• • • Grower advocacy groups found ‘Farmers for a Sustainable Future’ Representing millions of U.S. farmers, 21 farm groups are publicly launching Farmers for a Sustainable Future (FSF), a coalition committed to environmental and economic sustainability. This coalition will serve as a primary resource for policymakers as they consider…
• • • Grain drying by semicircular ventilation duct Experiments took place in the Ivanovo region in 2015–2018. The paper deals with grain air-drying by semicircular ventilation duct (SVD) and also presents a literature review. The investigation determined main parameters and technological air-drying systems with low-cost SVD. Temperature and humidity…
• • • Hedging the Canadian dollar David Derwin, commodity portfolio manager with PI Financial, has been working with some of his farm clients for many years on currency hedging strategies as a risk management tool. Recently, he has helped bring these strategies into a package called the Currency Ag…
• • • Mixing millet with high-protein crops in the forest-steppe of Cisbaikalia Investigations took place in 2013–2016 at the Irkutsk Research Institute of Agriculture. The article evaluates influence of crop biology on grass mixture productivity, composition, nutritional value and economical effectiveness. The experiment tested 11 variants of six forage…
• • • 2020 declared International Year of Plant Health The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness and inspiring people to learn more about plant health. According to the Food and…
• • • Amid growing interest in hemp, USDA stands firm on rules A lot of farmers will give industrial hemp a try this year, the first time cultivation is allowed nationwide, USDA officials predicted. But they said there was no way they could allow more THC in hemp despite…
• • • Increasing water dissolved oxygen via Chlorella vulgaris BIN in nursery fish ponds Concentration of dissolved oxygen in water directly influences development and growth of water biocoenosis. Oxygen deficiency is a common problem at fish farms where it influences fish life time and productivity as well as pond…
• • • Feed regulators and industry from around the world discuss critical issues with IFIF and FAO at 13th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) Atlanta, USA – The 13th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and…
• • • Meat productivity of quails fed with the “Agrofit” additive The investigation analyzed quail productivity of the “Golden Giant” breed fed by the “Agrofit” additive in 2016–2018 at Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University. Day-old quails from one sitting were placed in the BVM-F-4C cage on the same tier…
• • • Machinery costs driving up fixed farming expenses Fixed costs on farms continue to rise year-over-year, a statistic largely attributed to increasing land values and interest rates. At the beginning of 2019, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) reported farmland values across Canada increased by an average of 6.6 per…
