Pipes
Looking at a production process from a value chain perspective helps us to appreciate a single stage in a process not only in its own light, but also in the light of another. It presents a final product or service as a derivative of many other processes or activities where those other subsequent activities that worked together in a certain series to deliver that product are just as important as the final product or service itself.
The analogy above brings out a common mistake in especially the production and marketing of agriculture commodities where emphasis is put on a particular stage at the expense of other stages for many reasons. It could be that the stage being emphasised was where the initial intervention was pitched and the pay-off was great and therefore the actor is stuck there anticipating the same pay-offs. It could also be that the management team at the time have a particular expertise in that one stage and therefore technically, they are drawn to that stage more than any other.
Another reason could be that, the particular stage being emphasized is the problem stage or the most sensitive stage in that process, and in the course of ‘handling it with care’ the actor loses sight of other stages in the same process, seemingly, the catchments have to run dry for the actor to realise that the process does not start and end with this one stage.
A case in point is the dairy sector. Perhaps due to the growth trends in this industry, there is now renewed hope that even where the popular cash crops like coffee and tea did not thrive, communities in such rural areas could still be able to make their own incomes from the sale of milk. This is a great advantage to the economy because it reduces the net consuming population which would otherwise rely on the producing population for their survival.
The industry experienced serious challenges in the nineties when KCC was mismanaged and eventually collapsed in 1997. It was this time when many dairy farmers were not paid for the milk that they had delivered. These negative effects were mainly felt in the Rift Valley and Mt Kenya regions and to a lesser extent in Kisii and Western Kenya.
With the collapse of the formal sector, the informal sector was the remaining hope for the many farmers who had been trading milk. Since there were no deliberate efforts by government to grow its market share or to formalize it to some extent, it remained only a market of the last resort and not a necessarily a preferred market for the farmer. With the revival of KCC in 2002, and the general recovery of the industry, the market share for the formal sector has grown.
One major response of the supply side (the farmers) has been the coming together of small holder farmers to bulk and market their produce collectively. At this point of economic recovery, the main issue was marketing, cooperatives were revived and the demand side (emerging processors) began to identify and possibly zone-off their key sourcing areas. Competition was rising and apart from the seasonal glut, there was a market for milk again.
Perhaps the hardship of markets that the farmers experienced in the past could be the real cause of the emerging tendency in the dairy cooperatives where they put most of their effort in marketing of their milk from the hands of the farmers to the hands of the processor; the bonus that comes with volumes does not help it either. It is not unusual to find a management team that discusses mainly the transactional issues between them and the processor, mostly the date of payments, the rate of payment per litre and the bonuses or commissions payable at the expense of other equally weighty matters of the cooperative.
While it is well to discuss the marketing issues, considering that collective marketing constitutes the value proposition for the cooperative, it becomes an undesirable when marketing takes the centre stage and the production issues are forgotten. The key stages that characterize the dairy value chain are production at the very upstream, collection, bulking, cooling and marketing of the raw milk which is normally carried out by the dairy cooperative and then the transportation, processing packaging and the marketing of the various final products which is mainly carried out by the processor right at the downstream of the value chain.
Looking at the entire process from this stage to stage perspective, it then means that any competent management would be keen to ensure that they have their eyes on every stage, with a view of making the value chain fully functional at least for upstream and the midstream stages for which they are fully responsible. The ability of the cooperative to grow revenues is not determined by one factor alone, but by a combination of interrelated factors.
For example, the revenue levels are determined by the amount of milk delivered to the cooperative, but this also determined by the number of cows producing this milk and this is determined by the productivity per cow, and this is determined by how the cow was fed, bred and so on. The fact that these factors are so interrelated is an indication that laying emphasis on one is setting up the enterprise for failure. It would be a zero-sum game to build the capacity of the milk handling technicians at the cooperative on one end when on the other end the cows which produce the very milk that they will be handling, are starving to death. This is not to say that the two interventions should be carried out simultaneously, but it is important that each of the two among others is done in full awareness that the other one is equally important and must not be left unattended.
Picture this, how would the cooperative appear with a group of highly competent milk handling technicians without milk to demonstrate their skills on? The danger with this form of sub-optimization is that it blinds the management from a looming failure and keeps them entertained with the golden pipes paraded in front of them. For them the front looks so rosy that they have no business looking back at what could be going wrong.
In reality, business, whether big or small, is carried out primarily for profit. Communities experience positive impact when they engage in economic activities that increase their disposable incomes, because then their purchasing power is substantive, the demand for goods and services is higher and a nation naturally grows from a lower economic level to a higher one.
From an accountant’s eye, an enterprise may increase its net earnings either by increasing its revenues or by reducing its operating costs. In the case of farmers, both reducing the costs of production, and increasing revenue by increasing the goods available for sale, is much more in the farmers’ control than increasing the cost per unit of good. The cost per unit of good is determined at another level and it highly depends on the enterprise that is buying their product and its cost dynamics. No matter what farmers do in as much as there is a place for negotiations, there is little progress that could possibly be achieved by trying to push the cost per unit of good, and yet there so much room to grow their earnings by producing more units, or being more efficient on the production process and spending less.
Either way, it results in to a marginal increase in net earnings. The fact that the management team in the cooperative puts their eyes on transacting with the milk that comes, instead of actually being the ones best placed to determine how much milk they want to receive, then their role is inadequately executed as they fail to turn around and support the very producer who keeps them in business. The way to keep the hills green, keep the rain coming, and keep the pipes and taps running in this context, is to turn around and put up lasting systems that support their own farmers to, first and foremost, increase productivity e.g. by feeding their cows well.
This is not choice to pick one and leave out the other, but rather a call to view the value chain stages as parts of one process and not a conflicting array of many isolated activities.
By David Maina, Dairy Expert, Perfometer
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https://dev.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/planting-seeds-in-the-community-five-urban-farming-groups-creating-long-ter | 2024-04-13T06:32:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816586.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413051941-20240413081941-00135.warc.gz | 0.955573 | 1,519 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__118065713 | en | The Chesapeake region is filled with natural beauty but decades of environmental inequality has led to great disparities in multiple parts of the watershed. Various lower-income, urban communities—which predominantly include Black residents and other people of color—are faced with a lack of access to healthy, affordable food, green spaces and opportunities for leadership within the food industry and environmental movement.
Urban farmers have stepped up to the challenge to bring nature and food sovereignty into their communities. These farms are meeting the immediate need of access to healthy food and green spaces in the city, while providing a wide range of programming to create long-term community change through youth education and job training. Beyond the benefits that comes from nutritious food, urban farms also provide community members with the many health benefits of nature.
These farms also help bring long-term environmental sustainability into neighborhoods. In many cases, the farm owners are transforming vacant lots into vibrant green spaces, which reduces the impact of stormwater runoff and creates important habitat for pollinators and birds. These spaces are also often managed using organic growing techniques, offer community composting and use sustainable practices like cover cropping. Most importantly, these farms are led by people from the community they serve.
Dreaming Out Loud
In 2008, Chris Bradshaw founded Dreaming Out Loud, an organization which, according to their website, is designed to “create economic opportunities for the D.C. metro region’s marginalized communities through building a healthy, equitable food system.”
Bradshaw spent years building small urban farms throughout Washington D.C., increasing food access and education wherever possible. He even had a farm at the popular Blind Whino Arts Club.
In 2018, Dreaming Out Loud was able to expand its operation and open the Farm & Food Hub at Kelly Miller. The two-acre, Black-owned farm is located in Ward 7 of Washington D.C., an area where the average family income is barely above the national standard poverty line. The farm provides educational programming through a robust partnership with City Blossoms, Loop Closing, Kelly Miller Middle School, D.C. Parks & Recreation and DC Central Kitchen.
The farm grows a wide variety of crops that are served to Kelly Miller Middle School students and have helped build and implement a culinary curriculum for students. The farm hub works with Black-owned farms throughout the region and sells wholesale produce to local cafes and restaurants. By providing food to young students, providing green space to residents and employing and working to scale regional agriculture initiatives led by Black farmers, Dreaming Out Loud is working to build an equitable food system at every level.
The Farm & Food Hub has become so well known that it was the first official trip for second gentleman Doug Emhoff during Kamala Harris’ first days in office.
Duron Chavis, founder of McDonough Community Garden in Richmond, Virginia, has a long history of community activism in the Commonwealth. He founded a festival celebrating African culture and holistic health, created a pop-up farmers market and now works as the Manager of Community Engagement for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. In 2012, Chavis started McDonough Community Garden, transforming an 8,500 square foot lot into a 30 bed garden with fruit trees and pollinator gardens.
McDonough Community Garden not only promotes urban agriculture, but horticultural therapy and environmental stewardship as well. As is often the case in urban environments, especially Black neighborhoods that are more likely to be surrounded by toxic manufacturing facilities, the farm in Richmond had a high level of lead in the soil. The team at McDonough Community Garden worked around this issue by building raised beds with a barrier to keep food safe for consumption.
The garden is building stronger community ties with events throughout the year including an early spring seed swap, garden work party days and educational workshops. McDonough serves as a little green oasis with seating areas for residents to enjoy the outdoors. Chavis hopes that the increased green space will also help raise home values in the neighborhood.
Whitelock Community Farm
Viewing food access and community education as inseparable, Whitelock Community Farm was founded in 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland to address both issues. The farm cultivates over 30 varieties of vegetables to sell at their farm stand and local farmers markets, while accepting a wide variety of payment types to ensure the food is accessible to everyone. This same dedication to access inspired a bike-powered mobile market that travels in and around the neighborhood to deliver fresh produce. On the education side, the farm hosts one-off classes focused on topics such as soil health and cooking demonstrations. A year-round partnership with the Dorothy I. Heights Elementary School allows students to see the progression of the garden throughout multiple growing seasons and even get the opportunity to harvest vegetables they planted in the spring. Whitelock also works with Midtown Academy’s Green Team program to help students complete unique farm projects. These workshops in combination with events such as potlucks, volunteer days and harvest festivals help to build community and expand the farm’s reach.
Strength to Love II
This 1.5-acre plot in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland was transformed into an organic farm. Investing in hoop houses, a structure similar to a greenhouse without the heating a cooling mechanisms, allows the farm to grow crops year-round.. In 2013, Strength to Love II Farm was founded to provide job opportunities, specifically for those returning from recent incarcerations, and to increase food access in a neighborhood with very limited healthy and affordable options. The farm consists of 18 150-foot long high tunnels using organic growing techniques. A common issue for urban farms is a fear of investing in infrastructure when they don’t know how long the lease will be available. Strength to Love II was the first farm to receive an extended five-year lease from the Homegrown Baltimore Land Leasing Initiative, which was created to provide long-term leases encouraging urban agriculture.
Strength to Love II grows a wide variety of leafy greens to sell at local farmers markets, restaurants and colleges. As part of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, they also grow several staple crops including okra, peppers, cucumbers and root vegetables. Strength to Love II also provides its employees with tools to overcome different professional and lifestyle challenges they face in their communities, including workforce development training, identification assistance, housing referrals and substance abuse referrals.
Harrisburg Urban Growers
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania didn’t necessarily need a new urban garden but it did need a way to encourage city residents to green their backyards through plants and gardens. This is the goal of the Harrisburg Urban Growers program, an initiative of the Tri-County Community Action Agency. Building upon the 14 existing urban gardens in and around Harrisburg, the program encourages people to join by giving out free seed and plant kits. These kits are designed as an introduction to gardening and can be used in people’s backyards and the existing community gardens. The group also has a Facebook page to encourage residents to share information and resources.
These are just a few of the organizations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that are working to increase access to food, provide job opportunities and green our neighborhoods through urban agriculture. This equitable and healthy use of the land will also reduce pollution coming from cities and draining into the Chesapeake Bay. Do you have a favorite urban farm in your neighborhood? Tell us about it in the comments! | agronomy |
http://storyoffuture.com/business/wood-vinegar-market/ | 2020-10-27T03:36:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107893011.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20201027023251-20201027053251-00597.warc.gz | 0.926091 | 1,459 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__106286804 | en | The global wood vinegar market is likely to exceed revenue of $6 million by 2025, according to a study produced by Acumen Research and Consulting, The industry also reflects the CAGR of 6% during 2018-2025.
Wood vinegar is a by-product of charcoal production. It is a liquid produced by gas and burning fresh wood in airless condition, and condenses into a liquid when the gas is cooled. The major components of wood vinegar are acetone, acetic acid, and methanol. Additionally, wood vinegar contains 80%-90% water along with some 200 organic compounds. Furthermore, raw wood vinegar also contains more than 200 chemicals, including methanol, formaldehyde, tar, acetic acid, ethyl-valerate, and others. Wood vinegar improves the quality of the soil, eliminates pests and controls the growth of plants; it is slightly toxic to fish and very toxic to plants if large quantity of wood vinegar is applied. It speeds up roots, stems, tubers, leaves, flowers and fruit growth. Benefits of wood vinegar include:
Low production cost associated with the cost savings of chemicals
High-quality and safe crop production
Humans, animals, plants and also the environment are safe from wood vinegar
Farmers can produce wood vinegar from branches trimmed from trees
Vinegar from wood tends to help plants grow stronger and healthier and is resistant to pests and diseases
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Pyroligneous acids produced from wood and plant materials, commonly known as wood vinegar, using a process known as destructive distillation. Methanol, acetone, and acetic acid are the main ingredients of wood vinegar and have historically been used to produce acetic acid on large scales. Due to increasing adoption of wood vinegar as a soil enhancer and organic pesticide in agriculture sector, the market of wood vinegar in the agricultural segment is expected to be highest. Due to numerous government policies, the need for biodegradable and non-hazardous chemicals in agriculture is increasing, and these factors are expected to drive the growth of wood vinegar market in the near future. The increasing popularity of wood vinegar worldwide and growing approval for its regular use are subsequently attributable to the expansion of market over the forecast period. In addition, the large-scale availability of basic material allows farmers to adopt and produce wood vinegar at home, thus subsequently supporting market growth. Wood vinegar is an ideal choice for farmers who cannot afford premium synthetic chemicals. Some of the limitations that could limit the growth of wood vinegar market are the production of wood vinegar from several organic sources. Moreover, there are multiple challenges that come with the procurement and production of wood vinegar from these similar natural sources, which can lead to dependable results, thereby limiting their use in several industrial sectors.
Wood Vinegar Obtained from Destructive Distillation Process is in High Demand
Destructive distillation is the process to obtain valuable products from wood by breaking down wood fiber to form new compounds. Under the wood-containing vessel, which has a relatively small pipe as its only outlet, heat is applied in the destructive distillation process. In this process heat vaporizes the organic compounds including turpentine and water, and further breakdown the inorganic compounds like wood gums and cellulose. It forms a number of new compounds, generally chemical in nature, which is then vaporized with water and turpentine, leaving a residue of charcoal as it is used to protect plants. This charcoal can be used as a fuel, as well as in sewage treatment and metal polishing. Wood vinegar has been used in a number of ways, including that of an ingredient in medicines, an additive to animal feed, a deodorant, a mordant in the process of dying, a facilitator in the process of fermentation, a filter in the treatment of sewage and raw material in different other industries.
Benefits of Wood Vinegar in Agricultural Applications
- If wood vinegar is applied to the soil or mixed in high concentrations, eelworms and soil diseases are stimulated. It tends to increase the number of useful microbes in low concentrations or while it is breaking down in the soil
- Mixing vinegar from wood with fertilizer reduces odors and promotes composting
- The diluted wood vinegar is sprayed on plant leaves to increase their strength and improve the quality of crops
- The effectiveness of using wood vinegar and agricultural chemicals together is higher than using either
- Spraying also helps regulate harmful insects and certain diseases of plants
- Wood vinegar helps plants grow stronger roots
Asia-Pacific continues to dominate the wood vinegar market followed by North America. This is due to the high consumption of convenience factor and processed food, high food safety awareness, high demand for bio-based fertilizers in agriculture and extensive use of wood vinegar in Japan and other regions. Europe and Middle East & Africa have enormous potential that show significant growth in terms of the increasing use of organic fertilizers, replacing synthetic chemicals for small-scale farmers, and the presence of local players in these regions are some of the factors that strengthen the growth of the wood vinegar market during the forecast period.
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http://www.gracefulgardens.com/cleome-cherry-queen | 2017-09-24T12:02:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818690016.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170924115333-20170924135333-00301.warc.gz | 0.940565 | 232 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__16788999 | en | About Cleome Cherry Queen
Tall, airy, and graceful, Cleome Cherry Queen are adorned with huge flower clusters that open daily. They love lots of sun and are drought and heat tolerant. Cleome Cherry Queen fill out the back of the border beautifully or can stand on their own. Most universities include Cleome on their deer resistant plant list.
Cleome Cherry Queen
Planting and Growing Cleome
Make sure your Cleome “harden off” to cool nights and windy conditions before planting. This requires leaving them outside in a protected area for a few days otherwise, they may wilt after planting. Choose an area that is sunny. Prepare your planting hole by turning the soil at least a shovel size deep and wide and be sure the hole is filled with plenty of organic matter for best results. Remove your plant from its pack and gently loosen the root ball. Plant deep enough to cover the top of the root ball. Press down firmly on the soil and then water it in. Consider fertilizing once or twice a season. You can mulch if you like but not too close to the plant to avoid rot. | agronomy |
http://www.hillcitybride.com/2011/07/diy-plantable-paper-leaf-favors/ | 2018-10-17T15:51:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511203.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20181017153433-20181017174933-00154.warc.gz | 0.894304 | 484 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__10636151 | en | Once again, I must pay homage to the queen of all things DIY (ok, surely the queen and her STAFF of people that come up with these things), Martha Stewart. A while back, I featured a DIY on making your own plantable paper, which was written by Pulp Art, so click here to check out how to make your own seed filled paper.
I love the idea of these favors that look like tiny plants … adorable! All instructions and photos come from Martha Stewart Weddings, and I hope you enjoy this cute DIY that is eco-friendly.
Punched leaves of all-natural paper hold the seeds guests need to produce a patch of wildflowers. All that’s required is dirt, water, and, of course, sunshine.
To make the planting-instruction signs, download our PDF for the clip art. Print it onto 8 1/2-by-11-inch card stock. One page holds two cards.
Use a bone folder and a metal straightedge to score a line between the dotted crop marks, to mark the center fold of the cards.
Then use a craft knife and the straightedge to cut between the solid crop marks (do not cut all the way to the edges of the paper; this will leave the crop marks intact for subsequent cuts).
To assemble the favors, use leaf-shaped craft punches in two sizes to punch out leaf shapes from the seed paper. To extend the stem, glue a toothpick to the bottom of the shape.
Fill mini cups (about 3 inches in diameter) with potting soil. Stick the stems of two paper leaves into the soil, and set favors out with planting-instruction signs.
Melamine cup (DRW-22), $1.75 each, Buy4AsianLife.com.
Seed paper, $2/sheet, Tender Seed Company, favorswithseeds.com.
Seed paper in green garden, $2.77/sheet, Botanical Paperworks, botanicalpaperworks.com.
Large birch leaf craft punch, $9.99, and super giant birch leaf craft punch, $15.99, both by Punch Bunch, from Scrappily Ever After.
Read more at Marthastewartweddings.com: Plantable Paper Leaves How-To | agronomy |
https://trikarpurnews.com/news/they-call-her-the-godmother-of-southern-seeds-for-a-reason/22243/ | 2024-04-19T03:04:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817253.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419013002-20240419043002-00828.warc.gz | 0.957574 | 2,238 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__48478033 | en | It was the allure of peanut seed that drew a big-dreaming beginning gardener to the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange catalog decades ago. I was madly imagining a zone-defying adventure with the tropical legume in my decidedly Northern plot.
What I found at Southern Exposure amounted to a lot more than mere peanuts, and way beyond the packets of collard seed and okra that I added to my order from their list of Southern specialties.
I began an education there — and at Seed Savers Exchange, and a few other like-minded catalogs that are no longer around — centered on the lesson that seeds are no mere commercial product, but the embodiment of our living history.
In those catalogs, I received encouragement, and information, to learn to grow each crop organically and save its seed, rekindling a traditional skill that empowers us to feed ourselves season after season, while helping to keep seed strains going.
For some 40 years, Southern Exposure has stewarded an ever-evolving list of regionally and culturally important seeds, now numbering around 800 varieties. And for about a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace, 74, has played a key role at the company, which has been owned since 1999 by the place she has long called home.
The farm-based Acorn Community is a secular, egalitarian intentional community on 72 acres in Mineral, Va., that supports “radical sharing” and “encourages personal responsibility,” according to its website. Such ethics, and the energy forged by its communal spirit, have been assets in the face of the seed industry’s modern era of dramatic consolidation and its focus on the pursuit of patented varieties.
Four multinational giants that are also in the pesticide business now own much of the precious genetics of our agricultural crops; seed has become intellectual property.
But not here. Southern Exposure offers heirloom and open-pollinated seed, each variety with a story to tell — a link to those who grew it before, and the places it originated.
One that Ms. Wallace looks forward to each year is roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa), a big, beautiful plant that produces “the zing in Red Zinger tea,” she said. It used to be grown in Florida, where she was raised. It’s sometimes referred to as sorrel or Jamaica sorrel; in the 1890s, it was called Florida cranberry.
‘Collaborators, Not Competitors’
Southern Exposure mails out about 80,000 catalogs each year. In 2022, it filled 52,000 orders, most to customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with a segment of shoppers elsewhere wanting a taste of the region — as those long-ago peanuts promised me. Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter tomato, with giant fruits exceeding two pounds and sometimes reaching four, is one such headliner.
As if her role there and as the elder at Acorn were not enough, Ms. Wallace applies her seemingly inexhaustible energy to other forms of nurturing as well, and to teaching. Prepandemic, she was a Girl Scout leader and “the math lady” at the local library, using math games to engage children with numbers.
She has also mentored countless grown-ups who were curious about seed farming, helping to connect them with other growers who could share information and equipment, improving their chances of success.
She even mentors other seed companies.
“I remember a really early conversation, where Ira told me small seed companies needed to be collaborators, not competitors,” said Chris Smith, the executive director of the Utopian Seed Project, a North Carolina-based crop-trialing nonprofit. He expressed gratitude for Ms. Wallace’s role in helping to jump-start the Heirloom Collards Project, which he is part of, and her early support of another small Southeastern specialist catalog, Sow True Seed, where he worked.
The role she has assumed has been described by many — including Ms. Wallace herself — as that of a godmother.
“When you say her name in our community, all this love comes up — a standing ovation every time, from all the young’uns and friends who sit at her feet, whom she has blessed,” said Bonnetta Adeeb, of Ujamaa Seeds. Ms. Wallace has advised Ujamaa, a collective of Black and Indigenous growers focusing on culturally relevant seed, which just introduced its second online catalog.
