AgWeb Farm Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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Mechanics 117

Mechanics Farming Farming 117

AgWeb Farm Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In the case of this photo, the damage is obvious while the mind is left to wonder what the mechanic on his cell phone is saying to the person on the other end. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Mechanics 112

Mechanics 112

Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The mechanisms of absorption of nutrient ions into the root cells continue to be a subject of research by plant nutritionists. Nutrients move into the cortex

Mechanics 96

Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture 96

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Farmers Weekly Creating an autonomous vehicle for farm fieldwork is a relatively straightforward task from a mechanical engineering perspective. Choose a powertrain suited to the vehicle’s intended applications, decide between tracks and wheels, and build a chassis to accommodate it all.

Manufacturing 279

Manufacturing Tractor Mechanics Farming 279

Agwired

JULY 23, 2024

In November 2023, the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute announced a new USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Irrigation and Mechanization Systems (ILIMS).

Mechanics 83

Mechanics Food Marketing Technology 83

Agri-tech

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Epigenetic silencing, which involves the suppression of gene activity, is a fascinating and increasingly influential branch of biological sciences. It allows cells to remember and maintain specific gene expression patterns throughout development and respond to environmental cues such as winter cold in the case of vernalization in plants.

Mechanics 134

Mechanics Science 134

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

See also: Video: Mechanical […] The post Natural bioherbicides show promise in tackling weeds appeared first on Farmers Weekly That’s what a US-based start-up company, Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions, is hoping as it develops natural bioherbicides based on plant extracts, primarily from the menthus or mint family.

Mechanics 246

Mechanics Technology Crop 246

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Company demonstrated its new line in a romaine field at FIRA-USA ag robotics event.

Mechanics 121

Mechanics 121

Agric4profits

AUGUST 2, 2024

Plant growth is a process that is highly relevant in a range of contexts. The ability of an individual plant to grow and achieve a certain size in a given envir

Mechanics 97

Mechanics Processing Agriculture Agriculture 97

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 29, 2023

But with costs for used equipment higher than ever, expectations for its appearance and mechanical condition are, rightly, far higher. Farmers Weekly When second-hand machinery comes with a bargainous price tag, one can overlook the odd ding, oil leak or patch of flaky paint.

Mechanics 217

Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture 217

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Farmers Weekly A consortium of German farmers and mechanical engineers has developed a novel low-disturbance mechanical weed killer as part of its 2019-launched 4Disc business. The ActiCut has three banks of sharp-edged and ultra-flat 350mm horizontal discs designed to work between 10mm and 120mm deep.

Mechanics 155

Mechanics Harvester Harvesting Harvest 155

Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to managing pests that threaten agricultural productivity. It combines various strategies and

Mechanics 105

Mechanics Production Agriculture Agriculture 105

Agric4profits

JULY 7, 2023

Animals living in different ecologies of the world have for several decades and for every moment of the day developed means for coping with their environment as

Mechanics 96

Mechanics Ecology Production Agriculture 96

Agri-tech

JANUARY 23, 2025

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow bacteria to build resistance to drugs. Bacteria have multiple defence mechanisms they can use to build resistance to antibiotics, one of the major problems facing public health globally.

Mechanics 84

Mechanics 84

Agri-tech

JANUARY 15, 2025

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. This discovery by John Innes Centre researchers paves the way for more environmentally-friendly farming practices, potentially allowing farmers to use less fertiliser.

Mechanics 144

Mechanics Farming Farming Crop 144

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

You’ll remember that … [h]istorically, parties have been divided between creating a subscription-only system of payment upon registration, and maintaining a single-access option along the lines of the benefit-sharing payments under the current SMTA.

Mechanics 175

Mechanics Production 175

Food Politics

MAY 8, 2024

The nuts are removed from the tree using a mechanical shaker, a machine that grasps the trunk and shakes the whole tree. Whatever it did, the company should have been following a food safety plan mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act, which requires prevention controls and testing to make sure things like this donn’t happen.

Harvester 278

Harvester Harvesting Harvest Food 278

Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

coli] can survive in the air and that dust can act as a transfer mechanism for both pathogens and indicator organisms (e.g. For example, there is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) with more than 80,000 head of cattle and an associated compost operation in proximity to some of the produce production areas studied. [ generic E.

Compost 299

Compost Mechanics Food Production 299

Agri-tech

AUGUST 23, 2024

Less is known about how these biological timing mechanisms operate in the more unpredictable natural world where they evolved to align living things to daily and seasonal cycles. Much of what we know about plant circadian rhythms is the result of laboratory experiments where inputs such as light and temperature can be tightly controlled.

