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N-Sensor - variable rate nitrogen The Yara N-Sensor is a real time variable rate nitrogen sensor that allows farmers to measure a crop’s nitrogen requirement as the fertilizer spreader passes across the field and to variably adjust the fertilizer application rate accordingly. N-Sensor ensures that the right and optimal rate of fertilizer is applied at each individual part of the field. It has become the benchmark technology for precision agriculture. See: http://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/Tools-and-Services/n-sensor/ N-Tester - leaf nitrogen measurement Yara N-Tester is a hand held leaf nitrogen measurement tool which enables quick and easy readings to be taken in a growing crop to establish its exact nitrogen status. This enables fast and accurate field specific recommendations to help fine tune application during the growing season. This can result in more accurate field scale recommendations, improving profitability and minimising environmental effect. See: http://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/Tools-and-Services/n-tester/ Yara Nutrient Management Planner Yara Nutrient Management Planner is a flexible recommendation tool for all crops based on the Fertiliser Manual and allows the easy completion of a full farm based Nutrient Management Plan A Nutrient Management Plan should be completed by all farms and will assist in meeting the requirements for cross-compliance. Where a farmer has conducted a detailed nutrient management plan, they can earn the right to be less frequently inspected as part of an earned-recognition approach. Yara have therefore developed this Nutrient Management Planner which has the ability to dramatically reduce the burden involved in producing a plan. A Nutrient management plan requires the following: - Maintain an up to date soil analysis with soils analysed every 3-5 years, depending on cropping system, for pH, P, K and Mg. - Assess the nutrient requirement of the crop from a recognised recommendation system. - Assess the nutrient supply from organic manures. - Calculate the need for fertilizer nutrients by deducting the contribution from organic manures from the crop nutrient requirement. - Carry over any P and K balance to the next crop. - Spread organic manures and fertilizers as accurately and uniformly as possible. - Equipment should be in good working order and recently calibrated. - Keep clear field records of cropping, organic manure and fertilizer applications. - Update the plan at the start of each cropping year. - Should be prepared in conjunction with an FQA (FACTS Qualified Adviser). Nutrient Management Planner is accessed via the internet, with data stored via an online database to allow information to be used in following years and accessed at all times. At present access to the Nutrient Management Planner is restricted to registered users of Yara-i To gain access to the system, you will need to contact your local Yara contact to request access to Yara-i after which you will be sent a link to activate your account where you will be asked to enter a password. See: http://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/Tools-and-Services/nmp/
China aims to sow a revolution with GM seed takeover The planned takeover of Swiss seed giant Syngenta by Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina stands to change the outlook for biotech research in China. Although China imports preapproved genetically modified (GM) foods and generously funds GM research, the Chinese government has never approved a staple biotech food crop for cultivation. That may soon change, however. If the Syngenta takeover clears regulatory hurdles, the emergence of a massive state-owned company in possession of competitive GM seed lines could help speed along commercialization of key GM crops like corn. Researchers will still face an uphill battle, though—a Chinese public wary of government food safety claims largely opposes GM crops. See: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6333/16 European Agricultural Societies, 1750-1850: experimenting and disseminating scientific ‘progress' See: http://www.academie-agriculture.fr/publications/les-academiciens-ecrivent/n3af/n3af-2017-5-acte-de-colloque-european-agricultural
Friendship (macho joke as usual, the difficulty for me who has a bad English being to understand whether a joke is acceptable or not, sorry)) >> Friendship between women: A woman didn’t come home one night. The next morning, she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend’s house. The man called his wife’s 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. >> Friendship between men: A man didn’t come home one night. The next morning, he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend’s house. The woman called her husband’s 10 best friends. Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there.
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