Basal application on green azolla manure at the rate of 10-20 tonnes per hectare increases soil nitrogen by 45-60 kg and reduces 20-30 kg of nitrogenous fertilizer requirement of rice crop, according to researchers from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Depletion of soil fertility and high prices of chemical fertilizers have forced many paddy farmers, especially in the delta region, to turn towards azolla as an effective bio fertilizer for their paddy...

He fine tunes his fertility and crop protection products and timing to pulses. In short, Watson would rather put money into producing the crop than into the land the crop is grown on. By his calculations, the amount he would spend owning the land and growing a crop on one quarter is roughly what it costs him to rent the land and grow a crop on 2.5 quarters. It s been 10 years since Watson started his own farming enterprise, and owning zero acres has proven to be a money making decision for him.

The fungicides used to control foliar diseases of wheat in Nebraska include Headline (pyraclostrobin), Quadris (azoxystrobin), Quilt (azoxystrobin + propiconazole), Stratego (trifloxystrobin + propiconazole), Tilt (propiconazole), PropiMax (propiconazole), Dithane (mancozeb), and Manzate (mancozeb) This year's growing season follows a fairly wet winter for Nebraska and much of the Plains, and continued wet conditions this spring will affect the development of foliar diseases in wheat....

The use of biotechnology allows growers to produce more crops on less land and to reduce the use of crop protection materials and fuel. In recent years, efforts by activist organizations to ban biotech crops via the ballot box have raised the question as to whether or not biotech crops are safe. Our belief in the advancement of research and the development of new sciences has improved our farming practices and the quality of our products. But in doing so, they ask us to simply ignore the...

From its factory on a lonely strip in Los Angeles' industrial sprawl, Amvac Chemical corp. does a booming business selling some of the world's most dangerous pesticides. Amvac is by no means the largest producer of pesticides that have attracted regulatory scrutiny, but the company stands out for its willingness to embrace chemicals that other firms have abandoned. The company has fought hard to keep those chemicals on the market as long as possible, hiring scientists and lawyers to do...

PRdomain.com . Bayer . Sales in the People's Republic of China forecast to top EUR 100 million in the medium term. Sales in the People's Republic of China forecast to top EUR 100 million in the medium term Plans for two joint ventures for hybrid rice business and expansion of crop protection production. PRdomain.com . Bayer . Sales in the People's Republic of China forecast to top EUR 100 million in the medium term. The key points of the company's strategy are the introduction of new,...