agriculture, Tag

Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but a number of robotics and autonomy companies are giving it their best shot...

From Argus Media Published date: 10 September 2019 Brazil’s grains and oilseeds crop rose by 6.4pc to a record 242mn metric tonnes (t) in the 2018-2019 harvest, boosted by increased corn and cotton output. The total...

Reaching for the weed-killer glyphosate in Germany won’t be an option much longer. A primary component of Roundup, manufactured by Bayer-owned Monsanto, glyphosate's critics believe it wipes out insect populations essential...

By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley At Harvard, there was once a University. Now that once noble campus has become a luxury asylum for the terminally feeble-minded. Walter Willett, one of the inmates (in his sadly incurable...

The Government believes the projects will create more than 600 jobs and generate enough clean energy to power more than 80,000 homes, while farmers have labelled the decision as "gutless".

  News Brief by Kip Hansen   From the NY Times’ seemingly unlimited stockpile of odd activist efforts on behalf of “The Climate” — we have a new entry that landed in my email box today [it could land...

guest post by David Archibald The USDA continues to predict a big corn crop of 13.9 billion bushels at an average yield of 169.5 bushels per acre. AccuWeather’s estimate is 6% lower at 13.07 billion bushels. What happens...

Scientists are experimenting with new genetic modification technology that “supercharges” plants to enhance what they already excel at– sequestering carbon...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall But stops short or demanding collectivisation under a central government climate planning authority. New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term...

From The GWPF British Farmers Accuse News Media Of Climate Alarmism By bennypeiser. National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters has accused the British media of “inflating” the findings of a report by published...

From The Daily Caller Whitney Tipton Reporter August 02, 2019 6:14 PM ET High corn prices have made U.S. farmers look for low-cost substitutes for livestock feed including crops from South America, day-old bakery products...

California judges provide stage for kangaroo court justice over Roundup weedkiller Paul Driessen San Francisco area juries have awarded cancer patients some $80 million each, based on claims that the active ingredient in...

by Vijay Jayaraj Are we putting ourselves at risk by not weighing the risks of cold weather appropriately? And have we, out of our negligence, rendered the agricultural sector susceptible to disaster in the event of an unexpected...

More than 300,000 panels will power Melbourne's entire tram network from a massive solar farm sitting on 500 hectares of land that was was once used to graze cattle and sheep.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has re-approved a pesticide for use throughout the country despite its known toxicity to honeybee populations. The chemical, sulfoxaflor, is produced by DowDupont, a major chemical...