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Meet “Growing together, watering better”: Irritec’s new bi-monthly newsletter for experts and enthusiasts in the field

“Growing together, watering better” is Irritec’s new newsletter designed to help experts and enthusiasts in the field to discover the perfect sustainable solutions for the irrigation of the best-known crops in agriculture. A bi-monthly appointment that brings together all the experience of our best qualified Irritec agronomists in the field of micro-irrigation, alongside the ...

Feb. 17, 2021

By IRRITEC SpA

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AgEagle Aerial Systems and Valqari Piloting On-Demand Drone Delivery of Food and Beverages to Golfers

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone systems and solutions provider, and Valqari, LLC, creator of the patented Smart Drone Delivery Station, today jointly announced that the companies have teamed to produce a turnkey, fully automated, on-demand drone delivery system for order and delivery of food and ...

Feb. 16, 2021

By AgEagle Aerial Systems

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Major Turkish grower benefits from the WET-2 Sensor’s multi-parameter soil measurements

SBR Agricultural Products (SBR) was founded in 1990 and operates in the Mersin Silifke region of Turkey. It specialises in the cultivation of fruit, especially berries – using cutting edge techniques. Its growing facilities are substantial – with 400,000 square metres of hydroponic strawberry greenhouses, and separate 50,000 square meter production areas for raspberry, blackberry and ...

Feb. 1, 2021

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

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Incoming Chairwoman Stabenow Announces Agriculture Committee Agenda for the Beginning of the 117th Congress

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), incoming Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced her agenda for the beginning of the 117th Congress. “From the ongoing pandemic to the devastating climate crisis – our farmers, families, and rural communities need help,” said incoming Chairwoman Stabenow. “My vision for the ...

Jan. 29, 2021

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

UK Agricultural Tractor Registrations - January 2021

Month : 586 Units +17.0% change (compared with January 2020) UK agricultural tractor registrations remained well above their level a year before in January. The monthly total of 586 machines was 17% higher than in January 2020. This was the fourth time in the last five months that we have seen year-on-year rises of this rate or faster. That meant that the number of machines registered was close ...

Feb. 5, 2021

By Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA)

AgEagle Aerial Systems Announces Acquisition of MicaSense for $23 Million

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone systems and solutions provider, today announced the Company has agreed to acquire MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot (Euronext Paris: PARRO), Europe’s leading drone group, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $23 million. Based in Seattle, Washington, ...

Jan. 27, 2021

By AgEagle Aerial Systems

AgEagle Aerial Systems Announces State of Iowa Chooses HempOverview for Managing Registration and Oversight of Hemp Crops

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading provider of unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced aerial imagery, data collection and analytics technologies, today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has licensed the Company’s proprietary HempOverview platform to manage the ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By AgEagle Aerial Systems

Urban Crop Solutions solidifies presence in North America with the appointment of Douglas Gamble as Sales Manager

Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Gamble as their North American Sales Manager. Doug has spent over 25 years in management, sales, and business development roles; and brings his own entrepreneurial experiences and spirit to the position. He joins UCS from the more traditional side of agriculture – having been raised on a dairy farm, which later ...

Jan. 5, 2021

By Urban Crop Solutions

Valoya Appoints a VP Sales North America

Valoya continues its growth trajectory with the addition of VP Sales North America, Mr. Wes Eaton. With extensive experience in horticulture and business development, Mr. Eaton will be tasked with driving Valoya’s growth in the North American market even further. Eaton’s horticulture industry experience is extensive, and his track record is impressive. Having worked in sales of two ...

Dec. 23, 2020

By Valoya Oy

2nd Biannual Science & Methods Committee Meeting - November 2020

The second joint biannual meeting of the Science & Method Committee took place beginning of November with an emphasis on strengthening the collaboration, communication and flow between the different governance layers science, methods and development operations for a smoother implementation process of changes and improvements to the Cool Farm Tool. Highlights of past, ongoing and ...

Dec. 11, 2020

By Cool Farm Tool (CFT)

New equipment has its place across two operations

Armed with a Field Crops Technology degree from NC State University, the fifth generation farmer came home after college, and several months later, had an opportunity to start a vegetable farming venture with his life-long friend, Walker Shelton. “This year, Walker and I grew 160 acres of cucumbers and 15 acres of specialty peppers that are drip irrigated thanks to a great water supply from ...