Witnessing this traction is joyful for Ms. Wallace, and even a little surprising, in the best way — particularly set against the backdrop of the last century’s sharp decline in Black-owned American farms, to fewer than 1 percent today.
“The seed world is a particularly white aspect of the sustainable agriculture movement,” she said. “Where Black people were coming in at all to farming was in CSAs and that aspect of the food system — not to grow seed.”
She is delighted to support Ujamaa’s young and emerging seed farmers, alongside retired educators and those in the BIPOC community who want to farm, she said: “This is definitely something I didn’t think I was going to see.”
Southern Peas, Greasy Beans and More
There are flowers and herbs in the Southern Exposure catalog, too, but it’s the traditional Southeastern vegetables whose stories pull me back every year.
This is where I met greasy beans and certain other pole beans, including Selma Zesta, whose pods remain tender even after the beans have swelled inside, providing green and protein in each mouthful.
Ms. Wallace has a special affection for the Whippoorwill pea, a Southern pea or cowpea — not the green shelling or English pea (Pisum sativum), but Vigna unguiculata, the same species as asparagus beans. Whippoorwill traveled with enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, where it was eventually grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.
Cowpeas, which grow on vines, can be shelled and eaten green or used as dry beans.
“I can’t do without them,” she said. “They remind me of my grandmother, who raised me, who always grew them, and they’re inexpensive protein. The vines build the soil, and you can feed them to your critters if you have animals on your farm. What’s not to like?”
A dozen collard varieties sport leaves ranging from green and blue-green to the yellow-green ones of Yellow Cabbage Collards, a North Carolina heirloom whose leaves form a loose head. Maybe the most striking is a variegated Florida heirloom; half of its leaves display white markings in winter.
And move over, kale: Collards are just as versatile, whether they are harvested young or fully grown, to steam or sauté; or serving as the wrapper for dolmas; or even dehydrated and crispy. The Heirloom Collard Project, whose members include Seed Savers Exchange, Southern Exposure, Ujamaa and the Utopian Seed Project, hopes to convince us to make room for a row.
Go Ahead, Try Some Okra
In the way that the South’s population has evolved, so has the Southern Exposure seed list. Alongside Doe Hill golden sweet bell pepper, a pre-1900 Virginia family heirloom, is Pimiento Lago Agrio, an Ecuadorean sweet pepper with two-inch, pumpkin-shaped fruits. An Acorn Community member whose mother is from Latin America volunteered with Ecuadorean seed-saver groups, forging the connection.
“We realized that, just like the European immigrants spread their versions of different vegetables around, that the current immigrants have communities and varieties,” Ms. Wallace said. “We’re trying to make that a part of the web of American heirlooms we offer.”
Many gardeners, particularly Northern ones, may not have grown a single okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), a mallow family member. It has been in Southern Exposure’s assortment from the start, as if preparing the ground for Mr. Smith, whose book, “The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration,” became a 2020 James Beard Foundation Award winner.
The current catalog lists 20 okras, including the winner of Mr. Smith’s 2018 trial of 76 varieties, Puerto Rico Everblush — early yielding, bountiful and delicious.
“A lot are family heirlooms, like the Shows okra, which we sold out of the first year of the pandemic and just got back in,” Ms. Wallace said.
But some are “just fun,” she added, like Okinawa Pink, from Japan: “It’s such a bright pink color that kids come to it like bees to honey.”
Peanuts in Colors, Onions in Aggregate
The peanuts that first pulled me in have been there alongside okra since the start, or thereabouts — and not just familiar-looking reddish-brown ones, but those with variegated, striped and black nuts.
Also marking decades on the list are yellow potato onions (Allium cepa var. aggregatum), a favorite of Ms. Wallace’s that is also popular with customers, and is shipped out each fall as bulbs. Southern Exposure reintroduced that perennial onion in 1982, from a strain dating to before 1790. “That’s something that, every year, we never have enough of,” she said.
It’s one of her must-have crops — like a larger shallot, but with more true onion flavor. Adaptable to all of the United States, except for Florida and South Texas, its bulbs are exceptional keepers, lasting a year or longer under good storage conditions.
The last word of its Latin name, aggregatum, is a tipoff to the multiple onions that grow in aggregate — a group of individuals nested together. And one of its common names is mother onion.
Somehow it all seems to fit that this particular godmother to so many seeds, and seed people, would have a rapport with a mother plant that thrives, and produces, in community.
Margaret Roach is the creator of the website and podcast A Way to Garden, and a book of the same name.
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https://www.levikeswick.com/new-to-gardening-here-are-some-useful-tips/ | 2024-04-12T10:30:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296815919.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412101354-20240412131354-00784.warc.gz | 0.958161 | 874 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__7611493 | en | If you are new to gardening, it can be a little daunting when you start to think about all of the things you need to know to do it properly. Don’t worry, though! This article has put together a list of some useful tips for beginners that will help you get started. Keep reading for more information.
One of the primary things you need to do when starting a garden is to choose the right kinds of plants to grow. This will depend on a few factors, such as the climate you live in and the amount of sunlight your garden gets. The green thumbs behind Harper’s Nurseries suggest that if you live in an urban area with limited space, you should focus on growing plants that don’t require a lot of room to spread out, such as herbs and salad greens. If you have a larger yard, you can think about planting things like tomatoes, peppers, or squash. Once you have an idea of what will grow well in your area, you can narrow down your choices even further by considering which plants you like the look of and which ones will be easiest for you to care for.
Another important step in starting a garden is to get your soil tested. This will help you determine what kind of nutrients it lacks so that you can add them before you start planting. It’s also a good idea to test your soil’s pH level to make sure it is in the range that most plants prefer (between six and seven). The pH level can affect how well your plants grow, so it’s important to get it right. You can get your soil tested at many nurseries or garden centers, or you can even do it yourself at home with a kit from a hardware store. If you decide to do it yourself, make sure to follow the instructions carefully.
Once you have an idea of what kinds of plants you want to grow and you know what your soil needs, it’s time to create a plan for your garden. This doesn’t need to be anything fancy – a simple sketch on a piece of paper will do. Just map out where you want to plant each type of plant and how much space you’ll need for each one. This will help you avoid overcrowding your plants and will make it easier to keep track of everything once you start planting. Keep in mind that your plants need ample space to grow, so don’t be afraid to leave some room in your plan.
One of the most important things to remember when gardening is to water your plants regularly. This is especially true in the summer months when the sun is out and the weather is hot. Make sure to check on your plants often to see if they need water. Wilting leaves are a sign that your plant is thirsty. Don’t let your plants dry out – give them a good watering as soon as you notice they need it. However, you also have to keep in mind that not all plants need the same amount of water. For example, succulents and cacti can survive on very little water, while other plants like tomatoes need quite a bit. Be sure to do some research on the specific needs of the plants you are growing so that you can give them the right amount of water.
Mulch is a material (usually organic) that you spread over the surface of your soil to help retain moisture and prevent weed growth. It’s a good idea to add mulch to your garden beds before you start planting. This will help keep the soil moist and will also make it easier to control weeds. Once you’ve added your plants, you can add more mulch around them if necessary. Be sure to use the right kind of mulch for your plants as some plants prefer a certain type of mulch, such as bark or straw.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the thought of starting a garden, it’s important to remember that you can start small. You don’t need to have a huge plot of land or an extensive knowledge of plants to get started. Start with a few plants that you are confident you can care for, and then gradually add to your garden as you gain more experience. You’ll be surprised at how quickly it grows. | agronomy |
https://mavenhempwholesale.com/articles/news/the-tasmanian-oils-project/ | 2023-12-01T19:54:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100304.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201183432-20231201213432-00628.warc.gz | 0.869822 | 789 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__204886009 | en | Nurturing Nature’s Bounty
Nestled in the pristine landscapes of Tasmania, an extraordinary endeavor is underway – the Tasmanian Oils Project. This ambitious initiative aims to harness the natural resources of the region to produce high-quality essential oils, unlocking their aromatic wonders and therapeutic potential. With a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and community, the Tasmanian Oils Project is poised to make a significant impact on the global essential oils industry.
Tasmania’s Unique Natural Environment
Renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty and abundant biodiversity, Tasmania is an ideal setting for the production of essential oils. The island’s temperate climate, fertile soil, and pure air create an environment conducive to the growth of aromatic plant species. From the lush rainforests to the picturesque lavender fields, Tasmania’s diverse landscapes offer a rich tapestry of botanical treasures.
Sustainable Practices and Conservation Efforts
At the heart of the Tasmanian Oils Project lies a commitment to sustainable practices and the preservation of Tasmania’s natural heritage. The project operates under a philosophy of responsible resource management, ensuring the long-term viability of essential oil production while safeguarding the environment.
Farmers and cultivators involved in the Tasmanian Oils Project employ organic and regenerative farming methods, minimizing the use of pesticides and synthetic chemicals. By embracing sustainable agricultural practices, they protect the delicate ecosystems and maintain the integrity of the land.
Additionally, the project actively contributes to conservation efforts. Through partnerships with local organizations, such as the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, the project supports the preservation of native plant species and habitats, ensuring the continued availability of botanical resources for generations to come.
Exploring Tasmania’s Aromatic Bounty
Tasmania boasts a remarkable array of aromatic plant species that form the backbone of the Tasmanian Oils Project. Let’s delve into some of the botanical treasures cultivated and distilled on the island:
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia): Tasmania’s lavender fields yield exquisite lavender essential oil, known for its calming and soothing properties. The unique combination of soil composition and climate conditions contributes to the exceptional quality of Tasmanian lavender oil.
- Kunzea (Kunzea ambigua): The rugged bushlands of Tasmania are home to Kunzea, a native plant with remarkable therapeutic benefits. Distilled Kunzea oil possesses anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, making it an invaluable ingredient in natural remedies.
- Boronia (Boronia megastigma): With its captivating fragrance, Boronia essential oil is highly sought after in the perfume industry. Tasmanian Boronia oil is renowned for its intense floral aroma, adding a touch of luxury to perfumes and aromatic blends.
- Peppermint (Mentha piperita): Tasmania’s cool climate provides optimal conditions for growing peppermint, resulting in an exceptionally fresh and invigorating essential oil. Peppermint oil is widely used for its refreshing scent and potential therapeutic benefits.
- Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus): Tasmania is home to various eucalyptus species, including the renowned Blue Gum. Eucalyptus essential oil offers a myriad of health benefits, such as respiratory support and immune system enhancement.
Quality Assurance and Distillation Excellence
The Tasmanian Oils Project places utmost importance on maintaining the highest standards of quality throughout the production process. From cultivation to distillation, every step is meticulously monitored to ensure the preservation of the plant’s aromatic profile and therapeutic properties.
State-of-the-art distillation facilities equipped with advanced technologies are employed to extract the essential oils. This ensures the retention of the plants’ delicate fragrance and the extraction of the valuable bioactive compounds that contribute to their therapeutic benefits. | agronomy |
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Early September the "Sagra dell' Uva", a harvest festival held at the Basilica of Constantine and is the chance to honour the grape (uva). You can buy large bushels of grapes if you'd like to make your own wine. You can elso expect lots of yummy food, live music and naturally lots of wine.
There is also a craft fair in Via dell' orso, not far from Piazza Navona on the last weekend in September. | agronomy |
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News, 02.10.18More information about NZ Flowers Week
New Zealand Flowers Week 2018 will run from November 5th-11th
Let's highlight all the things that make the New Zealand flower industry great! A week long celebration of the best that the New Zealand flower industry has to offer through it's amazing domestic cut flower agriculture and innovative floral design. | agronomy |
https://anamericandiscussion.com/why-disregarding-horticulture-equipment-will-price-you-sales/ | 2023-09-23T14:31:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506481.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923130827-20230923160827-00406.warc.gz | 0.965561 | 518 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__110569779 | en | A spade is a sort of shovel that has a straight-edged, level blade and also benefits from excavating straight-sided openings, reducing origins, eliminating plants and also weeds, as well as making trimmings. You need to anticipate the lawn sprinkler to eat a good deal of water provided the sort of spray nozzle it sporting activities. The function of yard watering in Birmingham is to intend water circulation precisely as the system allows. You obtain a 14-inch blade in this grass mower that is fairly suitable for its cost. Our emphasis was largely on the reducing size, high blade quality, and ability to move, everyone we consider one of the essential qualities. Any lawnmower you pick should permit changing its reducing blade backward and forwards to an appropriate elevation for your yard within numerous optional setups.
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A hand farmer resembles a tiny yard fork, commonly with three branches. Its long, steel points permit it to pass through the dirt quickly as well as stay clear of the smaller-sized rocks that would certainly hinder a shovel. A yard fork (comparable in look to a pitchfork) works for passing on dirt and also garden compost, excavating out origin plants, as well as splitting perennials. It serves for damaging the dirt to get rid of tiny weeds as well as harsh up the dirt, both in the yard as well as in a container. A trowel is a tiny shovel made use of for excavating little openings for growing seeds, gauging midsts in the dirt, as well as excavating up challenging weeds. It is a mobile lawnmower that inhabits an extremely small area. | agronomy |
https://gofundraising.net/fundraiser/community-solar-pumps-for-marginal-farmers-move-from-diesel-pumps-to-year-round-affordable-solar-irrigation | 2021-03-06T05:21:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178374391.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20210306035529-20210306065529-00045.warc.gz | 0.942716 | 1,181 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__188165822 | en | Solar pumps are a cost-effective and sustainable solution, but 90% of farmers - mostly poor and marginal farmers with less than 1 hectare of landholding - cannot afford the upfront investment.Oonnati, which means "progress" in Hindi, is a disruptive solution to make affordable low-carbon solar pumping technology accessible to these farmers. We install, operate and maintain Community Solar Pumps that can be shared by a group of 15-30 farmers with adjacent landholding. Any farmer with land near to a solar pump can sign up to Oonnati irrigation services and access water year-round without any upfront cost. Farmers buy water on a pay-as-you-go basis at a tariff that is 20% cheaper than diesel-powered irrigation. They can more effectively irrigate their land, increase crop yields by up to 50% and diversify to grow high-value crops .
In addition to providing water services, Oorja also operates and maintains the solar pumps for their full lifetime, ensuring sustainability.
Oorja is running this campaign to launch Oonnati in Assam, India, where only 20% of farmland is under irrigation, with the remainder being rainfed. Almost 70% of the population of Assam is directly dependent on agriculture as a source of income. Farmers grow mostly rice, wheat, oilseeds, pulses and some vegetables and fruits. There is potential for high agricultural yields, but this is constrained by erratic and uncertain rainfall.
With your contribution, we will install six Community Solar Pumps in Bongaigaon district, Assam, helping irrigate approximately 120 acres of farmland. This project will meet the irrigation water needs of a community of about 1,000 people. It will reduce their irrigation expenses by over 20%, prevent 5,000 litres of diesel from being burned annually and save 13,400 kg of CO2 from being emitted each year. We will also create 4 full-time jobs in the community.
We have partnered with (SeSTA), a local NGO that has been active in livelihood promotion in Assam for the past eight years. They will assist us with community mobilisation and formation of farmer groups. SeSTA will also train farmers on effective irrigation and cultivation of high-value crops to help maximise the benefits farmers receive from solar pumping.
This project is a critical milestone in our mission to build inclusive, prosperous and climate-resilient rural economies. It is important because it will help us demonstrate the viability of Oonnati in a new market, gain traction among farmers, and scale up to deploy 1000s of solar pumps. In contributing to this campaign, you will not just be supporting a project. You will be helping us build a movement so that we can replicate this model all over India and Africa to impact millions of farmers.
Your donations will be used for the deployment of one Cluster of six Community Solar Pumps (each 3 HP in capacity) in Assam. We require £25,000 to cover the costs of solar pumping equipment, borewell construction, labour and material for installation and travel to Bongaigaon district, Assam for site selection, project implementation and training. With support from SeSTA, we have already collected preliminary data on local groundwater levels and cropping patterns and obtained buy-in from the farming community. Once we receive the funds, we will be ready to proceed with procuring equipment and implementing the project so we can start Oonnati irrigation services this summer. The costs of operating and maintaining the pump Cluster (technician and operator salaries, spare parts, repairs, etc.) will be covered by the water fees collected from farmers.
A breakdown of the use of funds is provided below:
In case we only partially meet our funding goal, we will install a reduced number of solar pumps on a pro rata basis after covering our essential costs (£3,500 for travel and overheads). On the other hand, if we exceed our funding goal, we have several more feasible sites in the pipeline, where we can implement additional Clusters. In short, more funds equal more pumps deployed and more farmers impacted!
You can monitor the progress and the impact this project will have in three ways: through our live Impact Dashboard on our website, by signing up to our newsletter, and by following our social media channels (@oorjasolutions).
We are (Oorja), an award-winning social enterprise based in New Delhi, India, that has been active since 2017. Our mission is to develop solar energy solutions to combat poverty and climate change. Oorja has a passionate team of four people with 25 years of total experience in sustainable development, renewable energy, finance and climate a solar technician with deep connection to local communities.
Our team is extremely capable and resourceful, having gained considerable ground experience in the planning and execution of community-based solar projects. This project builds on three successful Community Solar Pumping pilots installed by us in Uttar Pradesh, India in late 2018. Around 450 people from two different communities are benefiting from cheaper and reliable irrigation. As groundwater can now be accessed in the dry season, many farmers have started a third cropping cycle and are growing high-value peppermint, sugarcane and maize.
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In case you do not feel able to donate, we encourage you to tell your friends, family and colleagues about this campaign and to share it in your networks and on social media - just spreading the word can make a huge difference. Thank you!
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A truck pulls up to the Heartland Cooperative site in Reinbeck.
Corn sits in outside storage next to the Mid-Iowa Cooperative Conrad elevator with a grain cart and auger nearby.
Sam Goos (left) and Tyler Blohm (right) prepare an anhydrous tank at the Mid-Iowa facility between Beaman and Conrad.
A truck prepares to unload at the Mid-Iowa elevator in Beaman.
A farmer applies anhydrous in a field just off of T-29 between Grundy Center and Beaman.
A farmer transports a hay bale on T-29 just south of the Highway 175 intersection near Grundy Center.
A Hook Farms truck pulls off of a gravel road between Holland and Wellsburg.
A combine pulls on to D25 near Wellsburg.
A hay baler is hard at work on Highway 14 north of Grundy Center.
Two grain carts pull up to the Snittjer elevator in Wellsburg. | agronomy |
https://californiagardens.com/Book_reviews/Books.htm | 2024-03-04T05:08:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476413.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304033910-20240304063910-00357.warc.gz | 0.945562 | 1,543 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__84453894 | en | We use the following reference garden books regularly to help answer our own gardening questions. And some are just fun to read.
Seed to Elegance
By Kevin Williams
Kentia palms have been a status symbol as well as a darn good house
plant. If there ever was a short list of plants with romantic
histories, the Kentia Palms should surely be on that list. Captain
Cook, Mutiny on the Bounty, Queen Victoria are all part of the
tale. If a guy can figure out how to grow tropical plants in
Michigan on a production scale, there is plenty to be learned.
The Garden Seed Inventory
By Kent Whealy
If you are a fan of seed catalogs this compendium of
all of the vegetable seeds sold in the US and Canada will keep you
dreaming of your next vegetable garden extraordinaire through to
planting time and then some. There are more kinds of seeds than you might ever imagine.
The Woodchucks Guide To Gardening
By Ron Krupp
This trek through the seasons of a Vermont Garden is more than a
compilation of entertaining garden tales. The recapturing of a
connection to the earth through the revisitation of the old time
family farming practices, food storage, crop rotation and timings is
an education. This is a guide to a lifestyle that can bring us
health and a healthy place to live. It all starts with good food
and good food starts with good gardening. Good gardening starts
with a thorough understanding of the natural world around us.
The Botany of Desire
By Michael Pollan
The book The Botany of Desire is very entertaining, full of interesting
tidbits of information. The author uses the premise that certain species of
plants have used mans desire for them to increase their survival in a world
full of pests and predators. The four plant species focused on are the
tulip, the potato, the apple and marijuana. The full implication of mans
manipulation of plants through hybridization and controlled growing
programs is thoughtfully explored. The history behind each of these
species and the effect that they have, or in the case of the tulip,
had, on our lives is remarkable. The author thoroughly researched each of the species
and his conclusions in each case is edifying. This is a very enjoyable book, a
good read and a thoughtful one. I can highly recommended it, even to those who don’t find
plants fascinating. The first link is for the book itself, the second for the book on disk.
California Native Plants
The second edition Jepson Manual reflects the dramatic changes
in the understanding of the plant taxonomy due to genetic studies of the plants. The Jepson Manual is
the primary resource used for the identification of the California native plant material by the scientific
community. There have been some controversial name changes and there are and will probably always be
some difficulty discerning the more complicated taxa. To date I do not think that there is a better book
on the subject.
I have found that identification is made much easier when I use a more local guide.
For the Sierra Nevada Range A Sierra Nevada Flora and Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada fit this bill.
In Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties I regularly use A Flora of the Santa Barbara Region
by Clifton F. Smith. If you are interested in native plants from Ventura and Santa Barbara County's this is a must though finding
someone willing to give up their copy might be a fiscal challenge.
In Orange County and Western Riverside County I use two annotated checklists by Fred Roberts.
The most complete work on native plant propagation from
seed that I have found is Seed
Propagation of Native California Plants, by Dara
Emery. The list of plants is extensive. His
list of selections that have made their way into the horticultural
trade is amazing by any measure.
A Book of Salvias by
This is a great book on a subject that is a hot topic in the nursery.
There are more salvia's becoming available in the trade on a regular basis, 150 are treated here.
To this point many of us have had to guess about what these plants would turn into.
This book has helped to mark the way. I recommend it heartily. I would love to
see more subjects treated this thoroughly.
Peter Beales' book Classic Roses has been in and out of my shelf
and onto my desk for years. I use it regularly and extensively. People are increasingly using the old roses and this has been a great
primer for me. The pictures are outstanding and the text to the point.
David Austin's book, Old Roses and English Roses is a great
reference by the master rosarian himself. His plant size information is relevant to the Isles but there
is a lot more information there than just how big those roses grow. The book can not possibly keep up
with the newest releases but truly does justice to those that were out by the time the book was printed.
Clair Martin's book 100 English Roses of the American Garden brings many of the
roses to our climate. The Huntington Gardens in San Marino are one of the most extensive testing grounds for the Austin
Roses. Clair has grown and experienced their graces and flaws longer than the rest of us and has a great deal of information on
the subject to pass on to us. They are a different rose when they are here in the ground in California. We get more sun and
the roses respond and grow, and how.
