Sentences with phrase «as crop farming»

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After participating in the Y Combinator tech accelerator — FarmLogs was the first farming - focused startup ever accepted into the program — the duo started marketing their data science tools to farmers growing row crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans.

Canada's largest wind farm entered service in 2009, one of many facilities that cropped up as the province looked to replace its dirty coal fleet.

New technologies, such as farm machinery and seed varieties, drove the consolidation of Prairie farms to take advantage of the greater ability to cultivate and harvest crops on a larger scale.

For example, 45 years ago here in Saskatchewan, pulses such as lentils and peas were a small part of the province's farm economy.9 In the 1970s, however, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan began searching for a protein crop to complement wheat, which was suffering from an oversupply and low prices.

This could result in higher rates for crop insurance, which could be detrimental to Oklahoma farmers as this farming season has already seen high levels of precipitation following a five - year drought.

Even though soybeans are not a major crop in La Crosse County, they are increasing as farmers seek to diversify, especially with low milk prices slamming dairy farms, she said.

In the midland region of Travancore and in highlands to the east, they worked as farm hands raising paddy, tapicoa and cash crops while in the paddy fields of the west coast they were ploughers of the soil, sowers of seeds, transplanters of seedlings, removers of weeds, irrigators, harvesters, dryers of grain and loaders into the wooden storage space.

The sermon would begin with a gaggle of jokes as homegrown as the crops he used to raise on his father's farm.

The Argentinian Delegation stands by as Klaas Martens describes his farming operation and explains how a particular farming system or crop rotation can impact soil health.

Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat, and use farming methods such as crop rotation which provide a diversity of nutritious floral food sources to reduce the prospect of malnutrition.

Compost also plays a key role for soil management, but unlike in Biodynamics, Nature Farming typically does not utilize animals, it does not put the same emphasis on crops grown for animal consumption, and avoids the use of animal manure and waste products as soil amendments.

Kornegay explains that the company originally started as a row crop farm, but later diversified into produce with a focus on sweet potatoes under the leadership of President Bobby Ham.

On farms where climate - smart agriculture practices are used, the soil is treated almost as if it were a crop.

Growing Produce serves as a top information source for specialty crop growers seeking information about production techniques, crop protection, farm management, new varieties, and more.

As a summer analyst with the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Finance Initiative, I conducted a two - month investigation of crop diversification as an intervention strategy for smallholder cocoa farming in West Africa, with a focus on GhanAs a summer analyst with the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Finance Initiative, I conducted a two - month investigation of crop diversification as an intervention strategy for smallholder cocoa farming in West Africa, with a focus on Ghanas an intervention strategy for smallholder cocoa farming in West Africa, with a focus on Ghana.

But there are several reasons to diversify crops, such as hedging farm revenue against the volatility of cocoa prices.

It is considered as a holistic and dynamic approach of incorporating organic and permaculture farming practices including crop rotation, conservation tillage, composting, cover crops, pasture cropping, and mobile animal shelters to increases the farmer's income and food production.

I understand that shade over the crop is not always appropriate — in which case I believe a good alternative would be a mitigation requirement for a contiguous forested patch or ecologically equivalent habitat of the same size as the coffee crop elsewhere on the farm.

It is important California avocado growers complete the survey as it enables CAC to fine tune crop estimates, predict the harvest flow to market and understand growers» farming practices in light of global market pressures, weather incidents and water pricing.

National policies should be created to incentivize producers to change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention measures used in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.

For this reason, organic farms tend to be a lot smaller than non-organic manufacturers and more time (and usually more care) is given to the crops as they grow and are harvested.

Estimates differ greatly, and depending on the crop, geographic region, and infrastructure available, drivers behind on - farm losses differ greatly as well, as do the solutions necessary to address these losses.

Once harvested, the Idaho Potato crop is typically utilized as follows: 62 % is used to make processed potatoes, such as frozen and dehydrated; 29 % are shipped fresh; 9 % are for certified seed and the remaining crop is used on the farm or is unusable.

Over the years, as our business grew and room for crops ran out we purchased another three adjacent farms.

