s home to the world’sfifth-largest economy. Its population, at over 1.4 billion people, has surpassed China’s to become the largest in the world. And that population is young: at a median age of 27.6, Indians are on average more than ten years younger than the citizens of most other...
These categories, however, conceal a lot of complexity and nuance, especially when it comes to the two categories of cropland. Knowing what these consist of, how they’re different, and the benefits and risks they present is extremely important to building a healthy portfolio. FarmTogether ...
Let’s look at the most important forex terms:Ask and Bid Prices - The Ask price is the price an instrument can be bought at, and the Bid price is the price an instrument can be sold at. The Ask price is always higher than the Bid price, so initially every trade starts at a loss...
Over time, the majority of the emphasis in the index has shifted from yield traits to fertility, health, and fitness traits. Phenotypes for some of these new traits are difficult or expensive to measure, or require changes to on-farm habits that have not been widely adopted. This is ...
Smart farming is the adoption of advanced technologies and data-driven farm operations to optimize and improve sustainability in agricultural production.
With recent development in abattoir closures, we need to also consider those already farming who are losing access to the few remaining abattoirs , and who desperately (and urgently) need to build local micro-abattoirs? Surely taking out a loan from the bank is the most expedient and logical...
Image:Climate change is intensifying drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region In Europe, significant production losses are projected for most areas over the 21st century, which will not be offset by gains in northern Europe. While irrigation can help, this option will be increasi...
A business has opened ‘the world’s most advanced vertical farm’ in Gloucestershire.Credit:JFC The world’s largest vertical farm has been set up in Gloucestershire. The Jones Food Company set up the farm called JFC2 in Lydney two years ago. ...
Our mission is to make crop production safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Designed with fresh market producers and distributors in mind, every tool we create is based on direct industry feedback. Croptracker’s award-winning farm software optimizes recordkeeping, labor tracki...
What Is the Most Profitable Agribusiness? According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the top five products in the U.S. are corn, cattle, soybeans, dairy products, and broilers (chickens raised for