Perennials for American Gardens by Ruth Rogers Clausen has one of the
most up to date listing of plants around. There great pictures of many of the varieties of plants. I have used these illustrations
to demonstrate many of the plants that I like in a landscape.
General Gardening Books
52 Weeks in the Garden by Robert Smaus is a well rounded book of ideas
for the garden. It is nice to have the tasks broken out by the season. There are excellent lists for difficult areas and situations in the
garden. I commiserated with the author on many of the weeds and pests that we both have faced.
Water Gardening, Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry D. Slocum and Peter Robinson gives a great in
depth view of what is needed for a water garden as well as what is possible. There are copious pictures of aquatic plants and diagrams
of the workings of ponds.
American Horticulture: Complete Guide to Water Gardening by Peter Robinson fulfills its
name. It is a worthy book to be added to the bookshelf and pulled down on a regular basis.
The Pond Doctor; by Helen Nash is direct about getting to the problems faced in a
water garden. The ecology of the water feature is discussed. Methods for manipulating its conditions are invaluable. This book represents
a wealth of experience. In the landscape we draw upon a wealth of experience. In the pond comparatively few have tread.
Plants for Water Gardens by Helen Nash provides photos of a wide variety of what can be grown
in the water garden. The book explains the plants culture and pond requirements. It is a good thing to have decided upon what will be grown in the pond
before the pond is designed. Aspects like the movement and depth of the water are critical to success of many water plants. | agronomy |
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Mulch is essential to the health of any garden. The benefits of garden mulch include retaining soil moisture and health of soil, reducing weed growth and enhancing the visual appearance of your yard. You can read more about using mulch in the warmer weather here.
Generally mulch is spread to about 50 – 75 mm thick. If you have young newly planted plants it’s sometimes best to wait a couple of weeks to spread the mulch otherwise it is fine to go onto established gardens straight after delivery.
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July 5 photo here. May 30 photo here.
I have made a mulch bed recently, as you can see, where I dump grass clippings, palm fronds, and compost from our composter. The idea is not only to enrich the soil (I apply a monthly dose of specially mixed banana fertilizer) but also to protect against the dreaded nematode. That bug fastens on the roots and sucks the nutrients. According to the advice I received from the people at Katie's Going Bananas, keeping the ground covered this way gives you the greatest chance of avoiding them. | agronomy |
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http://msiri.mu/index.php?langue=eng&rub=12 | 2019-10-15T06:59:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986657586.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015055525-20191015083025-00081.warc.gz | 0.933967 | 655 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__73220313 | en | Research on cultural operations consists of projects aiming at reviewing existing cultural practices or developing new ones to improve cane productivity or adapting them to changes in the production system. Minimum Tillage Practice (MTP) was developed in the 1970s as a planting technique on sloping lands and, later on, on flat lands.
Since 1992, trash blanketing is advantageously replacing the traditional trash lining (on alternate interrows) practice in the subhumid and humid areas. Partially Mechanized Planting (PMP) was developed as an alternative to mechanical planting to reduce labour, particularly female one, required during planting in 1993.
Cool-burning consisting of burning cane early in the morning was shown to reduce particulate matter emission by more than 60 % compared to the traditional practice and has been included as a prerequisite in the code of burning practice in 2002. A new system to plant cane on ridges in high rainfall areas was recommended in 2004. The practice is less labour-intensive whilst partially mechanized planting and mechanized harvest is possible. Moreover, the ridging operation will also bury any weeds present.
Recently (2006) changes in cane row spacing with the adoption of dual row planting offers great potential to increase cane productivity and machine efficiency without increasing inputs (planting material and fertilizer). It consists of pairs of rows 0.5 m apart with 1.8 m between their centres. In line with more recent economic and agronomic developments in the industry, new cropping systems are being investigated to meet the challenges. The new systems involve more integrated practices with the basic principles of reduced tillage, controlled traffic (by matching row spacing to vehicle track width) and a leguminous fallow break.
The Department is also involved in research projects relating to farm planning and soil conservation; farm plans are produced using Digital Terrain Modelling (DTM) technique. A project initiated in 2001 to study soil erosion has confirmed the contribution of sugar cane to control erosion, particularly in high risk areas where slopes can exceed 20%.
Weed Agronomy is the study of the ecology and biology of weeds, their effect on different crops and their control by various methods, especially by the use of herbicides.
One of the main tasks of the weed agronomy section has been the evaluation of new herbicides; some 150 herbicides have been tested during the last 50 years and some 25 recommended to the planting community. Herbicides have also been screened for use in foodcrops, planted in sugar cane interrows or in full stand. In the recent years, significant progress has been achieved in spraying techniques, more particularly with introduction of air-inclusion nozzles. The current R&D programme is focused on developing weed management strategies with the objectives of reducing cost and amount of herbicides.
On going research projects
Dr Suman Seeruttun
The department carries out research on the mechanization of cultural operations for sugar cane and food crop production in the following fields:
On going research projects
1. Reducing production costs
2. Relieving labour from the arduous aspects of agricultural work
3. Minimizing the ill effects of mechanization on soil and crop
4. Environment friendly measures
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They will keep us healthy.
A certain type of cantaloupe grown in Japan costs a fortune.
Buying one may require the unhealthy idea of refinancing a home mortgage to purchase a single melon.
Here are 10 reasons the Yubari King melon is so expensive.
Why Is Yubari King Melon So Expensive? (Top 10 Reasons)
1. Grown In A Limited Area
A cantaloupe cultivar, the Yubari King melon is grown in a very limited area.
Cultivars are plants carefully bred over many generations with the goal of improving their qualities.
The Yubari King has developed as a hybrid of the Burpee’s Spicy cantaloupe and the Earl’s Favourite cantaloupe.
In addition to being known as cantaloupe, the Yubari King is also a muskmelon.
To get a bit technical, all cantaloupes are muskmelons, but not all muskmelons fit within the more narrowly defined species of melons that we call cantaloupes.
This specially-bred cantaloupe has a designation that limits its cultivation to a particular region in Japan.
When purchasing cantaloupes from most groceries today, usually the closest we can get to the origin of the melon is the nation of cultivation.
With the Yubari King, we have a geographical identifier that offers greater exclusivity.
Farmed in Yūbari, a settlement with fewer than 9,000 residents in Hokkaidō, this melon illustrates how a crop can transform a region.
Located in a mountainous area, Yūbari once served as a coal-mining community.
After the mines closed in 1990, the local economy suffered and the area’s population declined.
People needed a new organic material to harvest from the ground.
Fortunately, high rainfall and volcanic soil with very high nutrient content offered new hope for this mountainous region, one known to have harsh winters.
Farmers in this area focused on their melons.
They carefully harvested them, taking the best seeds and carefully improving the crop.
In time, their efforts paid off.
Usually sold at more than $50 per melon, cantaloupes grown in and around Yubari are not the budget melons one buys at the farmer’s market down the road.
Some of these melons sell for more than $200 each.
During auctions and at the beginning of the main melon season, some of the top Yubari melons ascend to the status of melon royalty and command the top fruit prices in the world.
One may think of them as the “caviar” of cantaloupes!
The specific variety that commands the top dollar (or, in this case, the most Japanese yen) is referred to as the “Yubari King.”
Known for their renowned sweet taste, these royal melons have a royal price that is truly a king’s ransom.
Some have been sold at car-like prices, for more than $13,000 at auction.
Why would anyone pay so much for a melon, especially one that they certainly cannot drive?
What drives their prices so high?
Part of the reason for that high price is their protected geographical indication.
These are not generic cantaloupes of uncertain pedigree.
These are world-famous melons.
2. Gift-Giving Culture Plays A Role
With such high-priced melons on the market, another important factor in the expense of these melons involves longstanding Japanese cultural practices.
The practice of gift-giving is ingrained within Japanese culture.
Fruit is a gift commonly offered in this custom.
These gifts are not apples picked from a tree or berries yanked from the ground that may have blemishes or imperfections.
These gifts of fine fruit resemble organic, edible masterpieces.
True works of art patiently grown from the vine, some of these fruits trace their significance back more than 700 years.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, noble members of the samurai demonstrated loyalty to their chief—the shogun—by presenting them with fruit.
Melons were often given in this ceremonial form of honor and respect.
Part of the gift of edibles involved not just the offering of the fruit, but the giving of items of high quality as a form both of respect and building bonds.
This often included an expectation that the favor would be returned by assisting with the harvest.
Although melon cultivation occurs throughout Japan, these fruits are usually viewed as more than just a snack.
Melons, including the Yubari King, have become important commodities in this gift-giving culture.
A high-end store even traces its origins to gift-giving by a samurai.
Benzo Ohshima, a samurai, began peddling discounted fruit in 1834.
Later that century, one of his descendants turned the business model on its head, becoming a fruit purveyor not of discounted varieties, but instead of highly-refined and very expensive specimens.
This represents the birth of Sembikiya, a very elegant store that sells fruits of the highest pedigree for a very high price.
This company has perfected a business model that emphasizes gift-giving of the fanciest fruits.
With two gift-giving seasons in Japan each year—one in summer and one in winter—this company allows families of significant financial means to exchange presents during that time, as well as to share gifts with bosses and others.
This gift-giving tradition is based upon harvesting crops that demonstrate fruit perfection.
During busy shopping periods, Sembikiya may sell upwards of 200 muskmelons per day.
3. Selection Of The “Best” Seeds
In most agricultural operations, an important goal is to have as many seeds as possible.
The more seeds planted, the larger the potential yield.
While mass production and maximum seed potential may represent the common approach used in agribusiness, this does not reflect the practice used when growing Yubari melons.
Farmers who harvest these precious and very expensive fruits take the opposite approach.
During the early phase of the melon’s life cycle, farmers choose only the best seeds.
After doing this, they take this emphasis on selectivity to an even higher level.
They will carefully remove all of the flower buds, except for one, so the melon will not have any competition for nutrients.
They only want a single melon to grow on each vine so that it does not have to compete with any other melons for the nutrients that it needs to grow to perfection.
As the flowering process begins, farmers painstakingly remove any buds that they consider to be subpar.
After discarding buds they deem imperfect, they do something not seen in any other melon farms.
They grab a paintbrush and use it to pollinate the blooms that have the best potential by hand.
The farmers carefully use the paintbrush as a tool.
Similar to a bee, they use the brush to transfer pollen from one bloom to another.
Through these steps, the farmers carefully collect seeds that they consider to be perfect.
Over a long period, they have developed different sub-varieties of the seeds best suited for different seasons.
This effort to extract the best seeds is part of a larger process, one that compels the local farmers to breed a new strain of the melon each year.
Their goal is not just to collect the best seeds.
They also want to correct past imperfections as part of their quest for a perfect melon.
Fostering continuous improvements in their melons is an important goal for these farmers.
On their farms, there is no room for weak seedlings to take root.
Every crop must surpass the ones before it.
When farmers devote such attention to an act as simple as collecting seeds, one can assume that the price of these melons will increase.
4. Efforts Required To Raise Them
These melons carry a premium price due to the time and effort to cultivate, grow, harvest, and prepare these highly aesthetic pieces of produce.
No cheap fertilizer, planters, or mulch will be used for them.
Instead, they are often provided with carefully selected soil with a high proportion of volcanic ash, individualized boxes that serve as their cantaloupe cultivar condo, and comfortable surroundings in a carefully constructed greenhouse.
Farmers who cultivate the Yubari King give these muskmelons incredible care and their full attention.
They require 100 days to grow to marketable maturity.
Knowing the value that these products will bring from the marketplace, many farmers grow these expensive melons throughout the entire year.
Once a melon has made it to the point of getting into the greenhouse, the effort required to raise it and the devotion it receives escalate to an even higher level.
Each melon will have a string attached to its stem so it does not fall from the vine.
They receive a cone-shaped “hat”—usually black in color—that keeps the melon from getting overexposed to the sun.
Fruits with hats to protect them from sunburn are fruits pampered and treated in a royal fashion.
With at least 20 different seed varieties to meet the growing demands of different seasons, farmers can craft melons that grow perfectly regardless of the weather.
This farming process emphasizes precision.
Pruning takes place with great care.
Stalks have strings to help them bear the weight of the growing melon.
These melons, all of equal height, take shape in evenly divided rows that show the attention to detail that farmers devote to the success of their crops.
5. White Glove And Climate-Controlled Treatment
One might say that the Yubari King melons get a true white-glove treatment.
Indeed, to say such a thing would be to state something that is categorically true.
As the melons reach maturity, farmers reach for their pairs of gloves.
They wear gloves as they gently care for these melons.
In some cases, the farmers go through more than one pair of gloves while preparing these melons for the market.
Giving the Yubari King the white-glove treatment is part of the process, one done entirely by hand to ensure not only perfect taste, but also perfect appearance.
In addition to polishing with gloves, the plants are pampered with paper.
As the melons start to mature, farmers wrap them in white paper.
They occasionally hand polish and massage them, creating something that one might call a high-end spa for their melons.
Sembikiya refers to this massage process as “ball wiping,” their phrase to describe the hands-on way that farmers care for their fruits before they are ready to harvest.
The raised beds of these cantaloupe condos where the fruits grow are given precisely managed drinks of water.
With the harsh winter weather outside, these year-round operations even have another enhancement that promotes the growth of these melons.
Much more than a simple greenhouse, these cantaloupes take shape in a climate-controlled facility.
Heating and air conditioning maintain a constant temperature throughout the year.
While the closest that many of us may come to “air conditioning” our melons is to place them in the refrigerator after slicing them open, these cozy greenhouses have better climate control than some homes do.
Some farmers even adjust the temperatures to accommodate for when the sun rises and sets, as well as when higher winds might affect wind chill.
One farmer mentioned using 55 liters (14.5 gallons) of heating oil each day to keep the temperature for growing his melons at an ideal level.
He said his family never leaves the farm at the same time so that someone can adjust the temperature.
Imagine never being able to take a family vacation because someone had to keep the melons at the perfect temperature.
This explains why these melons are so expensive.
6. Harvested With Care
Harvesting these melons is a slow, involved, delicate, and expensive process.
Unlike workers in the fields who pick melons, berries, and other crops with great efficiency, the farmers who cultivate Yubari King melons perform their tasks in a slow, methodical, and gentle manner.
While handling the fruit with white gloves, they inspect the skin for blemishes.
Rather than yanking them from the vine, they harvest them by using a pair of scissors.
The final product has an excellent rind pattern, a perfectly round shape, a very sweet taste, and a decorative stem left intact after the melon is cut.
The peak harvesting season takes place from May to August, though some farmers have used their fancy, climate-controlled greenhouses to cultivate cantaloupes throughout the year to meet the demand for their very expensive product.
As they inspect the fruit, farmers gently tap, flick, and knock the melons to listen for a low, deep sound that indicates their ripeness and assure that they are ready to harvest.
The lattice pattern on the melon should be perfect and perfectly appealing.
The Yubari King should also have a distinctive fragrance.
7. Only The Best Are Selected
Even with all of the care already taken to plant, grow, and harvest them, the melons must go through an additional grading process at many high-end markets.
Melons have four grades.
Any minor defects will relegate a melon to “yuki” status.
After casting melons with slight imperfections aside, the rest are graded on how well they display their perfect appearance and their sugar content.
The majority, or 55%, occupy the third tier, the “shiro” grade.
Approximately 25% ascend to the second tier, the “yama” grade.
The cream of the cantaloupe crop, usually 0.1% of melons, or one in a thousand, receives the “fuji” grade at the top-end markets.
In other stores, “fuji” melons may include up to the top 3%.
At Sembikiya, they will sell only about 3% of any given harvest, so only the most marvelous muskmelons make their grade.
These melons are not barcoded with stickers, scanned, or tossed into a plastic or paper bag.
Instead, they are placed inside individual presentation boxes, usually resting on hay or silk, with a ribbon tied around them.
The boxes are not made of paper or cardboard.
They are usually constructed of wood.
The visual aesthetic is very important since high-quality items should excite the purchaser with their beauty and presentation.
To guide the cantaloupe connoisseur, there is often a full-color brochure with tasting notes about the fruit species sold in the store, similar to documents that offer elaborate details about fine wines.
This allows the purchaser to get an idea of the aroma, sweetness, and aftertaste before taking their melon home.
8. Many Japanese Fruits Are Expensive
Given the elegant treatment Yubari King melons receive, one might consider them to be a unique commodity in the Japanese fruit market.
While Sembikiya is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of high-end fruits, this obsession with carefully harvested, beautifully cultivated, and tastefully expensive fruit goes beyond the melons.
Fruits in Japan are generally more expensive, even if they do not reach the levels of Yubari King melons.
While one can expect to pay $19 for a perfect pear or $24 for an amazing apple at Sembikiya, even a single, regular apple may cost more than $2 at a typical supermarket in Tokyo.
Beyond trying to perfect the melon through carefully crafting the Yubari King, the Japanese have created square-shaped watermelons that fit perfectly in smaller refrigerators, as well as heart-shaped watermelons.
Fruit sold in most Japanese supermarkets lack blemishes of any kind.
This goes back to a cultural mindset found in many areas of Japan.
Fruits are perceived to remain a luxurious item, while vegetables are necessary for daily life.
A person needs vegetables to survive but can live without fruit.
Thus, in many areas of Japan, fruit remains something special to add to the plate.
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One wrong move will kill the diner.
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One Japanese tradition calls for high auction bids on the first produce harvested during the early season.
When the first muskmelons receive their bids, they sometimes command five-figure prices.
In 2016, a pair sold for more than $27,000 during an auction.
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Join me as we delve into the role of drones, the challenges faced, and the future prospects of this technology in controlling locust outbreaks.
The Locust Crisis in Kenya
You’re probably wondering how the locust crisis in Kenya is affecting the country’s agriculture and food security.
Locust migration has been a recurring menace in Kenya, with devastating economic consequences. The swarms of locusts devour crops, leaving farmers without their primary source of income and pushing them into poverty. This jeopardizes food security not only at an individual level but also at a national scale.
The destruction caused by these pests disrupts the entire agricultural supply chain, leading to increased prices for essential commodities and creating instability in the market.
Understanding the impact of locust infestations is crucial to developing effective control strategies that can mitigate their effects on agriculture and ensure food security for the people of Kenya.
Understanding the Impact of Locust Infestations
Understanding the impact of locust infestations is crucial for assessing their potential damage to crops and ecosystems. Locust swarms can have severe economic consequences and result in agricultural devastation. Here are some key points to consider:
- Locusts consume vast amounts of vegetation, leading to crop losses and reduced food production.
- They can travel long distances and quickly decimate entire fields, leaving farmers with significant financial losses.
- This impacts not only the local economy but also global food security.
- The destruction caused by locusts can take years to recover from, hindering agricultural development.
As we delve into the role of drones in locust control, it’s essential to understand the magnitude of the problem and the urgent need for effective solutions.
The use of drones offers a promising approach in combating locust infestations without resorting to harmful chemicals or manual labor-intensive methods.
The Role of Drones in Locust Control
To effectively combat the devastating impact of locust infestations, utilizing drones presents a viable solution that can minimize the use of harmful chemicals and reduce manual labor-intensive methods. Drones have revolutionized pest control by offering precise and efficient means for locust surveillance. With advanced technology and high-resolution cameras, drones can cover large areas quickly, providing real-time data on locust swarms’ locations and movements. This information is crucial for implementing targeted interventions to control their spread and minimize crop damage. By integrating GPS tracking systems and artificial intelligence algorithms, drones can autonomously identify locust hotspots and guide ground-based teams to take appropriate action. The table below demonstrates the benefits of using drones in locust control:
|Rapid aerial surveys
As we delve into the challenges and solutions in drone-based locust control, it becomes evident that these technological advancements hold immense promise in our fight against this destructive pest.
Transitioning into the subsequent section about ‘challenges and solutions in drone-based locust control,’ we must address certain hurdles that need to be overcome for effective implementation.
Challenges and Solutions in Drone-Based Locust Control
When it comes to addressing the challenges in drone-based locust control, one solution is to improve the battery life of drones for extended surveillance missions. This will allow us to cover larger areas and gather more accurate data on locust swarms.
As we navigate through the complexities of drone regulations, it is crucial to focus on optimizing aerial surveillance capabilities. To achieve this, we can explore the following approaches:
- Implementing advanced battery technologies that provide longer flight times.
- Developing efficient charging stations strategically located for quick battery swaps.
- Utilizing solar-powered drones to maximize operational time without compromising performance.
By enhancing the battery life of drones and ensuring seamless power supply, we can overcome one of the major challenges in drone-based locust control. This will pave the way for improved aerial surveillance and enable us to gather valuable information necessary for effective locust management strategies.
As we look ahead to the future of drone technology in locust control…
The Future of Drone Technology in Locust Control
As you ponder the future of drone technology in managing locust infestations, consider the potential advancements that could revolutionize surveillance and control methods. Drones have already proven their effectiveness in monitoring and spraying pesticides on locust swarms. However, there is still room for improvement to optimize their performance and enhance their capabilities.
One area that requires attention is the development of a regulatory framework for drone operations in locust control. This framework would ensure safe and responsible use of drones while minimizing risks to both humans and the environment. It would address issues such as licensing requirements, flight restrictions, data privacy, and liability.
Additionally, it is crucial to assess the environmental impact of using drones for locust control. While they offer advantages such as precision targeting and reduced chemical usage, it is essential to evaluate any potential negative effects on non-target organisms or ecosystems.
To summarize the potential advancements in drone technology for locust control:
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In conclusion, the use of drones in locust control has emerged as a promising solution to combat the devastating impact of locust infestations in Kenya.
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However, challenges such as limited battery life and weather conditions must be addressed for effective implementation.
With advancements in drone technology and improved strategies, we can expect a brighter future where drones play a vital role in controlling locust outbreaks and safeguarding agricultural productivity.
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https://walterthinnes.blog/2017/06/05/happy-birthday-to-my-tomato-plant/ | 2022-09-29T10:58:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335350.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929100506-20220929130506-00302.warc.gz | 0.955137 | 309 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__171387209 | en | A little over a year ago I bought a Miracle-Gro AeroGarden for my small New York apartment. It is a simple hydroponic device with a grow light. Pretty cool. I started several plants for fun and there is a monitoring device to check for water level, remind you to add food and track how many days have passed since you planted. That little timer tells me that the tomato plant you see in the picture is 365 days old! All the other plants went to that great garden in the sky but this beauty is still cranking out cherry tomatoes as you can see.
This is not an economical method for sure. Between power for the grow light and circulating pump and the refills of distilled water (yeah, they told me it would help and that tomato plant is darn thirsty!) I spend much more money on this little project than I would if I just bought cherry tomatoes from the local market. But it is lots of fun and I sure know exactly where this produce comes from.
