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  • Top choice for telematics

    AGCO Corporation has selected Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) Tierra remote asset management solution as its sole global advanced telematics provider.

Soybean scores success in Japan

Bred by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from an old Japanese variety, the Bunya® soybean produces proteins that gel quickly and firmly – important characteristics for making soy-based foods like tofu and custard. The soybean variety is now gaining popularity in Japan itself.
 

Rice hybrid to meet rising demand

"Rice is the most important staple food for more than half of the world’s population," said DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman. Indeed, rice has been the most commonly used food grain for most people in the world since ancient times and between 1961 and 2002, worldwide per capita consumption of rice increased by 40 per cent.
 

DNA test 'detects global threat to banana cultivation'

Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and the Brazilian research organisation Embrapa have developed a rapid DNA diagnostic to test banana plants for the much-feared cause of the Panama disease.
   

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Developing climate change ready varieties

WHEN THE WORLD gets warmer with climate change, the dryland tracts will become even drier making it more difficult for the farmers to grow crops in this region.

Nuclear science for food security

Nuclear science for food security

International agency promotes plant breeding technique to help beat world hunger

THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for increased investment in a plant breeding technique that could bolster efforts aimed at pulling millions of people out of the hunger trap.

Working to improve the ground

Guidance on ways to ameliorate poor, infertile soil, with reference to chemical and organic cultivation

THERE IS NO soil in the world that is not able to produce some form of healthy food crop if it is properly understood and cared for.

Top choice for telematics

AGCO Corporation has selected Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) Tierra remote asset management solution as its sole global advanced telematics provider.

Implementing business processes at dairy

SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES Ltd. has been awarded a contract to implement SAP Business All-in-One solutions for Vijay Dairy & Farm Products, an Indian dairy processor,

New cab for track feller bunchers

CAT FOREST PRODUCTS recently announced updates to the cab on the track feller buncher line, including the Cat 511, 521, 522, 532, 541, 551, and 552.

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Feeding the world better by controlling animal diseases

Feeding the world better by controlling animal diseases

Reducing the incidence of disease is one of the priorities to be considered in order to feed the world

Ensuring financial fluency throughout the year

Ensuring financial fluency throughout the year

2008 will be remembered as the year of instability in the money markets, for our unprecedented generation - this is as true for the pig sector as it is for the global economy

Echoing experience of pig farming the world over

Echoing experience of pig farming the world over

PAIROJ PUANGSIRI WORKED in the pig division of CP Foods for 30 years. Pairoj started a pig farm in 2004. Many pig farmers start out by working for an employer and then get the urge to be their own boss. This was certainly the case with Pairoj Puangsiri, who worked in the pig division of CP Foods for 30 years.

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Events Calendar

August

15-20   ICOPA  Melbourne, Australia   
www.icopaxii.org

22-27   28th International Horticultural Congress Lisbon
www.ihc2010.org

September:

6-10 September 2010, VIV China, Beijing
www.vivchina.nl

October:

AgriLink, FoodLink & AquaLink (dates to be confirmed)

13-16 World Nutrition Forum 2010

November

14-18   XXVI World Buiatrics Congress Santiago, Chile
www.buiatriachile.cl

16-19   EuroTier 2010

25-27   Vietstock 2010 Hanoi, Vietnam
www.ambexpo.com