Sentences with phrase «help wheat farmers»

On another front, Texas A&M's Unmanned Aerial Systems Project is providing a new perspective to help wheat farmers manage diseases and water stress, predict yield in crop - breeding programs, and measure livestock forage production.

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Some big brains believe Barnes is right: Farmers Edge recently raised nearly $ 60 million in equity investments to help support aggressive international expansion, and the company has recruited former Monsanto, DuPont and Canadian Wheat Board executives into its fold.

The plants McCoy, 32, helps Afghani women and farmers harvest are familiar: wheat, strawberry, eggplant, tomato, and okra.

With generous funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) over the last 15 years, Afghanistan research organizations and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have helped supply Afghan farmers with improved varieties and farming practices to boost production of maize and wWheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have helped supply Afghan farmers with improved varieties and farming practices to boost production of maize and wheatwheat.

Wheat lines derived from those crosses have since been used in breeding programs worldwide and have helped farmers to boost yields by up to 20 percent.

In 1935, for example, the Dallas Morning News reported that a bumper wheat crop was helping southwestern farmers to «forget the drought.»

At this year's UN Climate Talks, CIMMYT is highlighting innovations in wheat and maize that can help farmers overcome climate change.