• • • IFS Technical Conference will be held on May 8-9, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic The IFS Technical Conference will be organized by the Research Institute of Plant Industry and will be held on May 8-9, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Conference will feature eleven papers, covering…
• • • Technology of silage production from perennial legume grasses Production of high-quality silage from perennial legume grasses is a very difficult process due to high water content and buffering capacity of plants in the early stage of their growth under the highest nutritional value of dry matter. Shifting…
• • • Cropping robots move closer to reality Central Queensland-based agricultural technology pioneer, SwarmFarm Robotics, is poised to start commercial production of its SwarmBot mini driverless tractors. The first commercial-scale prototype is about to be built in Victoria with help from development partner and driverless car technology leader, Bosch.…
• • • Steppe flora as affected by anthropogenic factors and plant transformation Paper deals with biodiversity investigation of phytocenoses, formed under high anthropogenic effect. Steppe areas of the Akmola region experience high level of anthropogenic degradation of natural landscapes due to long period of agricultural practices. The experiment took…
• • • USDA, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announce partnership U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to jointly promote and enhance environmental sustainability in the dairy industry. The pact extends…
• • • Influence of haymaking technology on nutrient and cumarin concentrations in melilot Coumarin was found in all melilot parts. Drying melilot green mass under various temperature led to coumarin content decrease from 1.14 to 0.48% due to more efficient glucoside hydrolysis. Haymaking, accompanied by active ventilation under 60…
• • • Theoretical potential for organic farming in Germany, according to Heinrich Graf von Bacevitz Interest in switching to organic production remains at a constant level among German farmers. This shows the conversion percentage in the economic barometer DBV. The second year in a row, this conversion percentage is…
• • • Canada’s Dairy farmers get no assurances on NAFTA Dairy farmers are seeking assurances there would be no more access to Canada’s dairy market in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement — but Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s minister of agriculture and agri-food, would not provide them. Dairy farmers…
• • • Effectiveness of grain flake technology in complete feed production for feeding dairy stores Technology of grain flake production included grain humidification, steaming, rolling and drying to increase its digestibility. Experimental line was constructed to perform the following technological processes: grain humidification and softening; wetted grain steaming; steamed…
• • • The German Agricultural Society (DLG) has tested a stationary satellite dish installation Providing the population with fast internet in the industrial sector is a highly discussed topic on the news. In large parts of rural areas, download rates of 25 Mbps or more are still nothing more…
