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South Australia's Farmers Urged to Prepare for Heat
2014-01-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - Livestock owners are being urged to ensure they take special care of their livestock during the next few days as severe to extreme temperatures are forecast across most of South Australia.
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Farmers need to focus on what goes in as well as what comes out
2013-12-30 09:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: As the worlds population heads towards nine billion people, it is crucial that the global agriculture sector is able to meet the increased demand for food. But the worlds food production industry is on an unsustainable path one that mirrors the unsustainable short-termism of the financial sector in recent years and needs to change radically if it is to feed the world of the future as well as the world of today. While demand for meat is growing as prosperity in emerging markets creates a burgeoning...
Farmers test new precision field-data services
2013-12-26 21:45:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Next-gen precision services Jeff Heepke knew he was part of the next wave of precision agriculture when his cellphone rang as he planted corn with his new 16-row planter last spring. Do you know that row 15 is plugged? asked the caller. read more
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Banks, car dealers woo the new crorepati farmers of Gujarat village
2013-12-26 07:21:22| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Villagers run towards a car distributing leaflets announcing a furniture fair in nearby Viramgam that promises 'free mehendi' for women, 'free magic show' for children and 'free visitor gifts' for couples as attractions.
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Okra-homa: As climate warms, Midwest farmers plant Southern crops
2013-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: It's no longer as corny as Kansas in August. Now it's cotton, okra and sorghum. The hotter summers and more intense and frequent droughts in the Midwest are forcing farmers here to forgo the plants of their grandparents' generation and look down South for inspiration. "We kept trying to grow sustainable tomatoes, but it was so hot that the plants got stressed and they wouldnt produce fruit," said Courtney Skeeba, who started Homestead Ranch in the small town of Lecompton, Kan., about a decade...
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