That companion plant beside it is basil. It came later and not pictured is a small companion planter with three more. Of course it is a delightful addition for a Caprese salad (haven’t yet sprung for a water buffalo to supply the milk for fresh mozzarella, maybe next year). Especially good is a weekly dose of fresh pesto I make when I trim the plants back for the freshest concoction you can imagine. Pardon me, need to go out and plow the south forty before dinner. | agronomy |
http://9androidapps.com/farming-simulator-14-v1-2-8-mod-apk/ | 2017-04-30T12:52:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125532.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00629-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.830951 | 355 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__287778653 | en | Start your agricultural career in Farming Simulator 14 on mobile and tablet! Take control of your farm and its fields to fulfil your harvesting dreams.
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Our Farm and Country Store is located just west of Dover, Delaware and provides a unique farm market shopping experience. Our staff is committed to high quality fruits and vegetables and remarkable customer service. The Country Store is open from April-December each year and features a constantly changing mix of seasonal, homegrown fruits and vegetables.
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http://www.spotlightconcerts.ca/main/grow-your-own-have-cbd-along-with-thc-stress-seeds/ | 2020-04-07T15:55:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371803248.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20200407152449-20200407182949-00093.warc.gz | 0.967899 | 616 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__228606913 | en | You’re able to grow your own personal CBD and THC ranges by way of growing him or her outdoors. In the past, indoor cannabis factories have grown effectively, as they are able to get the sunshine essential while not the warmth from your sun. You’re able to create a techniques indoors, however,the key expansion of indoor indoor plants is actually restricted through high humidity in addition to ticket rate, and that is certainly an item you must watch for on yard hempen necktie plants.
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https://jaaru.org/index.php/auisseng/article/view/328 | 2023-12-05T01:37:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00347.warc.gz | 0.942726 | 256 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__89325770 | en | Improvement of Economic Water Productivity of Cucumber by using Soil Water Retention Technology under Subsurface Trickle Irrigation System
Subsurface soil water retention (SWRT) is a recent technology for increasing the crop yield, water use efficiency and then the water productivity with less amount of applied water. The goal of this research was to evaluate the existing of SWRT with the influence of surface and subsurface trickle irrigation on economic water productivity of cucumber crop. Field study was carried out at the Hawr Rajab district of Baghdad governorate from October 1st, to December 31st, 2017. Three experimental treatments were used, treatment plot T1 using SWRT with subsurface trickle irrigation, plot T2 using SWRT with surface trickle irrigation, while plot T3 without using SWRT and using surface tickle irrigation system. The obtained results showed that the economic water productivity in plot T1 was greater than plots T2 and T3. The increasing value was about 65 % and 124 %, respectively. The benefit of the installing SWRT along with subsurface trickle irrigation in the crop root zone assisted to keep the water, nutrients and fertilizers during the root zone profile, improving the field water use efficiency and then the parameter of water productivity. | agronomy |
https://farmcrisis.nfu.org/ | 2019-07-19T04:40:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525974.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20190719032721-20190719054721-00497.warc.gz | 0.967511 | 130 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__207534594 | en | Has your family farm been impacted by flooding or weather?
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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's BibleFebruary 1, 2006
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http://www.dryice-machine-baler.com/how-to-choose-straw-baling-machine-manufacturer.html | 2020-04-07T05:42:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371675859.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20200407054138-20200407084638-00542.warc.gz | 0.920102 | 340 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__63117157 | en | How to choose straw baling machine manufacturer ?
Buying straw baling machine should choose manufacturer first. Shuliy machinery has a high reputation in the industry. Shuliy machinery products research and development center and production base, has a modern management mechanism and processing equipment, perfect detection means, high-quality scientific research personnel, on call 24 hours after-sales service team, with a high degree of professionalism to provide clients with good economic and technical service, with good reputation, good product won numerous customer’s favor.
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The product is a compressing, bundling and baling machine for crushing corn straw. The machine has the characteristics of compact structure, convenient operation, stable and reliable transmission and flexible movement. Widely used in animal husbandry forage green storage, yellow storage. It can save storage space and prolong the feeding time of green straw. Greatly reduced the cost of feed transportation, storage, reduce the labor intensity of labor. Also brought real economic benefit to stock raising.
When purchasing baling machines, users should be extremely careful. Online users in the purchase of straw baling machine, to many manufacturers in the home, carefully identify the quality of the brand. Here are a few tips: first, users to choose the strength of the old brand manufacturers; Secondly, to choose the quality, after-sales guarantee of the regular manufacturers, like Shuliy machinery straw baling machine users have more than ten thousand, quality services are able to withstand the test of users. The choice is still up to the user, so the user’s perspective is also critical. | agronomy |
https://arbeitskreis-wasserpflanzen.de/?v=mangelsymptome&sprache=E | 2024-04-17T20:01:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817171.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417173445-20240417203445-00212.warc.gz | 0.919203 | 1,661 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__197237853 | en | Like all other plants, aquarium plants need different nutrients to grow healthily. Symptoms of nutrient deficiency in aquarium plants and the increased occurrence of algae are signs of nutrient imbalance in the aquarium. Regular water changes and a fertilization adapted to the needs of the plants can help with such problems.
For a healthy growth, plants need 16 different nutrients that must be in a certain ratio to each other. If a nutrient is present in too small amount, it limits the growth of the plant and thus the absorption of the other nutrients. Phosphate is for example a nutrient, in which there is only a relatively small need. While the plants take up 1 mg of phosphate, they also need 5 - 10 mg of nitrate and 10 mg of potassium. If one of these nutrients is missing, the plants grow poorly and less phosphate is absorbed. The consequences are an increasing phosphate content in the aquarium water and the appearance of brush algae. Fertilizing with the missing nutrients allows the plants to grow and consume the phosphate. In this way, long-term brush algae can be "combated" by fertilizing with nitrate or potassium. On the other hand, phosphate deficiency can lead to an increasing nitrate value, which in turn causes green algae. Fertilizing with phosphate can help here.
Uptake of nutrients is influenced by environmental factors (temperature, pH) and by competition with other nutrients. For example, over-fertilization with iron can lead to manganese deficiency. For the construction of cellulose, starch, proteins, fats and dyes in the plants, enzymes are necessary, which are composed of different nutrient elements. If the formation of these enzymes is disturbed by a lack of micronutrients or lack of energy, it may lead to the expression of deficiency symptoms for a nutrient that is actually present in the water sufficiently (induced deficiency). Nutrient deficiencies are therefore only to be defeated, if the diagnosis includes the entire plant, also the accompaniments such as algae growth or biogenic descaling and the water values.
All plant nutrients have a function in the metabolism of the plant in which they can not be replaced by other elements. So all elements are equally important and all indispensable.
Carbon (C), oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H) are the main constituents of cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin that form the cell walls. These three elements are also contained together in proteins, enzymes, DNA and chlorophyll, as well as in all other molecules of the plant.
Nitrogen (N) is part of the DNA. It is found in enzymes, in chlorophyll, in various plant hormones and in many other compounds.
Phosphorus (P) is the most important energy source in the plant metabolism. It is indispensable for the function of membranes and also part of DNA.
Potassium (K) is important for water balance and internal cell pressure. It activates various enzymatic reactions.
Calcium (Ca) stabilizes cell walls and membranes and serves as a messenger in cell sap.
Magnesium (Mg) is irreplaceable as the central atom of chlorophyll for photosynthesis and it is also indispensable for the formation of proteins.
Sulfur (S) is a component of proteins and DNA. It is also necessary for the plant to take up nitrogen. Depending on the plant species, sulfur deficiency can cause symptoms of nitrogen deficiency or nitrogen over-fertilization.
Iron (Fe) is part of chlorophyll precursors. It is also important for nitrogen metabolism.
Boron (B) affects many metabolic processes. It is particularly important in cell division at the shoot and root tips.
Manganese is important for photosynthesis, protects cells from free radicals, and contributes to the formation of phytochemicals.
Copper, zinc and molybdenum are involved in various metabolic processes as cofactors.
Chlorine serves to maintain osmotic pressure and electrical balance in the cell. It is also necessary for oxygen-reducing reactions in photosynthesis.
Due to the different function of different nutrients in the plant, deficiencies cause the typical symptoms on different parts of the plant.
red or white-variegated plants turn green; Plants weak; Stems thin, in rosette plants leaves small; in stem plants long internodes, few leaves: lack of light
Leaves and stems of Hydrocharitaceae (waterweed, eelgrass) glassy: Copper toxicity
light green to yellow color of older leaves: Nutrient withdrawal from older leaves after replanting or repositioning
Lightening of all leaves starting at the oldest ones; Small plants, few branches: Nitrogen deficiency, root damage or decay in the soil
Take care of young plants and cuttings; on older plants reddish colorations first on the veins of the older leaves and the stems, later on the whole plant dirty dark green to blue-green leaves; Plants stiff; possible death of the leaves beginning at the leave tip; reduced growth: Phosphorus deficiency
Chloroses in the intercostal fields give the leaf a marbled appearance; Leaf veins and leaf margins initially remain green; necroses can develop from chloroses: Magnesium deficiency
Leaf margins become chlorotic between the veins and form a light border around the leaf; if there is persistent deficiency, all leaves are affected: Calcium deficiency
Large, chlorotic spots on the leaf blades, forming punctate to flat necroses; partly hole formation; reduced leaf life: Potassium deficiency
In the intercostals of younger leaves, mosaic-like chloroses, veins remain green, transition to larger yellow spots and necroses or black spots: Manganese deficiency
Chlorosis in the intercostal fields of younger leaves: Zinc deficiency
Small, twisted and / or crippled youngest leaves: Calcium deficiency, Boron deficiency, Zinc deficiency, Copper deficiency
Young leaves are light green to lemon yellow, pink or white, leaf veins initially remain green: Iron deficiency
recent leaves including the leaf veins light green to yellow, leaf veins lighter than leaf blade, inhibited shoot growth: Sulfur deficiency
youngest leaves first deep green to blue-green, later chlorotic, dying together with the sprout tip: Boron deficiency
death of the sprouts tip: Calcium deficiency, Boron deficiency or Copper deficiency
Because nutrient deficiencies are not just due to the lack of nutrients (acute deficiency), but may also be caused by a uptake disability or limited metabolism (induced deficiency), It is indispensable to do a water analysis at the first occurrence of a new deficiency. It is possible that problems can be solved by changing the water or adjusting the pH. Perhaps the water from the tap does not provide enough of a nutrient (eg potassium, calcium, magnesium) or too much of it (eg calcium, phosphate). A change in the rhythm of change or the addition of rainwater / osmosis water may then possibly already remedy.
If the problem is the lack of nutrients, a fertilizer containing this nutrient must be chosen. There are very good fertilizers where the packaging indicates what nutrients they contain. These fertilizers are all good but not suitable for every aquarium. Because each aquarium is different, you do not necessarily have the full success with the fertilizer that anyone recommends in a online-forum. If you are unsuccessful with a fertilizer or even boost an algae bloom, then the fertilizer is not bad, but you have chosen the wrong fertilizer. For example, there are fertilizers with phosphate, potassium and micronutrients for aquariums with high nitrate content. For high phosphate aquariums, there are fertilizers with nitrogen, potassium and micronutrients. Fertilization with an iron fertilizer is only successful if the cause of the deficiency is actually a shortage of iron and not precipitation with phosphate and unfavorable pH.
So when choosing your fertilizer, make sure it contains the nutrients your aquarium really needs.
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https://www.kirchwieserhof.com/type-of-farm-fruit-growing.htm | 2019-05-22T19:36:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256948.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522183240-20190522205240-00321.warc.gz | 0.868943 | 87 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__46785158 | en | Our farm and fruit growing
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http://reecoursegolf.com/products/ | 2018-03-19T16:06:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647003.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20180319155754-20180319175754-00781.warc.gz | 0.920036 | 394 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__80886366 | en | ReeCourse Greens Formula with SumaGrow inside
ReeCourse Greens (used on Greens and Tee Boxes) is a custom formulation built to aid in the withstanding of the extreme traffic and stresses that Greens and Tee Boxes receive.
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ReeCourse Fairways (used on Fairways, and Roughs if desired) is a custom formulation focused on the needs of the golf course fairway. These areas of the course need assistance with recovering from stresses such as divots and riding carts. The ReeCourse Fairways product enables a significantly more developed root system which in turn results in a decreased divot recovery time and a turf grass able to withstand greater stresses.
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https://jdxbz.xauat.edu.cn/upload/html/202103015.html | 2024-04-18T21:21:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817239.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418191007-20240418221007-00276.warc.gz | 0.656524 | 985 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__101923511 | en | (西安建筑科技大学 建筑学院,陕西 西安 710055)
Study on the forecast method of the scale of basic rural settlement units adapted to the modern agricultural production mode
(School of Architecture,Xi'an Univ. of Arch. & Tech.,Xi'an 710055,China)
The gradual modernization and transformation of agricultural production methods in China will inevitably bring about structural changes in related agricultural production factors and a fundamental change in the mode of rural settlements. The prediction of the scale of basic rural settlements is undoubtedly the quantitative basis and key issue for the study of rural settlements. Therefore,for the foreseeable modernization of rural villages,this paper,taking the less developed countryside in northern Shaanxi as an example,puts forward the idea of predicting the spatial scale of modern rural basic settlement units under the guidance of agricultural mechanization,and the proper agricultural population size for the basic settlements of modern villages under the concept of “industry-residence”balance. Also,a method and model for predicting the spatial scale and population size of basic settlement units in modern villages is proposed,with the consideration of local features of production in agriculture,forestry,and husbandry. It aims to provide planning guidance for the future rural development in a dynamic transition period. | agronomy |
https://www.onlinepatiolawngardenstore.com/help-guide-to-irrigation-systems/ | 2024-04-15T02:07:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816939.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415014252-20240415044252-00642.warc.gz | 0.95441 | 706 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__13667490 | en | Are you currently thinking about installing irrigation systems in your house?
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There are many advantages that include installing the units in your house. They include:
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Experts also are convinced that when there’s water in the roots, your plants don’t are afflicted by leaf illnesses that derive from standing tiny droplets around the foliage. It is also rare for that plants to possess blight conditions as water does not strike the leaves.
Growth improvement: Research has shown that whenever you water the plants with small quantities of water more than a lengthy period, the plants have a tendency to grow faster because you will be supplying all of them with a perfect condition for growth. For this reason, you are in position to enjoy greener and much more luscious lawns and gardens.
Help guide to buying irrigation systems
To get the advantages that include installing the irrigation systems, you have to purchase the best ones. Among the things to consider is the caliber of the systems. As with every other factor, the low the caliber of the machine, the less efficiently it’ll work. Also, the much more likely it’ll break within a short while. To become safe and sound, purchase a top quality system that won’t only continue for a lengthy time, but additionally consume little water. Additionally you should think about the company from the system. As you may have suspected, the greater popular the company is, the greater readily stored away.
For property owners, maintaining the landscape is a big task. There are so many aspects to take care of the irrigation system being one of them. If you are looking for a company that offers landscaping and other related services, you can contact Prince’s Landscaping and Construction. | agronomy |
https://willowalexandergardens.co.uk/blog/from-composting-to-rainwater-harvesting-easy-ways-to-create-a-healthier-garden-and-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/ | 2024-03-03T04:45:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476205.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303043351-20240303073351-00270.warc.gz | 0.921688 | 1,054 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__176451087 | en | Creating a bountiful garden doesn’t have to involve using harmful chemicals or making wasteful purchases. Instead, adopting easy do-it-yourself sustainable gardening techniques such as composting, mulching, and rainwater collection can have a much larger positive impact on the environment than one might think.
- Reduced landfill waste: Garden trimmings and food waste make up 30% of what we throw away. In the UK, around 68kg of food wasted at home each year per person ends up in landfills.
- Lowered carbon emissions: When organic waste is sent to landfills, it breaks down anaerobically, which produces methane. Methane gas is 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. By composting at home, we can reduce the amount of organic waste that ends up in landfills, therefore reducing our methane emissions.
- Improved soil health: Compost is a valuable soil amendment that can help to improve soil health and fertility. By adding compost to soil, we can increase the soil’s ability to retain moisture, reduce erosion, and support plant growth. This can help to reduce the need for synthetic fertilisers and pesticides.
- Reducing water usage: Is it time to rethink that sprinkler system? A standard garden hose or sprinkler can use 1,000 litres of water per hour, which is up to three times a household’s daily water usage! Compost and mulch help to improve soil structure and water-holding capacity, allowing the soil to retain moisture for longer periods – which can reduce your garden water usage by up to 50%.
– The easiest way to start: at-home composting
Composting is a simple and effective way to fertilise your garden and create healthier soil. We all collect our organic waste, so starting a compost pile should be a no-brainer. By simply collecting organic waste including leaves, grass clippings (and even pet fur), and allowing them to decompose over time, you can create a nutrient-rich soil amendment that can be used to fertilise your garden.
Our quick how-to guide:
Creating a compost pile is easy – choose a small, shaded outdoor area, put down a layer of twigs for drainage and start adding scraps. Our recycled whelk shells are also excellent for soil drainage. Maintenance is simple. Just turn the pile once a week with a shovel or pitchfork, and soon you will be rewarded with a nutrient-dense substance that can be mixed with normal soil to supercharge your garden’s growth. Not only does composting reduce waste, but it also helps to build healthy and fertile soil, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilisers. If you’re looking for a natural fertiliser while you kick-start your composting career, try our Natural Grower concentrate.
– What you didn’t know about mulching
Like composting, mulching uses natural products and organic waste to create healthier soil in an environmentally conscious way. Mulching involves adding a layer of hardy organic material, such as leaves, straw, or grass clippings to the soil surface. Not only does it help to conserve soil moisture and reduce soil erosion, but it also suppresses weed growth by growth by blocking sunlight and reducing competition for water and nutrients. As the mulch breaks down over time, it adds organic matter to the soil, improving soil fertility and structure. Mulching is a great way to make use of those woodier materials that don’t compost as readily and is a great natural source of nitrogen, so chemical products should entirely be a thing of the past.
Our quick how-to guide:
Begin by clearing any debris, weeds, and rocks from the garden bed. Then, spread a layer of mulch evenly across the soil surface of your garden and plants, making sure to avoid piling it too high around the plant stems. Aim for an average depth of around 3 to 5 inches (7 to 12cm). Remember to replenish the mulch layer regularly, as it decomposes over time.
– Why we love rainwater harvesting
Rainwater or greywater collection has many benefits for your garden and the environment. By collecting and storing rainwater, you can reduce your reliance on municipal water supplies, which often require significant energy to treat and transport. Rainwater has a neutral pH and is free of contaminants, making it the healthiest choice for gardens as well as other uses.
Our quick how-to guide:
Starting rainwater harvesting is as simple as putting a collection container (with a mesh cover for filtration) under a gutter or downspout. Containers can be purpose-built, but creating one out of a reclaimed item like an old garbage bin is both a great DIY upcycling project and a sustainability bonus. The saved rainwater can be scooped out or run from a spigot in the container whenever your garden needs it.
Healthy soil, happy planet! Take extra pride in showing off your garden this year, knowing that you did it all yourself AND made significant changes to how much waste your household produces. | agronomy |
https://stephaniegetsridofhercrap.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/my-full-solar-cone/ | 2018-03-22T04:21:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647768.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20180322034041-20180322054041-00069.warc.gz | 0.926196 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__211554909 | en | What to do with a full solar cone? I’m thinking that I will buy some tin foil and wrap the cone to maybe make it decompose the food faster. What do you think? Will that work?
It shouldn’t be full. Obviously we waste too much food. Mostly bread. This is a problem solved when our town starts compost pick up in 2013. But until then… here’s an article about the Lower Mainland’s compost pick up. http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/148967005.html and an article about how different our community garbage situation is from the others near us….http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/162004955.html.
It will be great when we have local compost pick up. Imagine all restaurants composting their food waste. Hairdressers could compost all the hair they cut (or you can take it home and compost it yourself like Jen…http://militaryzerowaste.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/hair-cuts-compost/#comment-2436). Coffee shops may be more inclined to compost their grounds. It’s full of possibilities. | agronomy |
https://marketingwithanoy.com/ukrainian-railways-restrict-exports-of-some-food-products/ | 2023-01-29T13:28:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499713.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129112153-20230129142153-00225.warc.gz | 0.965716 | 359 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__22874629 | en | © . FILE PHOTO: Ears of corn are seen in a field near the village of Hrebeni in Ukraine’s Kiev region, July 17, 2020. Photo taken July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo KYIV () – State Railway of Ukraine company has announced the transportation of some agricultural goods are temporarily restricted via border crossings to Poland and Romania, the APK-Inform consultancy said on Saturday. It gave no reason for the restrictions. Ukraine, a major agricultural producer, used to export most of its goods through seaports, but has been forced to export through the western border by train since the invasion of Russia. APK-Inform said restrictions have been placed on the transport of goods to Poland via Yahodyn from April 16 to April 18. There are also restrictions on the transportation of grains, oilseeds, grains and other food products through Izov to the Polish cities of Hrubeszew and Slawkov. From April 16 until further notice, there will be restrictions on grain and seed exports to Romania via the Dyakovo and Vadul-Siret crossings, the consultancy said. The railway company was not immediately available for comment. Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi said this week that the ministry’s main task was to find alternative ways to export Ukrainian grain. The country has millions of tons of various commodities available for export. Solskyi also said that 1.25 million tons of grain and oilseeds were on commercial ships blocked in Ukrainian seaports and could soon deteriorate. Before the war, Ukraine exported up to 6 million tons of grain and oilseeds per month. In March, exports fell to 200,000 tons. | agronomy |
http://blog.markersinc.com/garden/fall-vegetable-garden-tips/ | 2023-06-03T07:52:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00735.warc.gz | 0.893561 | 651 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__206516782 | en | How to Get the Most Out of Your Vegetable Garden
Summer might be prime season for your vegetable garden, but fall also brings rich crops. Salad crops can revive the most disorderly garden, and proper care can allow some crops to grow several weeks after the first frost. In this blog, we’ll give you tips to help extend the life of your vegetable garden long beyond the summer!
The secret to a successful fall garden is using succession planting. Simply follow these steps to decide when to plant your fall crops.
1. Figure out your area’s first frost date, which you can find here http://www.almanac.com/content/frost-chart-united-states/CA
2. Next, find out the number of days necessary for each vegetable to harvest. This information should be on the seed packet or you can look it up on the Better Homes and Gardens Plant Encyclopedia here http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/
3. Use the number of days it takes to harvest your crops and count back from the first frost date. Then add two weeks to that number, as many plants have have a slower growth rate in the fall. This will give you the latest date that you should plant your fall crops.
