Author: Hithaishi CB

The 37th World Flower Council Summit is scheduled to take place in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from September 8 – 12, marking the first event to be held in Vietnam. The 37th World Flower Council Summit is scheduled to take place in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from September 8 – 12, marking the first event to be held in Vietnam. Themed “Vietnam-Blooming with timeless charm”, the event is expected to see more than 500 delegates who are famous designers, experts, flower arrangement artists, and scientists from more than…

Chevron is a carbon sink leading a pilot project for soil carbon sequestration covering a combined 80,000 hectares of planted and grazing area in Western Australia. Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries Chevron Australia New Energy Pvt Ltd. and Chevron Australia Pvt. announced an investment in Australia’s first nature-based carbon offset project. Chevron is a carbon sink leading a pilot project for soil carbon sequestration covering a combined 80,000 hectares of planted and grazing area in Western Australia. (Carbon Sync) . Chevron will also participate in a multi-year research project with Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab to examine the potential for CO2 sequestration in Western…

To enhance field management and disaster prevention and mitigation, soybeans have been released to encourage strong plants, strong populations, and drum-enhancing grains. High temperatures and droughts have occurred in North and Southwest China since the spring sowing, causing local rainstorms and floods, and some soybeans were sown at a high density, leading to weak growth and soft stems, as well as late defertilization, lodging, and reduced yields. National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ Scientific Fertilization Expert Guidance Group, developed technical guidance on soybean management to promote strong plants, strong populations,…

The two OsRALF peptides are essential for pollen tube germination and elongation, a vital step in the fertilization of rice crops Double fertilization is a complex mechanism in flowering plants, wherein two sperm cells fuse with the embryo sac. To achieve this, pollens released from anthers must interact with the plant’s stigma, hydrate, and germinate into pollen tubes. Thus, pollen tube germination and elongation are crucial for double fertilization, which, in turn, influences the grain yield of crop plants. The fertilization process requires peptide hormones called rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs), which are involved in signal transduction. Studies have shown that…

World milk production (roughly 81% cow, 15% buffalo, and 4% for goat, sheep and camels combined) is projected to grow at 1.5% p.a. over the next decade (to 1 039 Mt in 2032), faster than most other main agricultural commodities. Milk and dairy products are vital sources of nutrition and provide livelihoods for millions of people in dairy value chains across the world. As income and population increase, more dairy products are expected to be consumed over the medium term. The key locations of this strong demand growth are India, Pakistan, and several African countries. Overall, per capita consumption is…

Imilac™, therapy to completely substitute the routine use of antibiotics at dry-off in the dairy industry Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical company conducted clinical trials in seven large Israeli dairy farms, in collaboration with Strauss Health (partially owned by Groupe Danone), demonstrated that Mileutis can effectively substitute the major use of antibiotics in the dairy industry. Milk derived from cows treated with Mileutis’ Imilac™ non-antibiotic, non-hormonal therapy exhibited a 7.2% increase in protein content, 4% increase in fat content, and an increase of 957 kg (8.6%) in energy corrected milk yield per cow over 305 days. The trial paves the way…

In-Field Sensing Solution Monitoring Pollinator Activity to Improve Crop Pollination BeeHero, the pioneer of data-driven precision pollination, has developed a digital solution that collects data about pollinator behavior and environmental conditions to give growers actionable, AI-powered insights, improving pollination and crop yield in real time and adding to the world’s largest bee activity dataset. BeeHero is redefining pollination in commercial agriculture by introducing Pollination Insight Platform (PIP), an in-field sensing solution that measures pollinator activity in crops to improve pollination and increase yields. PIP utilizes BeeHero’s patented in-hive sensors, which provide valuable in-field sensing capabilities for a variety of seed,…

ADAMA Receives Registration for ACTAVAN®, its First Global Bio-Fungicide ADAMA Ltd., one of the world’s leading crop protection companies, announced the registration of its global bio-control product, ACTAVAN®, in Peru. ACTAVAN® is ADAMA’s first global bio-fungicide developed in collaboration with the New Zealand company Waikaitu Ltd. ACTAVAN® uses plant extracts to effectively prevent the occurrence of fruit rots in crops such as grapes, berries, and certain vegetables, while also improving their quality. In addition, ACTAVAN® increases the sugar content, peel firmness, size, and weight of the berries, also reducing fruit splitting. As a biological product, ACTAVAN® is compatible with organic farming and integrated…

FQT’s MSC system can work with a variety of feedstocks, enabling the efficient production of a higher value protein-enriched animal feed co-product. Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT), a global leader in advanced biofuels, biochemistry and innovative co-product technologies, is set to provide the first wheat-based MSC™ (Maximized Stillage Co-products™) system at the Ensus UK Limited ethanol facility in Teesside, a subsidiary of Crop Energies AG. The collaboration is the iterates efficiency of MSC technology in delivering high quality animal feed solutions. This project marks MSC™’s entry into the UK and European technology markets. This agreement between the companies demonstrates MSC’s flexibility…

Expanded API Creates Additional Data Exchange Capabilities for Connected Devices Trimble, the cloud-based data management agritech company has released a flexible API for its Trimble Agriculture Cloud application, an industry cloud that streamlines farming operations. The enhanced accessibility of the API represents the next evolution of connectivity for agriculture integrators by coupling in-field devices and operational workflows for enabling compatibility with both Trimble and third-party agriculture applications. As part of its focus to provide precision agriculture technology for mixed fleets, Trimble has created a path to enable broad compatibility that seamlessly connects local, regional and national applications to Trimble equipment…