No one loves avocados more than millennials. The health-conscious generation likes to smush the buttery, oblong fruit on toast at their boozy brunches. In 2017, Square, a tech company that helps businesses process credit card payments, calculated that Americans collectively…
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Lucknow Man Learns Chemical-free Farming By Himself, Earns Lakhs From Essential Oils
Sameer Chadha walks across his farmland, beaming at the greenery that surrounds him. He takes a deep breath and the fresh air has hints of lemongrass fragrance. This is the result of an amazing five-year journey, and he has some…
Grain ‘swimming’ robot will help reduce storage losses
Farmers Weekly A novel new robotic device, designed to “swim” through stored grain checking for quality problems, is about to go on trial in silos in Scotland. The Crover is a patented device that can work its way through heaps…
Video: Farm sprayer GPS theft caught on camera
Farmers Weekly Two men have been caught on camera stealing tractor GPS equipment from sprayers on a farm in Lincolnshire. The thieves, both dressed in dark clothes, masks and gloves, can be seen walking across a locked farmyard belonging to…
AICTE Announces Scholarship for Post Graduate Students With Stipend. How To Apply
To ensure the further development of technical education, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced a Post Graduate Scholarship Scheme for MTech, ME, MArch and MPharm students for the year 2020-2021. Under this scheme, qualified students admitted…
BASF acquires higher-concentrated glufosinate formula
BASF is planning to introduce a new higher-concentrated glufosinate ammonium herbicide to the North American market after announcing the acquisition of the proprietary rights for the technology from AgriMetis. Glufosinate ammonium is the active ingredient in Liberty herbicide, which is…
Here’s Why This Man is Convincing 1000s of Bihar Farmers to Grow Black Rice & Wheat
There is a high chance that the black rice in your kitchen may have its origins in Bihar. That’s because thousands of farmers in Bihar are now giving up traditional cropping patterns, and looking for better options. “I was sceptical…
UPSC, NHM, PNB & SBI Are Hiring: Check Out Vacancies & How to Apply
The Union Public Service Commission, The National Health Mission (NHM), Punjab National Bank, and the State Bank of India (SBI) have released the official notification for hiring for various positions. Find details of how to apply, last date of application,…
Food systems resilience tops agenda at AGRF Summit
Actions to strengthen Africa’s food systems in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis underpinned discussions at this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). Held in a virtual format for the first time this year due to the ongoing pandemic, the…
Police find more than 100 cannabis plants at farm
Farmers Weekly Police have discovered more than 100 cannabis plants growing on a farm in Carmarthenshire. Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police were at the farm, located between Pontarddulais and Tycroes, on an unrelated matter on Tuesday 15 September. They spotted two…