Getting the Garden Ready
A great garden starts with excellent preparation and maintenance. Start by ripping out any vegetables that are no longer in their prime, such as peas that are burnt out due to the heat of summer or tomatoes that are overcome with disease. Next, weed your garden so that weeds aren’t taking moisture and nutrients away from your new plants. Also, if your vegetable garden has soil with a lot of clay in it, add some organic matter, such as compost, to help give your plants a great start.
Great Crops for Fall
Hardy vegetables, like spinach and kale, often grow well into early winter. Also, crowded spinach gives plants plenty of room to grow and stops producing leaves when the freezing weather comes. Spinach can survive winter when it is properly protected and will produce sweet leaves first thing in the spring.
Helpful Tip: Using a cloche is a great way of protecting individual small plants from frost but for larger areas, using an old sheet, blanket, row cover, or tarp to keep your plants safe.
You can still enjoy a long harvest in the winter if you plant the right varieties of crops and give them a bit of protection. We’ve include some great articles below with suggestions on vegetables to add to your fall garden. Good luck and happy gardening!
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http://quoteunquotenz.blogspot.com/2014/01/waikato-times-letter-of-week-45.html | 2017-04-29T23:23:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123632.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00389-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.943437 | 270 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__182758539 | en | From the 7 January edition of the Waikato Times:
Drones future of farming
The future of modern farming holds more weather-control possibilities: low-flying or high-flying for fertiliser application or drought anticipation. Whatever the future holds, it will involve a new technique, the “Farming Drone”, to improve crop yield.For the first time in history, there is a real chance of greater weather control, from emptying rain-filled clouds before they are over the cold sea, either to download a cloud when there is too much water on the ground causing floods, eg Bangladesh annually, or the dry Middle East. One are has too much water; the other, not enough. The potential of the farming drone will be in boosting food crops in countries where they are much-needed. Impossible thinking but they could be practical for the space programmes of tomorrow, such as Mars and Venus etc.
New Zealand is a world leader in crop dusting and this complements modern farming techniques and has enormous potential because it is the best labour-saving machinery since the tractor.
A new farming tool in waiting.
I asked a friend who works at AgResearch if they had ever considered using drones to control the weather and stuff like that. She said, “No.”
Monitor: Joshua Drummond | agronomy |
https://www.pleasantrunnursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/3143/index.htm | 2024-04-15T03:43:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816939.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415014252-20240415044252-00573.warc.gz | 0.862864 | 151 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__179785856 | en | Epimedium x youngianum 'Merlin'
‘Merlin’ Young’s Barrenwort starts blooming in early spring, producing delicate lavender purple nodding flowers that resemble tiny Columbines. The small heart-shaped leaves also emerge in early spring in shades of wine and purple, turning green in early summer. Epimedium x youngianum ‘Merlin’ was found as a chance seedling in the garden of Amy Doncaster in England. ‘Merlin’ is slow growing but forms a tough, pest resistant mat in time.
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http://jennchangl.info/2022/12/what-is-square-foot-gardening-2/ | 2023-11-28T15:20:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679099892.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128151412-20231128181412-00281.warc.gz | 0.941942 | 545 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__39933103 | en | Square foot gardening is the idea of growing plants in such small containers. This method is mostly used by plant growers who sell baby plants which will be transferred to people’s homes.
Normally, square foot gardening uses an open-bottomed box that will be filled with proper amount of soil and will be divided into sections using a grid. To be able to grow multiple types of crops, each grid will be planted with different kinds of plants. The number of plants that we can plant will depend on how many square grids we will create with our box.
Because we are using just a small space for this gardening, we may want to plant just the ones that don’t require too much space. Herbs are perfect for this kind of gardening. Plants like tomatoes might need a full box for each seedling. Basil, mint, and oregano together with other herbs can be placed in just one box. Strawberries on the other hand can be planted on four in one box. Climbing and tall plants like the beans and maize can also be planted but always keep them within the ends of the box and not in middle grids.
It is advised to use plant beds and boxes that are smaller. This way, we can easily get our crops from the middle sections. Larger ones may require us to step on the plants when harvesting the crops.
Square foot gardening only needs less work compare to other gardening methods. Other conventional gardening uses heavy tools just in order to loosen the soil, but in this case, the soil remains loamy and loose. Weeding task is also easier for it takes only seconds to weed an entire box. Plants will also be more productive, because the soil has more nutrients for each plant to have without having much competition from different growing plants.
This gardening method also saves more water. The plant boxes can hold water so it does not require frequent watering. Also, the water will be spared directly into their roots so less amount of water can be wasted.
What’s best with this method is that it is pesticide and herbicide free. Just natural insect repellents are needed, and no chemical and synthetic products. This kind of gardening is absolutely organic so it maintains the naturalness of the crops and keeps both the plants and the gardeners healthy.
We can also place the plant box anywhere we like. If we are artistic enough, we can even decorate our gardens with playful designs by placing the boxes in unusual areas like above the table, n a divider, or any other tops.
Those are all the ways and benefits of this interesting gardening method. Now we can start our own square foot gardens from our homes and back yards. | agronomy |
https://blogs.hazlegrove.co.uk/2017/10/19/prep-school-harvest-sale-in-aid-of-marys-meals-raised-349-00/ | 2020-08-13T17:35:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439739048.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20200813161908-20200813191908-00202.warc.gz | 0.969677 | 207 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__112145905 | en | To celebrate our annual Harvest Assembly, pupils brought in a vast range of produce. It made an excellent display and helped us all appreciate the many gifts we enjoy. The produce was sold at the sign out hut in aid of Mary’s Meals, as we made sure we, as a community, remember the needs of others less fortunate than ourselves.
Our Year 8 prefects did a great job of leading the assembly and Year 3 helped us value the importance of bees and other pollinators, and encouraged us to remember to be grateful for the small things we need as well as the big things.
Mr Farquhar spoke about the work Gardening Club have done this term. They have taken the top layer off an area of land at the back of school and have seeded it with wildflower seed mix. In time, we hope it will become home to a rich variety of flora and fauna, particularly bees! We’re very much looking forward to seeing how the area changes over the next few months. | agronomy |
https://www.ferrismowers.com/na/en_us/support/videos/browse/ferris-commercial-mowers-product-demos.html | 2021-01-28T01:40:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704835583.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20210128005448-20210128035448-00314.warc.gz | 0.889772 | 94 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__60318644 | en | Ferris® commercial zero turn mowers are the right choice for mowing the lawn quickly, comfortably & with ease for any lawn care or landscaping job!
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https://www.newharmony.ie/product/saras-choice-maca-powder/ | 2022-12-03T23:25:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710941.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20221203212026-20221204002026-00462.warc.gz | 0.842996 | 238 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__22934500 | en | Sara’s Choice 3Root Maca grows at about 4,500 meters above sea level in the high Andean plateaus of Peru. This is an extremely cold, oxygen-poor environment with high winds and harsh sunlight. No other food plant exists in the world which will grow at this altitude. The soils of these high plateaus are extremely rich in minerals. These minerals account for the level of trace minerals found in maca.
Our Maca is selected from the finest organically cultivated sun dried cream (yellow), purple and black roots. We use 80% black, 15% purple and just 5% of the cream roots. The black and purple macas have higher nutrient levels so you get a better product with quicker results
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http://pattyskypants.blogspot.com/2009/04/youd-think-it-was-spring-but.html | 2018-07-22T18:25:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593438.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722174538-20180722194538-00182.warc.gz | 0.973259 | 245 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__185132220 | en | Sunday, April 5, 2009
You'd think it was spring, but . . .
we're expecting snow tonight and a hard freeze. We did some work in the garden yesterday and had some fun. Planted peas, snow peas, daikon radishes, pink lipstick chard and we had many other seeds to plant but it was just so windy the finer seeds would have blown right out of our hands.
Mark deconstructed the old compost bin and we used the cinderblocks to make a border for the flower garden out back. Most people take photos when they have finished a project, but you get to see it at the very start! LOL! That very, very dark soil you see in the garden is compost we emptied from one of our garbage can composters. Looks pretty good for such a low-cost, low maintenance operation! I've got two more out back that seem to be doing pretty well also. We are using the garbage can for potato planting.
Bhu watches from the window thinking "What's these beans doin' now? Why they not here to pet me and give me foodz? They better come back soon. Me iz gettin' hungry." | agronomy |
http://fvcglobal.com/chilli-cuttings/ | 2018-03-21T09:10:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647600.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20180321082653-20180321102653-00603.warc.gz | 0.977861 | 383 | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-13__0__164915183 | en | A quick update on the chilli cuttings I took at the start of the month. A short while back I wrote about the problem of wind damage to our chilli plants and the cuttings I took from a broken stem. Of the 17 cutting we now have 15 healthy looking little clones of the Mother plant, a really hot Indian chilli of the Byadagi variety. It’s a great chilli to use in curries to get that authentic Indian taste.
I have tried to take chilli cuttings on a number of occasions but have never had such a high success rate, so this attempt came as a result of numerous experiments, with organic and natural solutions to act as the rooting hormone. I’ve had some success using honey as a rooting stimulant, however the success rate of the cutting was always quite low. The hormone liquid I used in this test was an Ethanol and Alcohol solution, OK not exactly organic, but the amount of these compounds remaining in the mature plant would be negligible or even non-existent.
I planted up the cuttings using Jiffy peat pellets which make ideal little starter homes for seeds and cuttings. They come in a small box as each pellet is dehydrated, however once water is added to rehydrated them they are ready to use. As far as I can be sure they contain no added chemicals or additional materials other than peat.
As the cutting started to show their new roots through the walls of the pellets I potted them on. The first cutting to show roots was after about two weeks, and today the last of the chilli cuttings have been potted up. So three weeks from cutting to potting up with an approximate success rate of 89% means that I will be trying this method again on some of the rarer chilli plants we have here. | agronomy |
https://mariesharpsusa.com/blogs/belize/history-of-cacao-in-belize-interview-with-chris-nesbitt-mmrf | 2020-10-29T16:53:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107904834.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029154446-20201029184446-00440.warc.gz | 0.935488 | 273 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__146861365 | en | 🍫 History of Cacao in Belize | Interview with Chris Nesbitt, MMRF 🌎
Listen to Chris Nesbitt of the Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) briefly discuss the history of the modern Belizean Cacao industry in this intimate interview. Conducted a few miles up river from the Columbia Village.
MMRF is one of Central Americas oldest permaculture project. It was founded in 1988 when Christopher Nesbitt bought an abandoned citrus and cattle farm. Over the last decades, it has been transformed into a very productive food forest. They have over 500 species of plants we work with on an annual cycle. In addition to our large agroforestry system, they raise rabbits and poultry, and conduct training in permaculture, agroforestry and renewable energy.
They are located 2 miles from the Kekchi Maya community of San Pedro Columbia, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains southern flank. Access to the farm is through trail, or by river.
They have beds for up to 24 students, and offer internships and training throughout the year. MMRF is a great place to intern and learn about tropical ecology and agriculture. They host a Permaculture Design Course every year.
Check out some pictures from Maya Mike's visits to MMRF! | agronomy |
http://gardening.coloradohighaltitude.com/Environment/Weeds/weeds.html | 2018-01-17T04:47:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886815.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180117043259-20180117063259-00117.warc.gz | 0.965643 | 296 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__35420179 | en | |I adhere to the definition that a weed is any plant that grows in a place unwanted. I do not consider our multitude of wild flowers to be weeds; they add intrinsic beauty to our natural setting no matter where they decide to grow. We do not have a lawn to be mowed or weeded but have meadows filled with mountain grasses and flowers.
I gardened for many years without any weeds sprouting in my vegetable garden. After years of building the garden soil, I finally had a weed or two sprout which showed me that the soil was finally holding moisture. I rarely have to take a hoe to my garden beds or paths to remove weeds. This, of course, greatly lessens the effort involved in growing a garden.
We do have three plants that I consider weeds no matter where they grow.
That's it for weeds. Not many....
Dandelions appear unnatural here in the mountains
and I therefore remove them.
The Canadian thistle is an introduced pest
to the Colorado high country. I have pulled the few Canadian thistles growing on our property for 12 years and they still come back from the roots. They are tough.
Mullein is a biennial that has nice fuzzy leaves the first year but flowers the second year with a tall stalk. This stalk persists over the winter and, to me, is very unattractive so I have removed every mullein that I can find from our property. | agronomy |
https://www.zef.de/margip.html | 2019-09-16T22:17:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572964.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916220318-20190917002318-00069.warc.gz | 0.899168 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__98133402 | en | Welcome to the Research Program on
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The research program on marginality comprises two research projects: MARGIP and TIGA.
The purpose of MARGIP is to analyze the nature and drivers of marginality and reveal the hidden potentials of the marginalized poor in order to match them with suitable investment and development opportunities.
After the preparatory phase from 2010-2012 the TIGA project now assesses cropping technology innovations for their potential to increase productivity and close yield gaps and thereby improve the lives of the rural poor.
MARGIP focuses on Bangladesh and Ethiopia. The TIGA project extends this focus and comprises also India (Odisha, Bihar) and Ghana. | agronomy |
https://www.result29.in/icar-jrf-result/ | 2023-12-04T23:43:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00728.warc.gz | 0.894359 | 656 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__287350407 | en | ICAR JRF Result 2023 Sarkari Result Cut Off Marks Merit List Answer Key @icar.nta.nic.in link is activated in August 2023. If you want to get information about ICAR JRF Result 2023 then you have come to the right place. Because today you will be told in our article when and where your result will be released. Along with this, you will also be provided with step-by-step information about the process to get the ICAR JRF result.
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are then taken to the grow patch. A hole is dug in the ground and the
pot and plant is placed in the earth. The cardboard is removed and the
hole is filled in with soil. That way you have germinated your plant
and only need to worry about secondary factors such as light, security
and pests. The roots will find their way out of the bottom of the pot
and into the soil below. Don't worry about the roots not finding a way
out of the pot. They always do, that is their job.
Figure 3.17 - Picture by Slowhand.
Most outdoor growers favor this method. A patch near a river
is ideal. Easy access to water helps if there is a short draught.
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Here is a list of the basic items that are used to grow cannabis
plants indoors and out.
- Propagation tray.
- Rockwool cubes.
- Support sticks.
- Watering can.
- Water spray bottle.
- Spider Mite spray.
- Other bug sprays.
- A pair of scissors.
- A sharp knife.
- Grow nutrients.
- Rooting gels.
- Growth enhancing fertilizers.
- Large pitchfork.
- Small shovel.
As we advance to the latter stages of this book we will see that
the grower can equip himself/herself with much more items that can
help them on their quest for bigger buds!
The male plant is not a good smoke (Figure 3.19). This
however may not always be the case. Some strains have male plants
that produce more THC than other males of a different strain.
Sometimes the male can be stronger than a female from another weak
strain. Most male plants from good genetics are stronger than the
Ruderalis female. Males can be smoked or made into hash oil. Simply
wait until the plant is flowering and then clip the top 6 to 12 inches of
the plant away and remove the leaves. Throwaway any stems and
branches. Cure these leaves and then find out for yourself if the male is
any good or not. You may be in for a surprise.
Figure 3.19 - This is a good example of what a male plant looks like.
Instead of pistils we have small round pollen sacks. The picture is
from The Penguin.
Most seeds that fail to start germinating do so because their
shell is too hard to break open and allow water to seep in. At the end
of your germination period you may have found that 25% or more of
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grow by using a method known as Scuffing.
Simply get a small box, like a matchbox. Line the inside of
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http://eahomeworkszsf.cleaningservicesny.us/a-look-at-organic-agriculture-and-its-contribution-to-global-food-production.html | 2018-10-17T12:19:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511173.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20181017111301-20181017132801-00009.warc.gz | 0.944729 | 994 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__30234814 | en | A look at organic agriculture and its contribution to global food production
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http://purlsinthepool.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-vegetable-garden-in-june.html | 2018-06-25T13:25:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267867885.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180625131117-20180625151117-00598.warc.gz | 0.979617 | 323 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__212749645 | en | First of all, as promised, here is my new gardening sun hat:
Despite the traditional British summer weather of sunshine and showers - or maybe because of it - the vegetable garden is doing well. Here's a quick tour:
The left hand raised bed, which I have posted about before, now has a good crop of Lady Christl first early potatoes which, on inspection today, are ready to start harvesting. Next to those are the shallots, which are looking very healthy, and then just in front of the shallots are some winter squashes called Autumn Crown. The frames along the edges of the beds are there for the squashes to climb on once they get going.
This keeps the fruit off the ground and clean, and takes up a lot less growing space. There are giant pumpkins growing on the other side with the same system.
Next to them are two rows of peas, one sown a month earlier than the other. The first row is flowering and already has some pea pods.
These plants are all netted to keep cats from digging up the bed and well, you know...they are a real nuisance with young plants and seedlings.
The right hand raised bed has main crop potatoes at one end. The first two rows were sown a month before the rest because we had cauliflowers growing where they were to go and had to wait till we had harvested and eaten those. At the other end there are beetroot and turnips in containers, they are due to be moved soon and that section will have kale on it for overwintering. | agronomy |
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Mustard oil cake contains elements that areessential for growth, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It alsorestores essential macro- and micro-nutrients in the soil to ensure your plantsare happy and healthy.
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- Put the lid on and place the propagator on a windsill that is not in direct sun. Any condensation occuring on the lid should be wiped off to prevent it falling on the compost which could lead could lead to the compost becoming too wet and the seed rotting.
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https://sherborne-ic.net/aleurocanthus-woglumi-81/ | 2021-04-17T05:33:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038101485.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20210417041730-20210417071730-00439.warc.gz | 0.881454 | 901 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__126502604 | en | General information about Aleurocanthus woglumi (ALECWO). Sticky honeydew deposits accumulate on leaves and stems and usually develop black sooty mould fungus, giving the foliage (even the whole plant) a sooty. Aleurocanthus woglumi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Citrus: Opportunities and Challenges to Implement a Sustainable Management. By Daniele L. Vieira.
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Flanders observed that strong winds along with heavy rains were able to remove and kill the adults of the pest. List of intercepted plant pests: Open access peer-reviewed chapter Aleurocanthus woglumi Hemiptera: The pupa is ovate and black, with short bristles and a marginal fringe of waxy secretion.
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Evaluations about the effect of Dursban 4E [chlorpyrifos] in two different nursery locations by Ref. In others words, the tactics of control such as use of aaleurocanthus or similar or release of natural enemies will be realized only on the recommended thresholds. The variation in climatic variables, especially temperature and rainy season, is important on infestation potential of CBF [ 13 ].
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http://www.birchwoodfarmdairy.com/ | 2017-04-30T22:23:15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125881.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00503-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950069 | 283 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__12892579 | en | At Birchwood Farms, we believe that conventional farming has gotten agriculture away from its roots. A root of: symbiotic relationship between soil and plant and Stewardship between plant, animal and human. An animal is designed to eat what it's dental diagram, 'Tells us' it's meant to eat. Cattle are not designed to eat grain (Nor; Themselves for that matter), while hogs are. Hog's have a dental diagram similar to Humans, in that we both have: Incisors, K-9 (or Tusk), and Molars = Omnivore (An animal that feeds on both plants and animals to survive). In cattle we see: Lower Incisors with a Dental Pad at the top and Molars = Herbivore (Organisms that are anatomically and physiologically adapted to eat plant-based foods).
At Birchwood Farms, we believe that soil Health and Nutrition, is key to any Nutrient Dense product obtained from this source. We test our soil annualy and in random sections. We DO NOT add Organic fertilizer (our girl's do that for us), instead we "Feed" the soil microorganisms, in which optimizes soil pH, nutrition and availability to the plant, which generates the greatest nutrition to the animal - that your Family consumes in either: Raw Milk, Beef, Veal, Poultry or Pork. | agronomy |
https://seafood.vasep.com.vn:443/key-seafood-sectors/pangasius/news/inviting-enterprises-to-participate-in-pangasius-week-and-seafood-products-in-hanoi-in-2020-16337.html | 2022-01-28T02:48:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305341.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220128013529-20220128043529-00116.warc.gz | 0.925597 | 285 | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-05__0__145004944 | en | Inviting enterprises to participate in Pangasius Week and seafood products in Hanoi in 2020
Seafood is one of the key export items of Vietnam, maintaining an annual growth momentum, contributing to the achievement of the overall export goal of the agricultural sector. In the context of export difficulties, to help businesses and localities overcome difficulties, effectively exploit the domestic market, leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development direct the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center to coordinate with the Directorate of Fisheries and the relevant units to organize a Pangasius Week in Hanoi in 2020.
This is an activity to connect supply and demand along the value chain from production to consumption of pangasius and seafood products in the domestic market; Promote propaganda and promotion of clean and safe seafood brands and products to consumers throughout the country; linking export production and processing enterprises to the domestic market.
Time: June 9-12, 2020
Location: 489, Hoàng Quốc Việt, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội
In addition to the weekly organization, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development also presides over the "Connection between domestic production and consumption of pangasius products" on June 9, 2020 with the participation of leaders of ministries, localities, leaders of the General Confederation of Labor, associations. | agronomy |
http://www.saskwastereduction.ca/resources/Composting/done-yet.html | 2013-05-20T21:17:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699238089/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101358-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.916175 | 837 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__93159993 | en | Compost - Is it Done Yet?
One of the most common questions asked about composting is “How long does it take?” This is usually followed with “How do you know when it is ready to use?” As is the case for many important questions, there are no simple answers.
How long does it take? Mature compost can be made in a minimum of twelve weeks of warm weather if the needs of the microbes carrying out the compost process are met. The microbes need a balanced diet that provides about 30 times more carbon than nitrogen at the start of the process. Dry materials will not break down because the microbes need moisture to function. The compost process works best when the mixture has a moisture content of 50% – a state that is often compared to a moist sponge. Oxygen is the other important ingredient. Oxygen-using (aerobic) microbes break down materials quickly and release extra energy as heat. Compost piles over a cubic meter in size can reach temperatures (55°C or higher) that kill disease-causing organisms and seeds. Using a mix of different material types and different particle shapes helps build air spaces or pores. Turning remixes piles and rebuilds pore spaces.
Why is maturity important? If the compost has not broken down completely, or if the breakdown process was largely anaerobic (no oxygen available), the compost will contain acids and alcohols that are toxic to plants. Compost maturity is an important issue if compost is used in potting soil mixes or applied to soil at planting time.
How can you tell if compost is mature? There is no single criterion that is used to judge compost maturity. The simpler ones are used by home composters; commercial operations also use lab tests. Here are some common ways that compost maturity is judged:
Appearance : It should be dark and crumbly and most of the original ingredients should be unidentifiable.
Odour : The compost should smell ‘earthy’; there should be no sour smells or ammonia or sulphur-like odours coming from finished compost.
