• • • The Climate Corporation and NAU Country Insurance Company Form Platform Agreement The Climate Corporation (Climate), a subsidiary of Bayer, has announced a platform agreement between the company’s Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform and NAU Country Insurance Company, a QBE Insurance Company. The new agreement between Climate and…
• • • Pregastric digestion and milk productivity of cows as affected by various concentration of structural carbohydrates Experiment took place on two groups of Holstein black-and-white cows, having annual milk productivity of 8000 kg. Increase in concentration of structural carbohydrates from 32.8 to 34.5% had no effect on DM…
• • • EU beef producers ready for robotic feeders With labour shortages increasing across the agricultural industry internationally, robotic feeding is set to play a significant part on livestock farms in the future. In Europe and other parts of the world, small and large beef units, even outdoor feedlots,…
• • • Correlation between protein content in oat grain and biological and ecological factors The paper reports on protein content in oat grain as correlated with some economically important traits. The investigation focused on relationship between protein content and hydrothermal coefficient, total precipitation, total degree days, protein yield, productivity…
• • • SunRice converting Coleambally mill to feed hungry livestock market SunRice’s mothballed Coleambally rice processing mill in southern NSW is to be converted into a major livestock feed manufacturing plant by its CopRice division. While drought conditions and a much-reduced rice crop have kept the mill closed, soaring…
• • • French PM encourages agricultural research and digital innovation French Prime minister Edouard Philippe devoted his visit to the International Agriculture Fair to research, digital innovation and training. Edouard Philippe spent 45 minutes, instead of the 15 minutes earmarked, in discussion with the head of the French National…
• • • Ruralco accepts Nutrien’s $470m takeover overture Farm services business, Ruralco, has broken its silence to confirm Landmark’s giant Canadian parent company, Nutrien, wants to buy the network for about $470 million. If it goes ahead, the merger would reduce Australia’s major farm sector service landscape from three…
• • • New ideas for feeding and housing calves German company Patura has introduced its mobile milk express unit that can feed up to 50 calves at once. The tank holds 500 litres of milk that is mixed within three to five minutes with the onboard Honda four-stroke pump.…
• • • Syngenta Partners With Sony to Offer Smart Agriculture Solution For the 2019 season, Syngenta is launching a pilot project that will integrate the company’s satellite imaging software FarmShots with Sony’s Smart Agriculture Solution. This solution will provide agronomists with access to sensing and processing technologies that capture…
• • • 1st WASAG International Forum on water scarcity in agriculture 19th– 22nd March 2019, Cabo Verde International Foundation For Science (IFS) will participate in the 1st WASAG International Forum on water scarcity in agriculture to be held on 19th-22nd March 2019, Praia, Cabo Verde. The last day of…