Dec. 7, 2020

By Major Equipment

More choices than ever, thanks to new Jiffy Essence and Jiffy Finesse Growbags

New Jiffy Essence Growbags: the perfect budget choice Jiffy Essence is our new standard range of growbags. Filled with Jiffy’s high-quality peat-free substrate, Jiffy Essence Growbags are delivered ready to be rinsed and treated by the end-user. That way propagators and growers can save costs and meet the exact needs of their crops. Recommended for tomatoes, cut flowers, hemp, etc. Jiffy ...

Dec. 1, 2020

By Jiffy Products International BV

EDP Talk - 15 NOV - 15:00(GMT+1) - Irritec: Landscape complete solution

Irritec - Landscape complete solution With this webinar we would like to inform you of Irritec’s complete proposal starting from an overview of the products marketed with the most important brands, and then immerse ourselves in the new proposals of drip kits with advantages for the retailer and the user by entering into the details to understand the content of the packaging and ease of ...

Nov. 12, 2020

By IRRITEC SpA

The Cool Farm Alliance joins the Regenagri governance team

Regenagri is a regenerative agriculture initiative launched in 2020 with the goal to secure the health of agricultural land and the wealth of those who live on it. Via its Digital Hub and continuous improvement framework, regenagri supports farms and organisations to transition to holistic farming techniques that increase soil organic matter, encourage biodiversity, sequester CO2 and improve ...

Nov. 11, 2020

By Cool Farm Tool (CFT)

SBWT Part of $1.2 Million USDA-Funded Project to Accelerate Resource Efficiency in the Controlled Environment Ag Industry

Silver Bullet Water Treatment (SBWT) is proud to be a member of a consortium of sustainable-minded organizations that have won a $595,026 matching grant from USDA’s Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program to study, analyze, and create tools to help make the controlled environment ag (CEA) industry more resource efficient. CIG projects inspire creative problem solving ...

Nov. 3, 2020

By Silver Bullet Water Treatment Company, LLC

Jiffy’s European substrates now available in America

On October 2nd , 2020 Jiffy is introducing their finest European quality peat substrates in the US. Jiffy now offers 26 mixes formulated to fit different crops. As we all know, annuals have different rooting needs than vegetable seedlings. Choosing the right Jiffy substrate helps give your plants a great start. All Jiffy’s mixes are fine-tuned in close cooperation with our customers ...

Oct. 22, 2020

By Jiffy Products International BV

Efficacy and Targeted Nutrition to Create Lucrative Opportunities in Foliar Fertilizers Market, Reveals Fact.MR

Foliar fertilizers are supplements which increase the intake and uptake efficiency of nutrients from the soil and benefit plants by providing immediate nutrition. Foliar fertilizers market will see an upward swing in the coming years. These fertilizers are fuelling market growth on their ability to enable respiration, water absorption, and cellular activities, which supports the healthy growth of ...

Oct. 12, 2020

By Fact.MR

Water UK and Friends of the Earth call on Government to act on tree planting

Water UK has partnered with Friends of the Earth to call on the Government to do more to promote tree planting in England. The two organisations have written to Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment, to call for the introduction of targets to increase tree planting across the country. The letter urges the Government to use the England Tree Strategy to set a target ...

Oct. 9, 2020

By Water UK

CFA at AG Innovation Showcase 2020 - Session on Sustainable Beef

Deputy General Manager at the Cool Farm Alliance (CFA), Daniella Malin was invited to this year’s Ag innovation showcase at the end of August, where Cargill Protein, software provider TrustBIX, and consultancy services Viresco Solutions Inc. joined the session titled “Sustainable Beef: Exploring Solutions that Enhance Trust”. Gurneesh Bhandal, Senior Sustainability Manager, ...

Sep. 19, 2020

By Cool Farm Tool (CFT)

Roberts Praises Second Round of Relief Funds for Ag Producers

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today praised an announcement from President Donald Trump that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will distribute a second round of assistance to agricultural producers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) has already distributed one round of ...

Sep. 17, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

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