Temperature : The heating phase should be complete; the compost pile should be the same temperature it is outdoors. It is best if it can ‘cure’ at the outdoor temperature (above freezing) for several weeks to allow the lower temperature organisms to complete the job.
Germination test : A simple test can be done comparing germination rates of a given seed type in both compost and potting soil. Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) is considered the most sensitive plant to detect problems in compost maturity. Germination rates in the compost should be at least 90% of those in the soil. Relative plant size and health is also observed.
Solvita Test Kits : Woods End Lab ( Mt. Vernon, Maine) has developed a relatively inexpensive test kit for compost maturity. The kit measures carbon dioxide and ammonia levels being released into the air from compost samples. See www.woodsend.org for more details.
Standard Lab tests : Laboratory tests are an important investment for commercial composters. Tests for compost maturity (CO2 levels, carbon/nitrogen ratios) are part of a larger array of tests for compost quality. These can include tests for nutrient analysis, salt content, pH, disease-causing bacteria and heavy metals. The Compost Council of Canada is launching a Compost Quality Alliance program to promote standardized laboratory testing methods for compost and to boost consumer confidence in the compost they purchase.
Microbial testing : There is increased interest in the microbial population in mature compost. Compost and brewed aerobic compost teas can be used to bring soil microbe populations back into balance. A lab which specializes in this type of testing has opened in Vulcan Alberta. It is a branch lab of the Soil Foodweb Lab based in Corvalis Oregon. Visit www.soilfoodweb.ca or call (403) 485-6981 .
(Source: June 2005 WasteWatch)
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http://www.malsena.lt/en/produktai/profesionalams/selenos-bei-gemalai/kvieciu-gemalai-maistiniai-pasariniai | 2013-06-20T06:15:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710366143/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131926-00094-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.865668 | 109 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__153214900 | en | Edible WHEAT GERM enrich baked products with valuable nutritional characteristics. Consumers who promote healthy diets and want to improve their health appreciate products with improved (additional vitamins or mineral substances abundant in edible germs) recipes.
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https://www.eupoliticalreport.eu/commission-approves-new-gmo-products/ | 2023-09-29T20:40:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510528.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929190403-20230929220403-00226.warc.gz | 0.925541 | 442 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__179265029 | en | The European Commission has authorised three genetically modified maize and renewed the authorisation for four genetically modified crops, three soybeans and one cotton for food and animal feed.
The Commission’s authorisation decision does not allow for their cultivation in the EU, only for their use as food and animal feed.
These genetically modified crops have gone through a comprehensive and stringent authorisation procedure, which ensures a high level of protection of human and animal health, and of the environment.
The EFSA issued a favourable scientific assessment concluding that these GMOs are as safe as their conventional counterparts.
Member States did not reach a qualified majority either in favour or against the authorisation at the Standing Committee and at the subsequent Appeal Committee. The authorisations are valid for 10 years, and any product produced from these GMOs will be subject to the EU’s strict labelling rules.
Meanwhile, the Commission has invited the 27 EU Ministries of Culture to select and submit one 3D digitised cultural heritage asset deployed by the Europeana initiative.
The aim is to accelerate the use and re-use of 3D in the common European data space by raising awareness of the opportunities and benefits and to help build capacity of EU Member States heritage institutions.
Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said: “Europeana currently gives access to 57 million cultural heritage assets with only 0.01% in 3D. Let’s take advantage of the opportunities brought by technology to preserve our European cultural heritage for future generations. Today, we are calling Member States to select digital 3D assets to enhance innovation and creation not only in the cultural and creative sectors but also in education, tourism and smart cities. This will benefit and empower people and businesses.”
Alongside Europeana and the Common European Dataspace for Cultural Heritage, the Cloud will connect cultural heritage institutions and professionals, driving collaboration and innovation in cultural preservation, with the aim of digitising artefacts and study artworks, and fostering cultural preservation.
The pan-European 3D collection of emblematic cultural heritage assets will be showcased during a high-level event in Brussels planned in spring 2024 and will be accessible online. | agronomy |
https://modern-sustainability.blogspot.com/2010/01/ | 2023-09-26T16:05:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510214.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926143354-20230926173354-00543.warc.gz | 0.954586 | 1,537 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__87316693 | en | It was great to see you at Solano Community Garden this morning "B". Here's what we're doing in the garden... We're drawing our spring plan and will also be sowing more seeds indoors for spring/summer tomorrow.
We'll be sure to sow an extra brandywine for you :)
1.) We're harvesting greens every two days. 2.) Making yummy kale chips every week. Still can't believe that children love them! 3.) Thanks to Warren & Lovejoy for graciously bartering with us. We've had some yummy dishes prepped with those limes, thanks guys! 4.) When you got flour make Indian Naan and beans!! Super delicious and simple. 5.) Still lots of greens in the garden. 6.) Got seeds? Grow sprouts to eat. 7.) Raw vegan apple pie. 8.) Homegrown organic apple. 9.) Thank you Milagro Allegro Garden! Community handed me tomatoes, peas and collards the day I was giving seedlings away. Funny coincidence, the community has no idea of our venture, talk about scoring at the right time. I was already convinced we were going to run out of food by the end of this week and would have to opt out of our venture. 10.) Garden keeps pumping 50% of what we eat!
Yesterday's turnout was an awesome success! All winter seedlings and 95% of the summer seedlings have found homes (hint, hint, I still have about 40 early girl tomatoes and 50 parsley :) Calling all school gardens... I'm happy to drop these off.
Yes, folks I was giving thousands of seedlings away, all thanks to the Master Gardening Program and Master Gardener Mud Baron (mind you, may I add one of the coolest geekest Master Gardeners I've met yet :) Mud is awesome, he raises thousands of dollars for L.A. Unified Schools to have GARDENS!!!! YAY!!! The local growers love him so much that they will literally give him thousands of seedlings at one time! So that's how those seedlings got to you, even after I had set aside several seedlings for the children programs I'm leading. Google Mud Baron and check out his long history in giving back to the children and mother earth :)
Now a few pix...
Master Gardener Mud Baron
1.16.10 Seedling Giveaway Milagro Allegro Community Garden
It was a true pleasure talking to you in person Shatbox, you left me inspired... Can't wait to cross paths with you again :)
Nicole Gatto Director of Milagro Allegro Without her, there wouldn't be a garden. We appreciate you Nicole! (Nicole gray shirt on the right)
Going to go play outside all day, YAY!!! Have a great one...
There’s still time to transplant your favorite winter herbs and vegetables.
Please join me as I will be giving away herb, vegetable and flower seedlings this Saturday 1/16/10 from 2-4pm for community members at Milagro Allegro Community Garden. Also receive quick tips on how to transplant and care for your seedlings.
You read this blog? Cool, we have several organic veggie seedlings we'd love to give to you, yep for FREE!!! Why??? hmmm, because everyone deserves to know what freshly home grown veggies taste like in their lives :) These seedlings were obtained through the Master Gardener's Common Ground program.
Here's the catch!
You must be a Los Angeles County Resident :) & Make me smile ;) Send some photos of what you guys are growing :). It doesn't matter if it's one potted non-edible plant or a landscaped edible garden. I simply enjoy seeing what others are growing :)
The sugar snap pea and the rest of his juicy family that satisfied our palates on New Years day...
Tip: The more you pick the more flowers & peas the vine produces...
Dinner ~ Stir fried home grown veggies & tofu that had been sitting in the fridge while we were out of town.
Several hand bunches of mixed lettuces with several fresh herbs, such as basil, garlic chives, cilantro, parsley, and papalo accompanied by Bragg's Liquid Aminos and a squirt of lemon went great with lunch & dinner January 2nd.
Tip: Harvest leaves, not the entire head for continuous harvest. If leaves taste bitter, try letting them sit in water for several minutes after harvesting. That usually releases the bitterness from the leaves.
Jan. 3rd. Breakfast we had oranges from Hillside Co-op Produce. Lunch ~ Bowl of lentils with salad. Dinner ~ Quinoa Angel Hair Pasta, meatless-balls, and greens from the garden.
Jan. 4th. Breakfast ~ Tiny delicious apple... yum, nothing like the taste of 2min. old apple! Lunch ~ Huge green salad, garbanzo beans, leftover yellow split peas. Snack ~ Cocao shake with spirulina, dates, shredded coconut, kelp powder, flax seed powder, parsley powder, alfafa powder, dried pineapple, and frozen mango. Supper ~ Huge green salad and crunchy veggie lasagna. Confident we'll make it through the month without breaking our pledge!!!
Peace & happy New Year. May your life be full of positive experiences & prosperity. We feel very prosperous with how our garden is. Even though there's constant battles with natures small garden nemesis like aphids and nematode and the large, havoc bearing garden enemies like raccoons & grub digging opossums, we still have much success. Sometimes when we're in the garden, our attention is only focused on what's not doing as well as it could. Sometimes we don't see how great the garden really is doing. When we look at photos of the garden, we're as stunned and impressed as anyone else would be seeing them for the first time.
Here we are in January and we are eating apples (of course little, but man, so good) some cherry tomatoes, still harvesting habaneros, eating the first of the snap peas right on the spot (they don't make out of the garden), so much lettuce & sorrel, and the kale... we really have food in our backyard. So we came up with the idea of emulating our eating as if we lived 100 miles from town. Eating will mean really depending on our garden. Buying mostly whole & bulk foods, nuts and items like olive oil, liquid aminos (stuff to prepare the food) from the store. We're only going to the store 1 day a month for food with $250. Everything else we eat is from the garden or trade. This month, we're only eating what we have left in the house. Even though it's the 4th of January, we started on the 1st. I wanted to break the concept down to you before we started logging in our progress. We will be taking daily accounts of the garden and how much time we're out there, what we harvest, and what/ how we eat.
Living simple in the city of Los Angeles California, Milli & Eric have swung their lifestyle towards a sustainable approach. Our goal is to live as sustainable as possible one step at a time, and share it with you. Our successes and the challenges we face on our path of independence will be for all to learn and experience. | agronomy |
http://thielsen.blogspot.com/2011/02/veggie-garden.html | 2019-08-22T22:55:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317516.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822215308-20190823001308-00409.warc.gz | 0.986269 | 207 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__88178482 | en | Finally everything in the veggie garden is starting to produce - I love this time of year, all the work in the garden pays off with lots of delicious fresh veggies. I have already had quite a few raspberries and constant trickle of strawberries since November and I always have lettuce, but the rocket has now gone to flower as it has been too warm. Fortunately it has been raining quite a bit so I haven't had to water as often and the rain water tank has been refilled regularly.
I dug up the potatoes and had a whole sink full.... that will keep us fed for a couple of weeks!
Lots of lettuce - can't eat it fast enough, and also runner beans starting to climb the trellis
Tomatoes are just starting to turn red, and basil, and spring onions
My rhubarb is looking rather healthy and the artichokes even have a globe on them
Lots of courgette/zucchini, I've been giving it away - anyone got any good recipes? | agronomy |
https://fernie.com/blog/new-local-food-store-announces-new-location/ | 2023-10-01T05:41:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510781.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001041719-20231001071719-00526.warc.gz | 0.960599 | 356 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__157558301 | en | Wildsight Elk Valley has just signed a lease to move to a new location in the downtown core. Wildsight’s latest project, Local, adapted their original plan and will now be situated at 632 2nd Ave, the previous location of Freshies Cafe.
Local aims to increase year-round access to locally produced food from nearby farms and local small producers. Local is a project of the WIldsight Elk Valley Branch and the Mountain Market to expand local food access to year round.
“We are very excited to announce our brand-new store space in downtown Fernie allowing customers to purchase from local farmers and producers 12 months of the year” exclaimed Local coordinator Robyn Peel. “We had to make a quick pivot, but the store will provide much more service to the community because of it.”
This larger space will allow Local to have more inventory and to provide space to even more local producers and farmers. The new space will also include a rentable commercial kitchen in 2021 to support local producers in bringing their local food product to market safely and easily.
Wildsight anticipates the doors to Local will open before Christmas 2020, with more details to be announced soon. It is expected that Local gift certificates will be sought after stocking stuffers this holiday season.
Community support has been strong as was highlighted through large numbers of orders being placed during the October and November Harvest Online events that allowed customers to order local food before the store opened.
Wildsight Elk Valley aims to cultivate a thriving, knowledgeable and resilient local food culture in the Elk Valley through education, advocacy and community engagement.
Local is a social enterprise aimed to provide a more sustainable alternative to imported industrially grown food through the support of local farmers and producers. | agronomy |
https://safexvault.com/bhojpur-district-cvcsx/c36f4d-how-to-plant-a-palm-tree-from-a-branch | 2021-06-21T10:59:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488269939.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621085922-20210621115922-00452.warc.gz | 0.912546 | 3,072 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__48063190 | en | Find a portion of the branch that is between 4 and 8 inches long and cut the branch on either side. Plant palm trees that are known to grow well in your climate. Slowly harden off to outdoor conditions after about one year of growth before transplanting into the ground. Remove the strip of bark from the tree. Wrap the tape around the stem to 2 inches above the break the same way you would wrap a bandage around a sprained knee. Faux trees can provide a splash of nature and greenery to an otherwise drab environment. Air layering, cuttings, and division are for the most part not effective when starting palm trees. However, although extensively grown in the United States, the queen palm is actually native to South America. You can either place the base end of the cuttings in a container with several inches of water, or else sink them into a pot with potting soil. Transplant each rooted cutting into a 4-inch planter with a sterile potting soil. Be sure to take all of this into consideration before you start a transplant project. Different types of palms also grow to varying heights. The tree will mature much quicker than one grown from a seed and usually develops roots in a few months. Transplanting palm trees is similar to moving other plants. To create cuttings from a palm plant, cut a piece of leaf about 2 to 3 inches long. Palm trees are a group of plants comprising around 3,000 species from more than 200 genera. Pour about 1 teaspoon of rooting hormone into a clean saucer. This makes it likely that you’ll get a few healthy new trees. Avoid over-watering the cutting until its roots are established, as you may give the cutting too much soil and cause it to rot. http://taylorsqls.com/palms/ Enjoy our 2 minute feature on how to plant a palm tree by Taylor's QLS with owner Gerrick Taylor. Mist the leaves with room-temperature water when you check on the cutting. Make the cut as close to the base of the parent plant as possible in order to get most of the roots. There are many ways to pot an artificial tree, and the type and size of your tree should determine the method used. Related Posts. How to Plant a Palm Tree: 15 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Achetez POGLIP Plant Green Leaf of Palm Tree on Frond Coconut Branch Garden Flag Decorative Flag House Banner 28x40 inch à Walmart Canada. Dip the wounded end of the branch into the hormone. This myth has caused gardeners to do extensive palm tree pruning that doesn’t help and can hurt the tree. If you trim your trees every few years to make the backyard more orderly, you can use those clippings to plant new trees. Dip pruning shears in a solution of 10 percent bleach and 90 percent water to prevent the spread of disease. Step 3 Chop the palms down. Remove leaves or needles in the bottom 2 or 3 inches of the cutting. The dried out husks of the palm fronds are the perfect home for about 750 million cockroaches. It’s critical to keep the soil moist during the first growing season so that the new tree can develop a strong root system. Pour about 1 teaspoon of rooting hormone into a clean saucer. Cutting back a palm tree will not make it grow faster. Dip the cut end in hormone powder, available at garden stores. Because of the way they grow, palm trees cannot be propagated through the asexual means used to propagate many trees. However, depending on the size of the plant, the broken branch might not turn out to be a problem. Cut carefully so you do not cut away any parent or damage the offshoot. Place the cuttings in a hole and firm the soil to hold the cutting upright. Insert its end into a container filled with well-draining potting soil. A tree is grafted when the crown is one species that has been grown into a rootstock from another species. Dip the wounded end of the branch into the hormone. 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Palm tree trunks are actually stems that produce buds, flowers and leaves. A slight tug on the branch indicates that roots have developed. She has training in landscaping and a certification in medicinal herbs from a botanical sanctuary. Push two to four sticks into the potting mix around the edges of the planter. Part of the Arecaceae, or Palmae family, the palm tree is a species of mostly tropical plants. Fasten the mouth of the bag around the container with a rubber band or string. Dip the bottom of the cut tree branches in the rooting hormone. Watch for roots to grow. Select a 10-inch-long, healthy looking branch tip that includes leaves. Magasinez plus de Drapeaux de jardin disponible en ligne à Walmart.ca. Put the planter in a location that receives indirect light and temperatures around 65 degrees Fahrenheit. This is not always the case when you plant seeds, since two trees were involved and you may be growing a hybrid. Cover the planter with plastic film or a lightweight greenhouse plastic to trap the humidity. The queen palm tree is one of the most popular domestically grown palm trees in the world. The difficulty in transplanting an indoor palm tree to a new, larger pot is dependent on the size of the palm; for larger trees, you might need a hand. Kit Arbuckle is a freelance writer specializing in topics such as health, alternative medicine, beauty, senior care, pets and landscaping. When you are planting trees from twigs, you’ll end up with trees identical to the “parent” tree. If you are growing in soil, keep the soil moist. One way to keep the cuttings moist is to cover the container with a plastic bag. Water the medium just until it feels moist all the way through and settles. Move the knife in a circular motion around the stem. Carefully scrape the stem to remove the slippery coating to … Taking a cutting will therefore not result in a new palm tree. A Yucca by Any Other Name. Stay in the surface wood. Place the cuttings in a hole and firm the soil to hold the cutting upright. Mist the soil and the leaves. In fact, for certain species, planting tree branches has a greater chance of success than planting seeds. long. Dust the end of the cutting with rooting hormone. If you want to know how and when to prune a palm tree to make it stronger and healthier, read on. Make holes approximately 1 inch in diameter through the top of the medium for each cutting. Planting tree branches of grafted trees only duplicates the crown tree. Read more articles about General Tree Care. Gardeners and landscapers love the queen palm's elegant fronds and its 6-foot summer blossoms. The common name, “Christmas palm,” comes from the clusters of bright red fruits that adorn these trees in late fall and winter, giving the plants the appearance of being decorated for the holidays. How to Start a New Tree From a Weeping Peach, How to Propagate Fruit Trees From Cuttings, University of California, Davis: Propagation, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension: Plant Propagation by Stem Cuttings, Planet Natural Research Center: Plant Propagation 101, University of California Master Gardener Program: Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, How to Plant a Leyland Cypress From a Branch. Read on for information on how to start roots on branch cuttings. Such a offshoot can be cut off if it has sufficient roots of its own. How to care for your tree ferns. The soil preparation and the new location for the tree are very important. Keep the root ball moist and backfill the planting hole with a 50/50 blend of native soil and fresh, new soil. Process the cutting as soon as you take it off of the tree for the best success, or it can dry out and die. Gently pull on the cutting a … Make heading cuts on young trees to promote branch growth. 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https://www.dovedalecottages.co.uk/thefarm | 2024-02-29T17:12:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474852.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229170737-20240229200737-00805.warc.gz | 0.971978 | 355 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__132236310 | en | Relax on our organic farm with stunning views
Church Farm has been a farm as far as we know since the 16th century and has been in our family for over half a century. We have evidence of the occupation on the site of Church Farm in much earlier times with Stanshope being mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It has always been farmed traditionally in the old-fashioned way and was converted to be fully organic in 1997. Our family’s farming philosophy has been to protect and preserve the environment and the animals and wildlife on the farm for the future generations who should be lucky enough to live here. Animals spend their summers grazing the meadows and pastures with the sun on their backs and are allowed to mature gradually as nature intended. We use no fertilizers or pesticides with the fields containing a host of wild flowers and herbs, many are quite rare. The animals are all our family friends and are treated with respect and love. Guests are welcome to get to know our many 'pets’.
In addition to the cows and the sheep, there are free-range hens and ducks. No farm is without the farmhouse cats, we have three - Oscar, Ellie and our gorgeous Maine Coon, Lily. Our friendly Red and White Irish Setter, Fergus can also be seen at the farm and is always happiest when running around in the countryside!
Stanshope is a tranquil farming hamlet in the heart of the southern Peak District. Our lovely area offers some stunning walks so you can explore Dovedale and the Manifold Valley straight from the cottage door. We feel it is a real privilege to be living in such a wonderful area and welcome anyone who wishes to join us, so come and enjoy. | agronomy |
https://www.calpion.com/blog/how-does-ai-deep-learning-improve-the-production-quality-of-agricultural-goods | 2023-09-23T18:32:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00297.warc.gz | 0.916113 | 1,217 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__206792270 | en | Deep Learning revolutionizes how we view agriculture in today's ever-advancing technology. By applying sophisticated deep learning algorithms to agricultural data, Deep Learning technologies can help farmers get the most out of their crops and increase production while improving the yield quality. By leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI), Deep Learning can bring about new techniques and strategies to tackle the challenges of modern agriculture.
Deep learning technologies can help farmers take their agricultural production to the next level. Farmers can create more efficient irrigation systems through Deep Learning, identify and rectify soil nutrient deficiencies, and even predict weather patterns to adjust their planting strategies. By utilizing Artificial Intelligence in agriculture with Deepcrops and solutions, farmers can increase their yields, improve the quality of their crops, and reduce their production costs.
Deep Learning, a branch of AI, is used to develop various neural networks to improve agricultural production. Neural networks are computing systems modeled after the human brain and can learn from large amounts of data to recognize environmental patterns. Deep Learning algorithms detect crop diseases, predict crop yields, and optimize irrigation scheduling.
Deep Learning algorithms can identify patterns in data that would otherwise remain hidden quickly. For example, an algorithm can detect a crop disease by scanning a field of crops for visual cues and then using Deep Learning to recognize patterns in the data that may indicate an infection. Additionally, Deep Learning predicts harvest yields by analyzing soil composition, weather conditions, and crop health data. Artificial Intelligence in agriculture allows farmers to plan how much food they can expect to harvest, ensuring they have enough to meet the needs of their customers.
Using Artificial Intelligence in agriculture like Deep Learning, farmers can also optimize their irrigation scheduling. Deep Learning algorithms can determine the best times to irrigate the fields by analyzing weather conditions, soil moisture, and crop health. It ensures that the crops are getting the right amount of water at the right time, improving the health of the plants and leading to higher yields.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture has proven to be an invaluable tool for modern farmers. Deep Learning has revolutionized the agricultural industry, allowing farmers to make more informed decisions based on data-driven insights. By utilizing Deep Learning algorithms, farmers can improve their yields, reduce the risk of crop diseases, and optimize their irrigation scheduling. It will continue to be a vital agricultural industry for years. Here are a few of the most commonly used deep learning neural networks:
Artificial Neural Networks- are one of the most common Deep learning algorithms applied to agriculture. ANNs are similar to biological neural networks in the human brain. ANNs identify patterns in data, such as images of healthy crops versus unhealthy crops, to identify crop diseases.