Technologies that will be presented at the exhibition include Gamaya, which has been designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of industrial farms, as well as new sorting solutions that have the potential to increase the yield of the maize crop.

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Coffee farms of various sizes ring the reserve, acting as a buffer for the natural forest and preventing the land from being converted to row - crop agriculture or ranches, which quickly degrade and erode the thin tropical forest soil.

Just as we clear a garden to disrupt it in readiness for the next crop, so we can disrupt corrupt farm labour market practices to trigger the process of change that leads to a better model, a model that is new and fair.

«The original farm was developed as a diverse farm, with dairy and small cropping.

USDA's National Organic Program regulates the standards for any farm, wild crop harvesting, or handling operation that wants to sell an agricultural product as organically produced.

PARIS — Organic farming may yield up to a third less of some crop types, according to a study proposing a hybrid with conventional agriculture as the best way to feed the world without destroying it.

Biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and severe impacts on ecosystem services — which refer to nature's support of wildlife habitat, crop pollination, soil health and other benefits — have not only accompanied conventional farming systems, but have often extended well beyond the boundaries of their fields, such as fertilizer runoff into rivers.

Our honey is from hives on our very own farm in Aurora, OR as well as other local farms, and has a well rounded flavor that reflects the diversity of crops grown in the harvest area.

Which I actually think is fabulous, as it's encouraging organic farming and reduced pesticide usage worldwide, particularly in developing countries, showing them that there is a distinct financial advantage in not spraying the crops they grow.

Just by changing the way we farm, by stopping deep tilling, mono - cropping, and chemical fertilizer use — the Climate Collaborative estimates regenerative carbon farming practices could mitigate as much as 4 billion to 6 billion tons of CO2 equivalents a year or 10 percent to 12 percent of global human - caused emissions.

Learn about the history of the farm as well as the different crops we grow.

For instance, the insecticide lindane, once used to protect crops such as barley, wheat, and corn from pests, is no longer used by farms in Canada, and has been banned in over 50 countries around the world.

Governor Ambode also urged prospective investors to take advantage of the wetland environment as well as a 1,500 hectares reserve of tropical hard woods to invest in water hyacinth recycling, fisheries and fish farm estate, arable crop estates, rice processing mill, livestock resources, forestry, agricultural equipment and human capacity development in Agriculture.

The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are the former's extensive restriction of the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; its hostility to the agricultural application of biotechnology; its rejection of the routine use of pharmaceuticals on livestock; its attention to animal welfare; and its focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological diversity as alternatives to chemicals.

My office has been in contact with the state farm bureau and relevant state offices regarding the assessment of damage to crops and livestock as a result of the hurricane.

He explained that the open system farming would be used to grow the crop, adding that improved varieties would be made available to the farmers so as to produce better yield.

As a farming community which engages in cocoa and crop farming and also share borders with la Cote d'Ivoire, the first lady called on the people of Bia West to join forces with government to work together to ensure that farms are not worked by any labour that is believed to be trafficked or involving child labour.

Once signed by Mr. Bellone, activities promoting agricultural tourism including U-pick operations, harvestable crop mazes and hayrides would become acceptable, as well as the addition of larger farm stands, permeable parking areas, and processing facilities that create locally crafted goods such as wine or potato chips.

«Farm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this sectFarm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this sectfarm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this section.

A farm manager, identified as Gbenga Kiki, has been strangled to death by unknown persons while harvesting crop on a farmland in Orisada - Eyo community in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Speaking to Onua Business News on the farms, one of the farmers who also double as an extension officer, Paa - Grant Arthur said that farmers invest an average of GHC2000 to grow the tomatoes and can make five folds in profits within 3 months on a good crop season.

The advantage of these biorefineries is that instead of processing crops that are also used as food, they use debris from farming (like wheat straw) and foresting.

Rural Americans also prized chestnuts, which they harvested to sell as a cash crop or to feed to farm animals.

A University of Arizona research team first studied this ant species because of its ability to farm not just fungi, like leafcutter ants do, but other crops as well.