Farming
Bt technology has made cotton farming more sustainable
When it comes to the contribution of Bt technology towards yield increase in cotton vis-à-vis other agri-inputs, the field evidences squarely differ from the findings of Keshav R Kranthi and Glenn Davis Stone, published in Nature Plants, March 2020, and their contentions as published in the article ‘Bt cotton only increased cost of cultivation: Study’, …
Farm Technology as a Service
Farm Technology as a Service Tim Hammerich News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. What will it take to solve agriculture’s labor shortage? Many say technology and automation are the future, but often these technologies are expensive and the payback periods can be too long. Parker Jones saw this as an opportunity and …
Rules around human waste in farming are ‘out of date’
Image copyright Reuters The rules around the use of human sewage waste as crop fertiliser are more than 30 years out of date, a report for the Environment Agency says. Every year 3.6 million tonnes of sewage sludge is reprocessed and spread onto agricultural land across the UK. But the report said current regulations do …
Breaking Up Big Ag Requires Reasonable Antitrust Enforcement
The FTC and Justice Department must change their interpretation of antitrust laws to protect fair competition in agriculture. In 2007, food sovereignty activists from around the world convened in Sélingué, Mali to write the Declaration of Nyéléni. That declaration asserts that activists should seek to democratize the flows of power, wealth, and resources that have …
Project expo for technological innovations in organic farming
A project expo for college students to display their technological innovations related to organic farming will be held in January next year. This expo will be a part of Velan Thiruvizha 2020, an event to create awareness on organic farming organised by Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology from January 3 to January 5. …
Climate: 100% organic farming would boost emissions
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cows on an organic farm in the UK A new study suggests that a switch to 100% organic food production in England and Wales would see an overall increase in greenhouse gas emissions. While going fully organic would produce fewer direct emissions than conventional farming, researchers say it would …
Row after research claims red meat poses no health risk | Food
New research that claims red and processed meat is probably not harmful to our health has caused controversy among experts who maintain people should cut down. The World Health Organization has classified red and processed meats as cancer-causing. Public health bodies worldwide urge people to limit their intake of red and processed meat to reduce …
Breaking with tradition to make farming profitable
‘What is life if you don’t think differently?’ This thought prompted M Aasaithambi and ‘Kumuzh’ Shanmughasundaram, both born into farmers’ families in the Cauvery Delta, to explore new avenues in agriculture and make farming profitable. Aasaithambi, hailing from Kuruvadipatti village in Thanjavur district, and Shanmughasundaram, a native of Pudukkottai district, are among the new crop …
Pigs’ emotions could be read by new farming technology
Farmers could soon get a better understanding of how pigs are feeling thanks to artificial intelligence. The technology, which is in its early stages, scans the animals’ faces to try and identify whether an animal is stressed or happy. Scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory say farmers have a moral obligation to enhance the welfare …