Convolutional neural networks: Convolutional neural networks are another standard algorithm used in agriculture. CNNs are commonly used to classify images but can also be used to predict crop yields based on weather data.
Recurrent neural networks- are used for many applications of AI in agriculture sector, such as predicting crop disease or optimizing fertilization applications based on soil composition data.
Natural language processing: Natural language processing is another standard tool of AI in agriculture sector for analyzing agricultural data. Computers can generate insightful agricultural insights by parsing and analyzing large amounts of data, including weather patterns and crop health.
Contextual inference: Contextual inference is another standard Deep learning algorithm applied to agriculture. CI makes predictions based on data from many different sources and is a helpful tool for crop variety selection.
Graphical processing units: Graphical processing units are a relatively new tool in Deep Learning but are quickly gaining traction in the agricultural industry. GPUs accelerate the rate at which ANNs and other deep-learning algorithms train and generate insights.
IoT, robotics, and processing technologies are very helpful to farmers. It provides high-quality images, and AI-based drone technology is very beneficial for farming because it makes monitoring, scanning, and analyzing crops simpler. Deep Learning technology helps to track the development of the crops. AI in farming can help farmers choose whether the crops are ready for harvest. The uses of Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence in agriculture are:
As AI in agriculture sector advances and technology transforms the industry, the end of Deep Learning is bright. With AI and Deep Learning advancements, farmers can leverage new solutions to tackle age-old agricultural challenges. With Deep Learning in agriculture, farmers will be able to accurately identify pests and diseases in crops, optimize fertilizer use, and manage soil health. Deep Learning in agriculture can help improve agricultural production while also reducing costs. The future of Deep Learning is genuinely limitless.
Deep Learning can transform agricultural production, making it more efficient and productive. As more and more data is collected, Deep Learning generates even more solutions. Farmers will be able to more accurately pinpoint issues in their crops' soil, nutrients, and health. It can help improve production while also saving farmers money.
Modern agriculture uses cutting-edge technologies to boost output, cut costs, and boost revenue, including machine learning, Deep Learning, IoT, and robotics. Farmers primarily use Deep learning technologies to improve crop management and various applications of agriculture because rain, cyclones, floods, climatic changes, weeds, pests, and a lack of labor are some factors that affect crop growth in the agriculture field. Deep Learning will, in the future, have a notable impact on the agricultural sector.
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Shane is an Associate Director at Calpion Inc. Shane brings a decade of experience providing enterprise-level solutions using applied artificial intelligence for organizations from Fortune 500 to high scalability startups. Being a graduate in engineering and a post-graduate in international business, Shane comes with sharp business acumen to grow businesses and provide cutting-edge solutions for clients in their digital transformation journey. With experience applying futuristic technologies for various industries, Shane is the go-to expert on artificial intelligence, deep learning, and enterprise software solutions. He loves talking to CXOs about their challenges, planning, and charting the best way forward. | agronomy |
https://www.costabravagironacb.com/en/experiencies/help-small-land-stewardship-producers/ | 2024-03-03T18:37:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476397.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303174631-20240303204631-00232.warc.gz | 0.952575 | 170 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__186987637 | en | Help small land stewardship producers
The Emys Foundation has signed a dozen land stewardship agreements with local organic crop and livestock farmers. Our main goal is to work with them to implement ecological farming and livestock practices with high nature value (HNV) that are capable of sustaining high levels of biodiversity, which in turn aids conservation. The organisation has been working for many years with a programme to foster land stewardship. However, many small farmers who want to apply ecological and HNV practices have very few resources available to make the necessary investments and changes on their properties. We aim to support the Emys Foundation’s land stewardship producers so that they can adapt their properties and carry out possible actions to promote ecological farming in Selva county.
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https://sciworthy.com/bacteria-that-live-on-plant-roots-are-important-for-farming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bacteria-that-live-on-plant-roots-are-important-for-farming | 2024-02-26T03:52:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474650.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226030734-20240226060734-00824.warc.gz | 0.961126 | 865 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__12498103 | en | Microbes can affect our health, but humans are not alone in this. Plants are also susceptible to microbial infections, some of which attack through the roots. The rhizosphere is the zone of soil around plant roots and is home to a diverse community of bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. This community is called the plant’s microbiome.
Many of these soil microbes are beneficial to the plant. The plant releases nutrients into the soil that the microbes living near or on the roots can consume. In turn, the microbes release other nutrients to the soil that help the plant grow. Diverse microbiomes provide a greater variety and amount of nutrients to the plant compared to a microbiome that does not contain as much variability. The health of the plant therefore affects the health of its microbiome. If something were to damage the microbiome, then the plant would suffer.
Wheat is a crop that provides an enormous amount of food, “with 735 million tons of grain harvested annually” (Rossmann et al., 2020). Wheat used to be a wild plant but became domesticated 10,000 years ago. When plants are domesticated, their genes and appearance change. It is possible that some of these genetic changes could affect wheat’s microbiome.
In a recent study, a team led by Dr. Maike Rossmann investigated whether wheat domestication has affected its microbiome. They also wanted to learn about the role that another group of soil organisms, called protozoa, play in the rhizosphere. Protozoa are not bacteria and can include parasites.
They grew eight genetically different varieties of wheat, ranging from wild to domesticated, in two types of soil. One soil type was collected from agricultural land known to have grown wheat. The other soil was collected from a forest and was used as the control soil. Four plants of each wheat variety were grown to maturity in each soil type. The researchers sampled the soil around the roots while the plants were in the flowering stage. Then, they used a technique called rRNA gene sequencing to identify the microbes present in the rhizosphere soil. This method allows scientists to compare the gene sequences from the samples to a database of known bacterial DNA sequences with the hopes of finding matches, not unlike DNA fingerprinting.
The domesticated wheat had a very different rhizosphere microbiome compared to the wild varieties. The domesticated wheat had a less diverse microbiome, meaning the soil around it did not have as many different types of bacteria and fungi compared to the wild plants. The researchers concluded this indicates that domesticated wheat is not able to either select for or support the same diversity as wild wheat regardless of what soil type it was grown in. This is a problem because a less diverse microbiome leaves the plant susceptible to pathogens.
The researchers also discovered that both the wild and domesticated wheat microbiomes contained predatory protozoa called Cercozoa. Cercozoa are a group of single-celled organisms that can be found in freshwater and soil environments. These carnivorous protozoa eat bacteria, fungi, and other protozoa present in the rhizosphere. Like a lion controlling the gazelle population, the Cerazoa helps control the fungal and bacterial populations of the plant microbiome.
There are many different kinds of Cercozoa, and, like the fungal and bacterial communities, Cercozoa were more diverse in the rhizosphere of the wild wheat compared to the domesticated wheat. Wild wheat also had more complex microbial interactions, indicating that its ecosystem is more stable than domesticated wheat. As a system loses its complexity, it becomes more vulnerable to harmful events like disease. This finding is important because it shows how protozoa contribute to the rhizosphere ecosystem.
The more we know about how domestication affects the microbiome of plants, the more we can harness these relationships between the microbes and plants to improve plant health and make crops more resilient. An improved selection process will allow the wheat to have a more diverse microbiome, which will in turn allow the wheat to gain more nutrients. The more nutrients the wheat receives, the more food it can produce. Future studies can also be conducted to determine how plant breeding could lead to a more diverse and sustainable microbial community in domesticated wheat. | agronomy |
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Tomato, is today the most popular garden vegetable in America, they provide a treasure of riches when it comes to their antioxidant benefits.
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https://www.kathrynformesa.com/dont-let-mother-nature-fool-you/ | 2024-03-04T01:41:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476409.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304002142-20240304032142-00636.warc.gz | 0.901513 | 546 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__187215667 | en | Don’t Let Mother Nature Fool You!
From thunderstorms with torrential downpour to a peaceful drizzle, July has brought North Jersey a ton of rainy weather! After visiting client properties these past few weeks, we want to shed light – or should we say “lightning” – on some common lawn maintenance misconceptions.
After a downpour, you don’t have to water for a few days, right?
We’ve seen many lawns recently that, because of a day of heavy rainfall, haven’t been watered for days after. The result? Dry soil conditions. Why? Because a high percentage of that heavy rainfall is runoff. The water is falling faster than it can seep into the ground, causing it to flow down the slope of your lawn onto the sidewalk and/or street.
Unfortunately, you can’t and shouldn’t assume those 15 minutes of a crazy, yet entertaining downpour replaces several days of a sprinkler’s job. However, you CAN and SHOULD check your lawn’s hydration to be sure! Dig down 2-3 inches the next day. If it’s moist, it’s hydrated! If it’s dry, get watering!
On the other hand, it’s also important to recognize when your lawn is overwatered. After several days of consistent normal or heavy rain, it’s probably time to hit pause on your sprinkler system! An overabundance of water can dilute the soil, remove important nutrients, breed fungus, and fuel weed growth.
When it comes to runoff or overwatering, control what you can! When you can’t, here are two ways to help mitigate the damage!
AerateJust call on the experts! Borst Landscape & Design has the knowledge, experience, and equipment to aerate your lawn before or after a lot of rain. This process opens up the soil for air, water, and nutrients to flow through, giving roots what they need to grow healthy and dense.Keep Off The GrassSimple, yet effective! Avoid walking on your water-soaked lawn as it can compact the soil and harm the grass blades.
We love Mother Nature! But sometimes she gives us a tricky game to play. The best thing you can do for your lawn is to be mindful of the forecast, adjust your watering habits when needed, and consider reaching out to us about our Aeration and Seeding services. We’re here to help!
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https://www.whatlauralovesuk.com/the-importance-of-having-a-perfectly-maintained-lawn/ | 2024-02-22T21:09:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473824.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222193722-20240222223722-00461.warc.gz | 0.959148 | 836 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__176361692 | en | Have you always undervalued the importance of greenery in your home or have you always been keen on captivating a bit of nature inside your house or in the garden? Greenery is alleviating and improves the quality of our living space. And that is why it is vital that people understand the value of gardens and lawns and absorb all the knowledge that they can to take proper care of them. Having a healthy-looking lawn is more like a boon that you might not have thought about. It is vital that you take care of the lawn if you have one so that you can improve the quality of your life as well contribute to the well-being of nature. If your lawn is not currently in a fit state, hiring a professional from lawn care Kingston (or a similar company) is a great place to start. With the same view in mind, we shall be looking into the importance of having a healthy lawn to motivate you to start taking care of your lawn if you have one.
HEALTHY LAWNS ARE HUBS FOR FITNESS & FUN
There are several things that you can do if you have a perfectly maintained lawn. It can act as a centre of fitness and fun alike. You can have your family spend some time relaxing on the manicured grasses and soak in the sun, which is an essential contributing factor to good health. Practise yoga in the sun or have your kids run around the diameter of the lawn, there are countless activities that you can indulge yourself in when you have a healthy lawn. The greenery will add value to your life and living space and keep you at the best of your health.
A HEALTHY LAWN CAN HELP YOU RELAX
We all need to take some time off our busy schedules and let our hair down once a while. Human beings are not machines, and everyone needs a break to get back to work. And there is perhaps a no better way to relax than sit and stare into the endless expanse of greenery right in your backyard. A healthy lawn can help you relax and relieve you from stress. You can sit for hours on the grass or take the pleasure of walking bare feet. Either way, a green and healthy lawn can reduce your anxiety and help fight several physical ailments effectively.
AIR QUALITY & POLLUTION REDUCTION
Lawns can help bring down the levels of toxins in the air and improve the quality significantly. It reduces air pollution, not just inside your house but also around your house. And this is a major contributing factor to the overall well-being of nature. Human beings and the planet have been in constant tussle. The selfish and reckless behaviour of humans has caused severe damages to the planet’s resources, and that is why it is important to reverse the damages before it is too late. Lawns can act as the agent that reverses these damages and restores the health of the planet to vitality. You can always seek help from TruGreen lawn services and various other lawn care companies, to ensure that your lawn is maintained properly. This way, you can contribute to the ecosystem and preserve the balance.
LAWNS REDUCE SOIL EROSION
One of the most important functions of lawns is to preserve the topsoil and prevent soil erosion. The grass that grows on the lawns binds the soil particles together and preserves the topmost layers of the soil from being washed away. And this further contributes to the maintenance of the ecosystem. There are millions of micro-organisms that live in the soil and are important for the balance of nature. Having a healthy lawn that is maintained carefully can, therefore, help in preserving the topsoil.
It is your responsibility to take care of your lawn if you are blessed with one. The points that we have mentioned in the article must be enough to motivate you to take the job of lawn maintenance, and if you are not confident enough to go about the process on your own, you can always call a reputed lawn care service. Taking care of your lawn will help you to contribute to the greater good and help the ecosystem to thrive. | agronomy |
https://cbgseedsource.com/ | 2024-02-22T01:01:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473598.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221234056-20240222024056-00020.warc.gz | 0.922228 | 514 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__50865622 | en | Not all hemp seed is created equal. At CBG Seed Source we are committed to breeding stable, consistent, and compliant CBG genetics. Our R&D team has developed and continues to develop high-performance craft hemp varietals. All of our seed is 99% feminized. Serious cultivators know selecting the right genetics is paramount to the success of their business.
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http://sunshinelavenderfarm-nc.blogspot.com/2012/10/time-to-prune-lavender.html | 2018-05-24T21:22:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866870.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524205512-20180524225512-00510.warc.gz | 0.945836 | 585 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__170321767 | en | It's that time again...time to prune the lavender! As mentioned many times before, there are two times a year that are appropriate to give your lavender a nice trim- end of October (around Halloween) or middle of February (around Valentines day). So, if you are prepared, now is TIME!
I have extracted a portion of an article written for the 'Virginia Gardener' that clearly outlines the steps to pruning and feeding your beloved lavender plants.
How to Plant and Care for Lavender in the Southeast
by Annie Greer Baggett - posted 04/18/11
Pruning In our region, pruning can happen in a number of ways, and this is good since it is sometimes a challenge to remember what every plant requires in the garden. You may wish to trim the lavender when you cut the blooms to enjoy indoors in June. As you are cutting the blossoms, just give the lavender a good shaping, trimming away stragglers running along the ground and dead limbs. Leave about 1 to 2 inches of foliage all the way around.
I have been taught to prune in late fall as well, and this is fine if you are in tune with your garden and the microclimate of your planting zone. Clearly, when our summers are especially hot and dry, trimming the lavender in late fall can shock the plants, so you will want to wait until late winter, after the garden has experienced regular moisture and is dormant. Around Valentine's Day, or at least in the month of February, after the coldest part of the winter is behind the garden, trim away 1/3 of the foliage. Remember the rule of thumb and leave 1 to 2 inches of foliage all the way around.
It is critical to prune lavender annually to provide the best scenario for a long, happy life in the garden. If the lavender is not trimmed every year, the plant will open up from its center weighed down by the foliage. The heaviness of the branches will cause the main center stem to split and/or break and moisture to enter, resulting in stress and disease, and unfortunately the lavender will not be long for that great compost heap in the sky.
When pruning annually, toss a handful of the bone meal/lime/compost blend around the base of the plant just before rain, or water afterwards. This is the only feeding needed. Remember, that lavender prefers lean soil.
It's just that simple!
The picture above shows a 12 year old lavender plant that has essentially been neglected except for it's annual trim. This grandmother lavender is one of the oldest on our farm. She is happily still going strong!
Are you planning on trimming your lavender in the next few weeks? We would love to see some before and after pictures... | agronomy |
https://www.allstudyjournal.com/archives/2021.v3.i1.A.456 | 2023-03-28T12:25:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948858.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328104523-20230328134523-00396.warc.gz | 0.930973 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__119476327 | en | Relationship between farmlands size and agricultural practices
Author(s): Anissa Gara and Dorra Ajabi
Abstract: In the field of agriculture, the scientific community has followed studies on methods and tools to meet the growing need to reassess agricultural operations and therefore to judge the degree of deterioration and pollution of natural capital. In this study, the IDEA method -which is Farm Sustainability assessment method-, was used to meet this objective, at Mornag area in Tunisia. This detailed analysis based on the factor of farm size, allowed to identify the characteristics and the strategies for agricultural sustainability of the different groups of farms according to size and upon three scales: agro-ecological, socio-territorial and economical scales. The results showed that the overall scales’ scores at each group are positively affected by farm’s size. Indeed, the detailed analyzes of the scores of indicators and components showed that the land size turned out to be a limiting factor against sustainability. | agronomy |
http://lippovillage.com/TownManagement/NewsLetterDetail/205 | 2020-02-26T20:31:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146485.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200226181001-20200226211001-00283.warc.gz | 0.942611 | 614 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__60170412 | en | Mini elephant grass is a great option to grow your yard green. Here’s a simple way to plant and maintain this fast growing, dense grass that can look in no time like a lush green carpet!
Consider to plant grasses in front or at the back of your yard. You just need to choose what kind of grass will be perfect for your yard. One of grass types which can grow easily and has low maintenance is elephant grass (Gajah Mini). The maintenance is more simple if you compare with other grasses such as Golf grass or Japanese grass. Gajah Mini can grow and spread over your yard very quickly and there is no need to cut it off often, especially if they got full sunshine.
How to plant and maintain your Gajah Mini grass :
1) First, loosen the ground using the hoe for 5 to 10 cm and level the ground.
2) Fertilizing the ground with 25 kg fertilizer for every 10 m2 width.
3) One (1) meter grass seedling can be planted for a 5 to 6 m2 area.
4) Spread the seedling in small size +/- 3 to 5 cm and plant it until its root is covered by the soil. Plant in zig-zag pattern.
5) Plant the grass in ideal distance between 8 x 8 cm, however if you want it grow faster, then, plant it in closer distance.
6) Press it softly to let the root stick into the soil and not easily moved.
7) Watering should be done twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon especially during dry season and it’s suggested to use water container or soft spraying to prevent the root to be separated from the soil.
8) Fertilizing can start 2 weeks after the grass has been planted to give nutrients to grow. The grass needs 46% urea, 0.5 kg for 10 m2. Mix the urea with water and spray it to the grass.
9) Routine maintenance can be done once every 3 months’ period.
Very soon, you will be enjoying a beautifully planted grassed lawn!
TMD would like to remind everyone that the green area or verges in front of your house is not part of your property. Therefore if you want to make it more attractive and want to landscaping in this, please discuss with TMD first and get a permit to plant approved variety of trees or plants so as not to cause damage to public underground utilities in that area. Once you have changed the standard landscape at this common area, the responsibility to take care of the plantings shall be yours. Please be also informed that if TMD needs to repair the underground utilities or add or do work in this area, access to TMD shall be granted unconditionally and TMD shall not be held responsible for any changes or removal of the landscape that may occur due to the work. TMD shall restore the verges according to the TMD landscape design standards. | agronomy |
https://www.mnnews.today/catholic-schools/2020/51247-good-work-keeps-growing/ | 2023-12-04T03:55:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100523.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204020432-20231204050432-00227.warc.gz | 0.979248 | 749 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__249612365 | en | Acting principal Lucy Harvey seeks acknowledgment for the immeasurable impact of “these three treasures” on the school environment at St James’ for which it is well known. The trio has dedicated many years of work to the school’s Green Team and outdoor education areas.
“Bob, Margaret and Doug are three of the most beautiful, generous, selfless people I know,” Ms Harvey said. “We don’t think of them as volunteers, we think of them as family. Bob doesn’t even have grandchildren at the school anymore.”
Mr Smith and Mr and Mrs Thornton dedicate hours each week to the St James’ community as well as maintaining the school’s vegies and livestock during the holidays.
“Bob has a wide and varied set of skills that he employs in the tasks he undertakes throughout the school,” Ms Harvey said. “These include creating seating for students, hanging and moving pinboards when teachers re-vision their classrooms, creating garden beds to allow students to experience growing plants, and building and upgrading chicken coops and an aquaponics garden. The list goes on.
“Bob always has suggestions on how to best perform these tasks and no job is ever too hard or menial for him to take on. Bob, Margie and Doug’s contributions to our St James’ community has had a positive impact on the environment that our students, staff and parents experience each day.
“Margie and Doug are environmental warriors, tirelessly taking on the extensive school vegetable garden and looking after our school ‘farm’ animals. They come into the school at all times and days of the week to water, feed, collect eggs, let the chickens in and out of their pens and harvest crops.
“Margie and Doug give up time to assist the Green Team and work with students to create gardens within the school grounds to keep the bush setting alive. Their sustained commitment to our school is a major driving force that keeps our environmental programs running. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, they come down to school every weekend to ensure the gardens and animals survive.”
Mr Smith has been volunteering at St James’ for the past 10 years and has a long association with the school. His own children and grandchildren attended St James’. He could see the school needed things done and he had the time to complete the jobs.
“I enjoy being around the kids and making things better for them,” he said. “I like to make things look good and see the change when a job is completed."
Mr and Mrs Thornton have also been volunteering for the past decade, inspired by the first of their five grandchildren commencing at St James'. They consider their nomination for recognition of their volunteering contribution as unnecessary and embarrassing. “We love the children and their enthusiasm for learning to garden and their appreciation of the chickens and birds,” they said.
Ms Harvey says the school has benefitted greatly from these three outstanding volunteers who are much loved and admired members of the St James’ community.
“Due to their dedication we have been able to sustain environmental programs within the school that would have been impossible without their support,” she said. “The school grounds are enhanced by their attention to not only the gardens and animals but the whole aesthetic. Through their constant commitment to continue their volunteering, Bob, Maggie and Doug have allowed us to use school funds for other educational purposes. We are truly blessed to have these dedicated people, who truly make a difference, as part of our community.” | agronomy |
http://en.jctffy.com/intro/1.html | 2023-06-06T17:23:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652959.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606150510-20230606180510-00469.warc.gz | 0.892561 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__174367922 | en | Shanxi·Jiaocheng Tianfeng Industry Limited Company, the original Jiaocheng Jin Niuwang Chemical Co., Ltd, was founded in 1984. It was completed by the production and sales of the original industrial potassium nitrate, until now the comprehensive functional fertilizer production enterprise, it has completed the product process and Upgrade of technical equipment. In recent years, Tianfeng has developed a comprehensive agricultural industry integrating R&D, production, sales and service through resource integration, equipment replacement, talent introduction and technological innovation.