Mechanics 133

Mechanics 133

Agri-tech

JANUARY 29, 2024

If we can unravel the mechanisms underlying the shapes of leaves, petals, or the complex reproductive parts of plants, then it may be possible to fine tune this physiology to make our crops. Humans are attracted to symmetry: in our buildings, our gardens, in our potential partners.

Mechanics 140

Mechanics Crop 140

Global Agtech Initiative

JUNE 27, 2024

The initiative empowers farmers to integrate microbial fertilizers, organic matter, biological pest control, mechanized harvesting, and efficient water use to enhance soil health. The post Biome Makers Partners in Groundbreaking Sugarcane Sustainability Initiative appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

Mechanics 115

Mechanics Fertilizer Harvester Harvesting 115

Western FarmPress

AUGUST 29, 2024

From mechanical swarm robots to autonomous sprayers, these machines might be what the future looks like.

Mechanics 105

Mechanics Farming Farming 105

Agri-tech

JULY 6, 2023

A discovery first made in plants has inspired an important insight into the mechanism by which the malaria parasite can infect humans and animals. The research, a collaboration between Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagasaki University, and the John Innes Centre, offers a future target for malaria drug discovery.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Technology 52

USDA Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

When Lauren Hawkins graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, she had a job waiting for her. Thanks to her participation in the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program , she was hired right away as an agricultural engineer with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Science (NRCS).

Mechanics 126

Mechanics Science Agriculture Agriculture 126

Global Agtech Initiative

AUGUST 21, 2023

A local AgTech start-up is revolutionizing the South Australian agriculture industry by reducing the reliance on pesticides, reports […] The post Australian AgTech Start Up Flux Robotics Developing Precision Sprayer and Mechanical Weeder appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 52

AgriLife Today

APRIL 10, 2024

New study details long-sought mechanisms and structures Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise.

Mechanics 127

Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture Science 127

Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The identified intervention strategies cut across different food system domains: there were production strategies for improved dietary diversity, strategies for processing (which involved food package labelling or price mechanisms), strategies for changing the food environment and strategies to address consumer behaviour.

Supply Chain 214

Supply Chain Rural Development Beverage Mechanics 214

USDA Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Jordyn Ash, a sophomore at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, is a USDA 1890 National Scholar studying plant and soil sciences. Ash applied to the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program during her senior year of high school.

Soil Science 132

Soil Science Mechanics Science Agriculture 132

Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 3, 2024

Kent has you covered: To begin with, we have been able to set up fully functional mechanisms out of the text of the Treaty. As the International Plant Treaty celebrates its 20th birthday , here’s a nice interview with the current Secretary, Kent Nnadozie. Want a quick summary of the Treaty’s achievements?

Seeding 200

Seeding Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture 200

Western FarmPress

APRIL 1, 2024

Golden Days: What do you recall from the early days of tractor mechanics and service dealerships?

Tractor 98

Tractor Mechanics 98

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Todd Dumond uses his mechanical engineering prowess to grow the family farm.

Mechanics 105

Mechanics Farming Farming Family Farming 105

Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Road warrior: The one thing lenders don't want to find is surprises like unpaid mechanic bills or fees owed to cooperatives.

Mechanics 98

Mechanics Farming Farming 98

Agric4profits

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It refers to the cutting of shoots of pasture species using manual or mechanical methods so as to Defoliation is one of the pasture management practices.

Pasture 110

Pasture Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture 110

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Farmers Weekly A surge in demand for mechanical weeders sent all the major European cultivator makers scrambling to acquire ranges of their own. And joining the likes of Amazone, Kverneland, Pottinger and Kuhn is Dutch outfit Zocon, which has developed a new fully galvanised line-up headlined by a high-output 15m model.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Cultivation 130

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The flow of ag commodities around the world is changing demand for mechanization. The latest innovations to do more with less were on display in Hanover, Germany.

Mechanics 109

Mechanics 109

AgriLife Today

MARCH 18, 2024

Buser was recently appointed the Endowed Chair in Cotton Engineering, Ginning and Mechanization for the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in the Texas A&M. Faculty position to bolster Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering engagement with industry Michael Buser, Ph.D.,

Mechanics 115

Mechanics Agriculture Agriculture 115

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A Buffalo Equipment cultivator and others were on display at the Midwest Mechanical Weed Control field day in Ohio.

Cultivation 105

Cultivation Mechanics 105