• • • The Irish Machinery Auctions saw the latest ‘sale’ (auction) that year Saturday, August 18, saw the latest ‘sale’ (auction) to be held by Irish Machinery Auctions take place (in Naas, Co. Kildare). The company specialises in the sale of machinery of all sorts – from a wide…
• • • Effectiveness of feed additives on cow metabolism and milk productivity The research analyzed the effect of non-conventional forage on cow metabolism, milk productivity, chemical composition and technological properties. The first experiment was conducted on three groups of black-and-white cows, yielding 5500‒6000 kg of milk for 305 days…
• • • The early bird gets the worm – or in this case, business training Entrepreneurs and business leaders, head to the 2018 World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Lusaka, Zambia, on 11-12 September to talk business and do business. Come the day before on 10 September for a…
• • • Improvement of contaminated forage lands after the Chernobyl accident The investigation tested the effectiveness of tillage and chemical treatment, aimed at obtaining of green and roughage feeds (hay), meeting the health-based exposure limit of 137Сs specific activity. It took place in the Bryansk region in 2014–2016 on…
• • • Canada: feeder market eyes feed grain prices At the end of last month western Canadian yearling markets were $4 on either side of unchanged and the market was quite variable across the Prairies. Strength was noted but feedlot operators pulled in the reins. Strength in the barley…
• • • XXIV International Conference Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2018/19 The XXIV International Conference Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2018/19 will be held in Moscow at the Azimut Moscow Olympic hotel on 06 September 2018. Key Topics: The macroeconomic situation, the government regulation of the grain market The…
• • • Wild genetic resources in forage grass breeding From the earliest times wild grasses were used as a fodder for livestock. Modern plant breeding focuses on parent selection as the main step of a breeding program, determining its success. Forage grasses perform as the main source of alleles…
• • • Regional farm ministers press for equal protection of agribusinesses, regardless of size The farm ministers of the Visegrad Group — Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia — together with their counterparts from Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania issued a joint declaration urging equal treatment for small…
• • • Seed productivity of smooth brome (Bromopsis inermis Leys.) and erect brome (Bromopsis erekta Hubs.) in the forest-steppe of the Samara trans-Volga region The paper deals with the effect of environment on seed productivity of smooth and erect brome for plant breeding and optimal strategy of individual selection.…
• • • Transporters told to know their rights Livestock transporters, whether they are farmers or owner-operators, have been encouraged to know their rights and to use the law as a defence against activists who interfere and disrupt their work or damage property, while on the road or at their…
