Agriculture briefs From Dubuque Telegraph Herald There is no fee to attend the program but pre-registration with the site host prior to Tuesday will ensure enough copies of the program materials will be available. The prerecorded videotape program will be shown at locations throughout Iowa and is sponsored by the Iowa State University Extension's Pest Management and the Environment Program. A Sheep Management WisLine Program scheduled for Thursday will outline the new Livestock Risk Protection - Lamb program, which offers lamb producers...

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Sharad Joshi's discourse on Agriculture From Merinews But for Chaudhary Charan Singh, the Planning Commission under Nehru would have 'pushed' the farmers towards co-operative farming, which would have taken the incentive out of the Green Revolution. Opposition to co-operative farming is not the same thing as opposition to co-operatives in agriculture, especially on the credit, inputs and marketing side - for the farmer is quite happy to get cheaper credit, assured fertiliser and better prices. In the early nineties, when WTO was assessing the...

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Novarient draws $4M for GPS systems for agriculture From venturebeat.com Last year's agriculture industry boom boosted demand for Novarient's GPS products, which can "automatically steer equipment, map terrain, and land aircraft," the company said. Novarient CEO Herb Satterlee tells VentureBeat that this round of investing will be used towards restocking their product for the spring.

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UC-Davis names produce safety center director From capitalpress.com York, chair of the center's board of advisers and president of the Salinas-based Markon Cooperative said: "We look forward to the leadership Bonnie will provide for the Center for Produce Safety as we move forward to develop workable, science-based solutions that will safeguard the food supply and strengthen California's produce industry." "I am anxious to begin working with the center's advisory board and the produce industry, and am honored to know that I will be a part of the future...

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Agriculture survey soon complete From AntiguaSun Antigua and Barbuda's first agricultural census in over 20 yeas is expected to be completed within a few weeks. Census Manager Stephan Brumant said the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Statistics Office is working towards completing the census in about two weeks. When the data is collected from the census, it will be used for a number of purposes including agricultural planning, to obtain reliable data on the structure of the sector, to obtain contemporary frames or the list...

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