Category: Agriculture Tech

[ad_1] By: Jordeene B. Lagare – 7 hours ago ROAD CLEARING | Emergency responders remove debris from a landslide that covered both lanes in Inoyonan–Itagon Road in Barangay Inoyonan in Bula town in Camarines Sur. (Photo from the Bula MDRRMO) MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression Amang continues to wreak havoc...

[ad_1] LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Dawes Middle School students were back at the Nebraska Innovation Campus on Friday. They were there in February to plant pea shoot seeds for the Plant the Moon project, which tests how well crops can grow in lunar soil. After a couple months of...

[ad_1] Japan’s agricultural sector has been facing a workforce shortage for many years due to the country’s aging population. While the solution adopted abroad has been to import immigrant workers, mostly from third-world countries, the Japanese government is now looking towards a more cost-effective and practical solution: mechanization. The...

[ad_1] CHATHAM — Officials proposed a plan Tuesday to protect and nurture farmlands and other valuable open spaces in the town. The Community Preservation Draft Plan is a collaborative effort among the Chatham Town Board, Chatham Agricultural Partnership, Chatham Conservation Advisory Council, the New York State Department of Environmental...

[ad_1] Jim Schnur’s grandmother, Anna Schnur, stands next to an abundance of produce and plants grown at the family’s greenhouse in 1967. After the death of her husband, the family started to focus primarily on garden starters and flowers, which are the main products at Schnur’s Greenhouse in Summit...

[ad_1] A flock of egrets descended on the water collected in depression pockets of Indus’s riverbed in the riverine area. The riverine area in Ghora Bari taluka Thatta looked picturesque as the flows moved calmly. Sheds of betel vine (paan) dot the katcha area on the right side of...

[ad_1] morgantown, w.va. Rep. Carol Miller, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development West Virginia State Director Ryan Thorn and other federal and state officials will gather in Putnam County on April 11 for the Agriculture Business Development Roundtable and Resources Workshop. The free event, geared toward farmers and...

[ad_1] The two-year civil war that wracked Ethiopia until last fall claimed tens of thousands of lives and destroyed vast swathes of the natural environment. It also wreaked havoc on food security and agriculture, which accounts for about 80% of employment. A new AFD and EU-backed project aims to...

[ad_1] Li Shizhong, a farmer from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, takes care of his goji berry trees. [Photo/Xinhua] YINCHUAN — On the vast Xizan goji berry plantation in Zhongning county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the goji plants start to sprout as the spring breeze blows, guarded by a...

[ad_1] MANITOWOC COUNTY (NBC 26) — Dozens of women from across Wisconsin gathered at the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in Manitowoc County Wednesday to connect and talk about the importance of women in agriculture. It’s all part of UW-Extension’s Women in Agriculture Program. Census data shows that in 2019,...