At present, the company has formed the advantage of functional fertilizer production of “two specials and one combination”, specializing in the production of trace elements and raw materials, and production of mineral humic acid products and raw materials, other functional categories, and selecting the most advantageous single-agent cooperation. Committed to providing consumers with a better experience. Advantage products include: Raw materials of mineral source humic acid , Humic acid water soluble fertilizer, Humic acid biological fertilizer, Unique process calcium and magnesium granulars, Macro elements, medium and trace elements. At the same time, with the convenience of self-operated export business, the company introduces foreign advanced technology, combines local resources, and continues to innovate to meet the market demand for special functional fertilizers, and contributes to the green and healthy development of China's land. | agronomy |
https://www.akvavittheatre.org/best-citronella-plants/ | 2022-11-27T11:27:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710237.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20221127105736-20221127135736-00299.warc.gz | 0.926847 | 2,226 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__61945137 | en | What is the best Citronella Plants, and where can I buy it? If that is your situation, you have come to the right place. Here’s the guide for you to leave all your worries and make a hassle-free purchase decision.
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- 1000+ Citronella Seeds: Over 1000 Citronella Plant seeds are enough for beginners, gardeners or farmers to create a lush garden or yard. Natural and effective way to repel mosquitoes.
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- The US Products: Citronella Plant Seeds like sun and water and will live better when plant in semi-sun in summer and full sun in other seasons. Proudly made in The US.
- Plants Preference: Citronella Grass Seeds will begin germinate in about 1 month at 68°F. 50°F-80°F is suitable for growth and will stop growing below 44°F and above 90°F.
- Instruction: Sow the mosquito repellent plant seeds in 1.2 inches of fine sandy soil and water thoroughly four hours after sowing.Keep the soil moist, transplant after germination, fast growth, once a year change the pot to increase soil and fertilizer.
- 2 large LIVE Citronella Mosquito repellent plants 4” to 8” tall, planted in individual 4” plastic pots. Our plants have up to ten times the root development of standard mosquito plants. Big and healthy. They arrive well packaged and ready to grow!
- Citronella Mosquito plants (Citrosa Geranium) are a NATURAL mosquito repellant for your yard, patio, pool area, front porch, or driveway
- These lemony-scented citronella plants keep an area up to 10 square feet virtually mosquito free. They require little tending and grow to about 4 feet high if the season allows
- With lush, green foliage, and the occasional pink-purple flower, the Citronella Geranium plant has a natural scent that mosquitos hate! Plant early in the season for maximum growth and effectiveness.
- Our plants are fast shipped for MAXIMUM freshness. Includes our Clovers Garden copyrighted QUICK-START Guide for growing robust citronella mosquito repellent plants. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
- 1 large LIVE Citronella Mosquito repellent plants 8” tall, planted in individual 4” plastic pots. Our plants have up to ten times the root development of standard mosquito plants. Big and healthy. They arrive well packaged and ready to grow
- Fully rooted and hardened off. This means the roots fill in the entire pot and the plant is fully acclimated to growing outdoors. This ensures it thrives when it arrives at its new home
- The Citronella Plant is known for its distinct, lemony aroma. With lush, green foliage, and the occasional pink-purple flower, these scented geraniums thrive both indoors and out. They require little tending and grow up to 4 feet tall.
- These lemony-scented citronella plants keep an area up to 12 square feet virtually mosquito free.
- With lush, green foliage, and the occasional pink-purple flower, the Citronella Geranium plant has a natural scent. Plant early in the season for maximum growth and effectiveness.
- Citronella Lemon Balm Perennial 200+ Seeds Mosquito Insect Repellent Herb
- Lemon Balm is a herb that is praised by many for its mosquito and other insect repelling abilities!Some refer to this plant as Citronella Balm.
- Lemon Balm, with its citrus like aroma, is fantastic for deterring pesky insects. In this application, you could plant the lemon balm in areas surrounding your outdoor space you want to keep free from mosquitoes. For instance, they could be grown in plant beds bordering a deck or patio, and serve very effectively as mosquito and insect deterrents.
- Lemon Balm is a wonderful cold tolerant perennial and is ideal for sowing in the later Summer or early Autumn.Lemon Balm will thrive in small spaces like apartment decks or balconies. Also, it can be grown as a house plant year around in the home, and provide a nice natural aroma for the house.
- Package: 420+ Citronella Plant Seeds for Planting - Non-GMO Citronella Grass Seeds for Home Garden Planting
- Natural and effective way to repel mosquitoes.
- Citronella Plant like sun and water and will live better when plant in semi-sun in summer and full sun in other seasons. Made in USA.
- Keep updating the freshest seeds and regularly tested to ensure at least 85% germination.
- Message us for anything, We are at your service 7D*24H.
- HELPFUL PLANT: The Citrosa Citronella plant can aid in warding off mosquitos and other flying pests. It's lemony scent is enjoyable for humans but not for insects.
- GROWTH: Citronella can grow up to four feet tall, and pruning is recommended to encourage the foliage to bush out.
- CARE: These plants prefer at least six hours of sunlight every day whether it is planted outside or indoors near a window but can also tolerate some partial shade. They do not have a preference on soil type, and are fairly drought tolerant.
- FUN FACT: Citronella oil has been used as a plant-based insect repellent and has been registered for this use in the United States since 1948.
- PRODUCT: All our plants are shipped fresh directly from our greenhouse to you!
- 300+ Citronella Plant Seeds for Planting - Non-GMO Citronella Grass Seeds for Home Garden Planting
- Our Large Citronella Plant is fully rooted and thriving inside a 4" premium nursery pot. The plant will measure 10-12" from the base of the pot to the top of the plant.
- The Citronella plant has subtle lemony aroma often referred to as the mosquito plant. It thrives both inside and out. It has rich, green leaves and the occasional pink-purple blossoms. They can reach a height of four feet and require minimal care.
- We have a healthy plant guarantee. We carefully prepare and package out plants. This ensures it survives the journey to your home and thrives when it arrives. If you do not receive a healthy thriving plant, we will send you another one at no cost.
- We use premium potting soil and durable nursery pots. The roots system fills in the entire pot enhancing its success when it gets to its new home.
- We ship plants on Mondays and Tuesdays. This helps your plants arrive without being held at a shipping facility over the weekend.
How To Choose The Citronella Plants: The Buying Guide
How do you choose the Citronella Plants? You must consider many things, such as the brand name, price, and product quality. In addition, you should also consider whether it is suitable for your needs or not.
So how do you choose the right Citronella Plants? Here are some tips that you can use to help you find a good product:
1. You first need to consider the product’s brand name. A good brand will always produce quality products, so a product with an established name should be good enough for your needs.
2. You need to consider the product’s price next. A high-quality product does not always mean that it will cost more, but if it costs too much, there must be something wrong, or nobody will buy it.
3. The final thing you need to look at is how well suited this item is for your needs and requirements and how well suited it is for others with similar requirements.
What you Should Keep in Mind When Buying Citronella Plants
When shopping for Citronella Plants, there are several things to consider. You need to think about the quality of the product, the price, and even how much it will benefit your life. However, you also need to keep these factors in mind:
Purchase from a reputable Brand
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Read reviews from others who have bought the product before. You must check what other customers have said about a product before buying it online, as this will help you determine whether it is worth buying or not. Suppose there are many positive reviews about an item and no negative ones. In that case, most people are happy with their purchase and would recommend it to others too.
Seal of approval
Look for the seal of approval. For example, look for the Energy Star seal if you’re shopping for a new printer. It indicates that the printer uses less energy than other models in its class.
It’s important to do your research before buying any new product. For example, check the minimum requirements listed on each model’s product page if you’re looking at laptops and want one with a larger hard drive. If they’re not listed, ask customer service or call the manufacturer directly before making your purchase.
Complete sure the website offers free shipping if you’re getting something online so that you don’t have to pay anything extra once you make your purchase. If the website doesn’t offer free shipping, think about making your purchase from a different site that does.
Many retailers offer extended warranties covering malfunctions, materials, or quality defects. If a product has this kind of coverage, it’s worth paying extra money upfront so that you don’t have to pay again later if something goes wrong with your purchase.
Ultimately, our Citronella Plants reviews are designed to help you make a more informed purchasing decision. It’s much easier to decide when you know exactly what to look for and your options. We hope that this Keyword review article has helped. So if you’re looking for the best Citronella Plants, we’re glad we could help. If you’re considering purchasing Citronella Plants, we strongly recommend you look deeper at our top 10 Citronella Plants reviews. Based on our research, we have found these excellent products to be well worth the money and should be able to meet your needs. | agronomy |
https://www.spacev.bio/revolutionizing-space-exploration-the-greenhouse-concept-for-efficient-resource-management/ | 2024-04-20T19:13:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817674.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420184033-20240420214033-00822.warc.gz | 0.886374 | 264 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__182685603 | en | The Space Economy is rapidly expanding and with it the need for astronauts to accomplish longer missions and effectively manage the limited resources available in space. This requires innovative solutions to maximize the use of available resources and minimize waste.
One such solution is the greenhouse concept, which allows astronauts to grow food, produce oxygen and conserve valuable resources like soil, air-conditioned volume, and energy. Unlike traditional methods, this concept utilizes every cubic centimeter of available volume wisely and ensures that no resource goes to waste.
In the context of the Space Economy, the greenhouse concept can play a crucial role in empowering astronauts to undertake extended missions without relying on supplies from Earth. This not only increases the sustainability of space missions but also reduces the cost of resupplying astronauts and provides them with fresh and healthy food options.
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In conclusion, the greenhouse concept is a crucial step in the evolution of the Space Economy and a clear demonstration of the innovative solutions required for the efficient use of resources in space. Empowering astronauts to undertake longer missions, opens up new possibilities for the future of space exploration and human settlements beyond Earth. | agronomy |
https://backyardgardenlife.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/first-watermelon-harvest/ | 2019-10-15T14:42:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986659097.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015131723-20191015155223-00283.warc.gz | 0.966675 | 959 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__88652990 | en | My childhood holds vivid memories of my dad cutting of a slab of cold watermelon to eat in the middle of hot summer days. He would put a piece on a plate and stand back then throw a fork into it to get it to stick a vertical landing in the center. The start of this backyard garden venture began on a day off with nothing to do and a random trip to Andersen’s Nursery.
June 26, 2014 – An Aimless Afternoon at the Nursery
At Andersen’s I spotted 6-packs of seedling sugar baby watermelons that got my gardening urges roaring. At that point all we had in the backyard garden were a few unfilled pots and containers being overrun by weeds. With little hope of growing a watermelon, I purchased the 6-pack that day and planted 3 plants in one SMALL container (a 12′ cement pot) with some potting soil. I left the other 3 in the plastic tray unsure what to do with them.
A couple weeks went by and the potted plants started vining out rapidly and each quickly set their first female flower then kept growing! They were crawling across the garden, climbing onto rogue cherry tomato plants in a modge podge of chaos.
July 26th – Heartbreak and Optimism
The moment the watermelons started vining out, I started pricing out materials for a raised be with trellis – square foot garden style. We’d had some before in previous rental homes but hadn’t started one in this place yet because we were unsure how long we’d be staying here. Now over a year has gone by without a garden and life passing by! I couldn’t bear to see all the plants strewn about without a plan.
We decided to give the backyard garden some more planting space with a raised bed and trellis. Headed to Home Depot on our day off and spent about $120 on wood, soil and plants. At this point the watermelons were baseball size and growing a half an inch in girth each day – 1 on each of the 3 potted plants. It was too late to get them to climb but we moved them over by the trellis where they’d be safe. In the midst of construction I dropped a shovel that landed smack dab on the largest of the 3 melons and snapped it from the vine. I was so heartbroken I almost threw in the towel but then I saw the other 2 still on the vine and all the new planting space. We cut open the detached melon and found a blushing pink color in the interior and parts were actually sweet. Skeeto was happy to eat eat.
Aug. 9, 2014 – Are they ready yet?
The 2 plants with a melon each seemed to stop vining and flowering. I imagine it was focusing on ripening the melons which were now just beyond softball sized. The leaves of the 2 with melons started browning in an unusual way while the plant without a melon started growing new suckers. I pruned the suckers and let it start climbing the trellis.
Worried the browning leaves were a sign a nutrient deficiency, I gave it the pot some epsom salt and fish fertilizer.
The melons seemed to stop gaining size and I was watching the closest tendril to see when it was dried up (a supposed sign of ripeness.) The tendril slowly started to turn brown but was not even half way dried.
Aug. 16, 2014 – New Melon!
The tendrils on both melons seemed fully dry by today but I read sugar babies might need up to 10 days after the tendril dries to ripen. I was to nervous to take a chance so didn’t harvest just yet.
In the meantime, the 3rd plant that did not have a melon because of the great moving accident developed a new female flower. It’s too early to tell if it will develop into a melon and it’s so late in the season I won’t get my hopes up, but it just goes to show how life just keeps on keeping on.
Aug. 21, 2014 – First Harvest
Today in an act of impatience mixed with excitement we chopped this little guy from the vine to see if after 2 months it was sweet and crisp!
It was our first watermelon ever and it was like cutting an umbilical cord. I literally closed my eyes and squealed to do it.
We rushed inside and sliced it open!!!
It was beautiful, sweet and the most exciting harvest from this garden so far. | agronomy |
http://www.solfranc.com/productos/?producto-item=camara-extractora-de-savia-sf-pres-giga&lang=en | 2020-10-22T04:08:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107878879.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022024236-20201022054236-00080.warc.gz | 0.80925 | 64 | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-45__0__181382589 | en | A Sap Extractor Pressure Chamber.
Extra large sap extractor pressure chamber controlled by an external pressure regulator.
Its large capacity allows the introduction of plant material up to 50 cm length. Its high placement allows situate vessels to collect the extracted sap to analyse it.
It is robust, compact and adjustable height. | agronomy |
https://www.guruvayoormunicipality.in/high/2993-how-to-build-terrace-for-small-garden.html | 2021-06-20T03:49:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487655418.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20210620024206-20210620054206-00414.warc.gz | 0.878779 | 690 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__96288729 | en | Terracing and Leveling a sloping garden Services and Diy ...
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https://www.sabatinigin.com/en/sabatini-oil/ | 2023-12-01T23:50:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00183.warc.gz | 0.940373 | 399 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__84535793 | en | From Sabatini family estate in Cortona
This precious and unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil, with its low acidity and high antioxidant polyphenols, has a strong and robust flavor.
A fundamental element in Mediterranean cuisine, extra virgin olive oil, and especially Tuscan EVOO, is recognized for both its nutritional qualities and excellent flavors.
Our olive oil production has always been a family matter, a question of quality, of uncountable hours spent outdoors among the trees, not a business affairUgo Sabatini
When the Sabatini Family settled in the area in 1910, they discovered that the property in Teccognano, Cortona, had 3600 healthy olive trees of different varieties. Ugo Sabatini, master olive grower, oversees the care of the trees, dedicating his time to keeping them in top form, and opting for traditional methods of production.
Sabatini Oil is created with the typical Tuscan blend, the olive trees are pruned and harvested only by hand, and no chemicals or fertilizers are used.
Harvest in the autumn is a moment of togetherness and celebration, followed by the “cold-press” milling of the olives. The oil is allowed to decant naturally in terracotta jars until the spring, when it is bottled.
This robust extra virgin olive oil is naturally rich in polyphenols. It has a brilliant, emerald green color, the scent of fresh grass and artichokes, and an intensely spicy flavor. Enjoy it on raw seafood, meat and vegetable carpaccio.
Sabatini Oil is all about quality. It’s for people who seek an excellent, small batch production: the trees and the soil are not subjected to any chemical interventions, the olives are hand-picked when they’re perfectly ripe and milled the same day, and the oil is carefully stored in optimal conditionsUgo Sabatini | agronomy |
http://www.beautiful-northwales.com/blogbnw/conwy-seed-fair/ | 2021-10-24T15:21:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323586043.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024142824-20211024172824-00187.warc.gz | 0.948182 | 477 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__164246312 | en | Just before we start to look forward to the many Easter events in North Wales coming up soon, it’s time to look forward to the imminent Conwy Seed Fair which starts on the 26th of March in the famous medieval town.
In terms of history, not even Glastonbury can hold a candle to the seed fair in terms of long-lasting appeal as it’s been going for an amazing 700 years! The rich heritage of the times gone by will be evident when you take a walk through Conwy’s cobbled streets on the day itself.
Held by the Conwy Beekeepers association, the Conwy Seed Fair is a celebration of all things agriculture in one of the most cathartic settings possible. The town itself is typically quiet and accommodating for a great day out so it serves as the perfect venue for all.
The organisers themselves are strong believers in the maintaining the traditions of the North Wales town and also to bring awareness to the importance of beekeeping throughout the modern world. At the fair, they will be accepting donations to keep their tireless campaign going so be sure to dip into those pockets.
As for the fair itself, there’s nothing that can quite compare to local produce and it will be available in abundance from the town square. There will be a whole range of different stalls selling unique items that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else – if you’re looking to pick up some seed potatoes, you may never get a better chance or quality batch like those at the seed fair this March.
Also available will be locally sourced fruit, cakes, jams, honey and bread amongst many more. It’s not just food at the event for 2014 as there will also be masterfully created crafts available to you during your visit.
The diversity keeps on coming as you can also enjoy exhibitions from the likes of the RNLI, Incredible Edible Conwy, Friends of the Earth, Moelcyi Farm and more. There’s bound to be many people excited to visit the Conwy Seed Fair this year and you could be one of them and you have no excuse – it’s free entry!
Contact: [email protected] for more information
The location of the Conwy Seed Fair in the map above | agronomy |
https://wegcss.org/servicesandfacilities/food-bank/food-bank-garden/ | 2023-11-29T14:56:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100112.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129141108-20231129171108-00020.warc.gz | 0.968007 | 140 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__203601511 | en | Food Bank Garden
The Food Bank Garden was built by local people and supports the Slocan Valley Food Cupboard during the growing and harvesting season. The Food Bank Garden is tended by our Garden Manager Cory, seasonal Garden Assistants, and our amazing volunteers. In 2022 the garden produced 1677lbs of produce to help feed the community. The Food bank Garden also includes a Community Garden space, community members can join for a small fee and have use of some space to garden for themselves.
If you would like to find out more, get involved or donate to the Food Bank Garden get in touch!
We would like to thank our generous partners, funders and donors for all their support. | agronomy |
http://midnorthhighrainfall.org.au/trial-crops/ | 2021-04-23T01:42:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039626288.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210423011010-20210423041010-00421.warc.gz | 0.842492 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__148785873 | en | Trials sown for the 2015 Season
Some of the Trials expected this season are:
- A SAGIT funded Long Season Wheat Trial
- Canopy Management in Wheat
Other Trials will be added as they come to hand.
See Crop Walks and Field Days page for a map of the 2015 Trial Site.
Trials sown for the 2014 Season
MNHRZ Trial Location 2014 map of where this year’s trials are located.
At the main Trial Site, Pat Connell’s property located 5kms south of Riverton:
- CSIRO Early Sowing trial,
- Canola (Time of Sowing x variety) trial,
- Durum (Crop Competition) trial,
- Barley agronomy trial,
- Canopy Management (Time of sowing x Planting Density x Nitrogen application) trial,
- Growing Biomass trial,
- Grain & Graze III.
Off the main Trial Site:
- National Clover trial,
- SARDI Eyespot in wheat trial,
- GRDC Stubble management project.
Jeff Braun, Agrilink, took the below photos on the 15th August at the MNHRZ Trial Site | agronomy |
https://potato-chips-machine.com/chips-making-news/how-to-stop-potatoes-from-going-green.html | 2023-12-06T15:00:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100599.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206130723-20231206160723-00055.warc.gz | 0.947142 | 461 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__214627977 | en | As we all know, potato chips are made of potatoes, so the quality of potato chips have close relation with potatoes. When storing potatoes, we may found potatoes going green, then why is that and what we can do to stop it from going green?
Why Potatoes Going Green?
As to this situation, first, we understand that it is not the green color that is the problem in fact. Greening happens when potatoes are exposed to light, indicating the formation of chlorophyll which has a green color. This process is safe having a direct association with market appearance. However, in potato tubers, the greening is a sign of the increase of glycoalkaloids, especially solanine. Glycoalkaloids are protective chemicals that the potato plant produce, making it lethal to insects, animals, and fungi which attack it. When exposed to light, glycoalkaloids in the tuber will have a dramatical increase. In some cases, this green coloration can reach a half-inch. Potato chips that made up of this potatoes will have a green edge.
Are Green Potatoes Safe for People?
Consuming a certain amount of solanine will cause illness or even death in large amount. We should be aware that solanine is toxic, and it can not be destroyed even by frying in hot oil. Eight to twelve hours after eating green potatoes can cause a wide range of symptoms, such as abdominal or stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, headache, fever, low body temperature and so on. In some severe conditions, it may cause dilated pupils, vision changes, loss of sensation and paralysis. In the most serious case, it may cause death. Green potatoes are bad for pregnant women or women who are likely to become pregnant, because it may cause fetal damage or loss of the fetus.
How to Store Potatoes to Avoid Going Green?
First, don’t wash the potatoes before storage. Dirt remaining on potatoes will provide protection against exposure to light. It is turned out that washed potatoes can be more easily turning green. Then put potatoes in cool, dark place that is well ventilated.
Good storage can ensure high quality of potatoes. With potato chips production line you can make delicious and crisp potato chips. | agronomy |
https://www.balticuniv.uu.se/bup-research/research-notes/effect-of-two-different-plant-growth-regulators-on-production-traits-of-sunflower | 2023-10-04T03:27:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511351.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004020329-20231004050329-00274.warc.gz | 0.910842 | 441 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__114762299 | en | Effect of Two Different Plant Growth Regulators on Production Traits of Sunflower
Authors: Dávid Ernst, Marek Kovár, Ivan Černý
Type of publication: Article peer review
The plant growth regulators (PGR) are an organic compounds that modify plant physiological processes. The effects of year weather conditions, hybrids and foliar application of two different PGR (Terra-Sorb® Foliar – containing free amino acids and Unicum® – containing Abiestins®) on the yield-forming parameters, seed yield and the oil content in seeds of three selected hybrids of sunflower (NK Brio, NK Neoma, NK Ferti) were studied. The field poly-factorial experiments were realized during two growing seasons of 2012 and 2013. The experimental area is situated in the maize-growing region and soil is silt loam Haplic Luvisol. The climatic conditions of experimental years were different and allows evaluating the yield stability between hybrids and foliar treatments. The results showed that the application of PGR has contributed to an increase of sunflower seed yield, mainly through increase the weight of thousand seeds (rp = 0.761; P < 0.001). Similarly, oil content in seeds was significantly higher in treatments with PGR, especially with preparation Terra-Sorb® Foliar. The study describes the relationship between quality (oil content in seeds) and quantity (seed yield) of sunflower production (rp = ‒0.41; P < 0.01). Results showed that PGR can be an important rationalization tool of the sunflower cultivation technology.
Ernst, D., Kovár, M. and Černý, I. 2016. Effect of two different plant growth regulators on production traits of Sunflower. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 17(4): 998-1012.
Link to paper | agronomy |
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