Yara International and IBM join forces to develop a digital farming platform, providing holistic digital services and instant agronomic advice. …
Ukraine completes sowing of early spring crops
Ukraine as of May 2, 2019, completed sowing of early spring grain crops on 2.1 million ha, the press service …
Big Agriculture Is Breeding a Worldwide Health Crisis
The widespread use of antifungals in food production is hastening an increase in drug-resistant infections, putting millions of people at risk. …
Digital farming “critical” for sustainable agriculture
Posted By: Harriet Jachecon: Together with IBM Services, the agronomic company Yara International will create digital platforms using artificial intelligence (AI) …
Digital agriculture: New tools for science on the farm
BY LUKIE PIETERSE The value of “connected agriculture” in making life easier for farmers, and helping them reduce the environmental impact …
Chinese Scientists Find Key Gene to Save Fertilizer for Crops
Chinese scientists have found a key gene in crops that make them more efficient in utilizing nitrogen fertilizer, which will …
Good Weather puts Russia, Ukraine on track for large grain crop
Favourable weather during spring grain sowing in Black Sea producers Russia and Ukraine is increasing the chances of another large …
Australia begins wheat planting season as drought contiues
AUSTRALIAN farmers kicked off this year’s wheat planting season on Anzac Day in bone-dry soil conditions as a third consecutive …
Singapore became the second biggest buyer of Ukrainian flour
Ukraine exported 207.6 KMT of wheat flour in July-March 2018/19, or 41.6% less than in the same period in MY …
Big Data Has Transformed Agriculture
For seeds and fertilizers and other materials used in the field, they rely on companies that lack data on how …
Organic farming drives sustainable agriculture
The future of farming has to look different from farming today. Tremendously different. Otherwise, we will risk losing even more …