Runoff From Agricultural Fields Affected By Tillage And Reduced-input Rotations
American Society of Agronomy No-till management practices can reduce soil erosion, but evidence suggests they can also lead to increased runoff of dissolved phosphorus from soil surfaces. Meanwhile, farmers looking to avoid herbicides often...
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Terramera Partners with Hydrex to Help Community Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 Terramera, a pioneer in developing effective and safe biopesticide products for pest management, today announced that it partnered with Hydrex Pest Control to provide pest control services for a nonprofit, transitional living center for the homeless, The Kingdom Center (TKC). Alex McCarty, Site Manager for TKC said, “ I was thrilled with the service and the results from the treatment in January. The...
A new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers maple tree owners information about the biology, damage, and management for the most important pests of maples with an emphasis on integrated pest management tactics Many maple trees share a suite of important arthropod pests that have the potential to reduce the trees' economic and aesthetic value. Now a new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers maple tree owners information...
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc. (OTCQC: FITX), a nutritional supplement company focusing on active lifestyles today is excited to announce two new ground breaking products to be introduced into the Medical Marijuana Field via Hemp Nutra Tea and Hemp Nutra Coffee Additive. 10 SKU's have been formulated and produced and will be available for sale today. Hemp Nutra Tea and Hemp Nutra Coffee have 5 formulas (Hemp with Ginger (for...
FRESNO, Calif., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- California is facing a one of the worst droughts it has seen in the last 20 years. This drought has the state and its farmers worried. One company, however, is guaranteeing that it can help growers manage the drought. PureSense, a precision irrigation company, announced today that it is offering growers a money-back guarantee on its market-leading technology to optimize irrigation operations and performance. "The efficiencies that our...
"Bringing It Home" Sparks Dialogue about Policy Reform, Premieres During 4th Annual Hemp History Week LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA, Hemp History Week organizers will host a special LA premiere of "Bringing It Home, a documentary film about industrial HEMP, healthy houses, and a greener future for America," to celebrate the 4th annual Hemp History Week, a nationwide public education...
[370 Pages Report] Micro Irrigation System Market report categorizes the global market on the basis of types, applications, geography, crop type trends; forecasting revenue and analyzing trends. (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 According to the new market research report “Micro Irrigation System Market Trends and Global Forecasts (2011 - 2016)” published by MarketsandMarkets, global micro irrigation system market expected to reached over $1,290 million by the end of year 2010 and is expected to...
Eco1st recently helped a park overcome its irrigation water related challenges, with the implementation of a unique Irrigation Enhancer technology. "It is good to see a product that works!" said Tony Baumann. Bullhead City, AZ (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 A park once damaged by salty water gets its beauty back, thanks to an unforeseen technology. In the Summer of 2012, a relationship with Rotary Park in Bullhead City, Arizona presented Eco1st Technology Group with an opportunity to...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online UK scientists have reportedly developed an enhanced type of wheat which could produce as much as 30 percent more than conventional varieties of the widely-consumed cereal grain. Researchers at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in Cambridge developed the so-called “superwheat” by combining an ancient ancestor of wheat with a modern version, according to BBC News reports published Saturday. Early field...
Gardeners love growing tomatoes but find the horizontal growth of the vines is problematic. Often a gardener will try using homemade stakes and plant ties or a metal cage; solutions that rarely work. The Ultomato Tomato Plant Cage is a new solution. LITITZ, Penn., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gardeners love growing tomatoes; so much so that 93% of gardeners say they grow this popular vegetable. (Yes, it's a vegetable, declared so by the United States Supreme Court in 1893. See this...
Gardening expert Melinda Myers provides six strategies Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Increasing a garden’s productivity even when space, time and energy are limited is easier than you think says gardening expert Melinda Myers. Myers recommends the following planting, maintenance and harvesting techniques for effectively creating a more bountiful harvest this season. Maximize planting space with wider rows. Leave just enough room for plants to reach their maximum size. Make wide...
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Seed drilling is a method used by farmers in order to have a more unified, crop-yielding season. The first known use of seed drilling was in 1500 BC by the Sumerian. At this time, they were using a single tube. Later, in the 2nd Century BC, the Chinese developed a multi-tube iron drill. This facilitated in a larger crop planting allowing them to feed their large population. The first recorded patent of a sowing machine was in 1566 by the Venetian Senate, attributing Camillo Torello. In the...
Erosion is the process by which rock and soil are taken from the surface of the Earth by exogenetic processes like wind or the flow of water, and then transported and deposited in another location. While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10 to 40 times the rate at which erosion is happening globally. Excessive erosion results in problems such as desertification, decreases in agricultural productivity because of land degradation, sedimentation of waterways,...
Dryland farming is farming without the aid of irrigation and only with the amount of rain fall given by Mother Nature. Dryland farming is typical in arid regions such as Southwestern United States, Mexico, the Middle East, and other regions that are known for growing grains. Dryland farming is practiced in all parts of Australia with the exception of the Northern Territory. Process Dryland farming involves the constant assessing of the amount of moisture present or lacking for any given...
Image Caption: Painter of the burial chamber of Sennedjem. A Plowing Farmer. Credit: Yorck Project/Wikipedia Cover crops are crops that are planted to improve the quality of the soil, also known as green manure. Cover crops add fertility to the soil, control weeds and pests as well as control diseases that can be otherwise found in untreated soil. Cover crops increases the organic matter levels in the soil which only enhances the structure of the soil as well as increase the capacity for...
Image Caption: Effects of crop rotation and monoculture at the Swojec Experimental Farm, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. In the front field, the "Norfolk" crop rotation sequence (potatoes, oats, peas, rye) is being applied; in the back field, rye has been grown for 45 years in a row. Credit: Leslaw Zimny/Wikipedia Crop rotation is the practice of planting different types of crops (also known as polyculture) in the same location in subsequent seasons. Utilizing...
