• HA) substance to enrich the low-fertile saline soils is the safest effective way to maintain global food security and sustainable agricultural development in dry environments. (springer.com)
  • Ploughing and tilling on hilly slopes is causing farm soils to thin and threatens future crop yields, a new study published in Nature Food finds. (foodnavigator.com)
  • But scientists from the UK and Germany argue that unless farmers stop tilling hill slopes, over the long-term the soils on hillsides could thin to the point where growth of food crops is severely threatened. (foodnavigator.com)
  • While we have known that tillage moves significant amounts of soil down slopes, often exceeding the amount moved by water and wind erosion, we have known little about how the resulting thinning of the soils affects crop yields, until now. (foodnavigator.com)
  • This enabled them to determine whether the yield gains in the parts of the landscape that gained soil from erosion, the concave parts, outweighed the losses caused by thinning soils on slopes. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Our modelling shows that if we keep tilling our soils then we will see declines of crop yields at a regional scale - this will be worse during periods of droughts as thinner soils are less able to retain water for plants. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Farmers could look at mitigations such adapting tillage speeds depending on slope position and overall reducing tillage depths to slow the erosion process, but really farmers need to be looking at moving away from tilling on slopes to protect their soils and future yields. (foodnavigator.com)
  • The study, published Dec. 6 in Environmental Research Letters , shows that Midwest farmers who reduced how much they overturned the soil - known as tilling - increased corn and soybean yields while also nurturing healthier soils and lowering production costs. (stanford.edu)
  • The team estimated that in China, such a cut would lead to a 28 per cent increase in crop yield during the winter and a 17 per cent rise in the summer. (newscientist.com)
  • North and South America had the smallest link between nitrogen oxide levels and crop yield, the team found. (newscientist.com)
  • Crop yield, greenhouse gas emissions, and nitrogen loss were measured for each season. (organic-center.org)
  • Using satellite-based crop yield models - which take into account variables such as climate and crop life-cycles - they also reviewed corn and soybean yields during this time. (stanford.edu)
  • Knowledge on spatial distribution of crop yield in relation to fixed soil fertilisation with exogenous organic materials is essential for improving precise crop and soil management practices within a field. (nature.com)
  • Here we combine results from networks of field experiments and global crop models to present a spatially explicit global perspective on crop water productivity (CWP, the ratio of crop yield to evapotranspiration) for wheat, maize, rice and soybean under elevated [CO 2 ] and associated climate change projected for a high-end greenhouse gas emissions scenario. (lu.se)
  • Abstract Transplanting time and genotype contribute to improving crop yield and quality of eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.). A field experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of foliar applied of triacontanol (TRIA) and eggplant genotypes 25919, Nirala, 28389 and Pak-10927,transplanted on 1 March,15 March, and 1 April on exposure to high air temperature conditions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although agricultural production has been possible in Uckermark for at least 1,000 years, the researchers' modelling predicts that over the next fifty years wheat and maize yields are likely to decline as modern mechanised agriculture accelerates erosion caused by tillage on slopes. (foodnavigator.com)
  • As shown by the limits of agreement lines, the maize yields were more even in Pusté Jakartice than Braszowice. (nature.com)
  • Where would you look to for an opportunity to increase your soybean yields by an additional 6-10 bushels per acre? (techonomy.com)
  • Most of the world's crops depend on honeybees and wild bees for pollination, so declines in both managed and wild bee populations raise concerns about food security, notes the study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . (rutgers.edu)
  • Pollination by wild and managed insects is critical for most crops, including those providing essential micronutrients, and is essential for food security, the study notes. (rutgers.edu)
  • Our findings show that pollinator declines could translate directly into decreased yields for most of the crops studied," the study says. (rutgers.edu)
  • Kickert tells Gigaom: "Our primary and, frankly, only goal is to help the farmer … increase the yield they're getting on their crops. (techonomy.com)
  • China produces the majority of the world's peanuts, and their search to increase sustainable food production has researchers testing non-chemical methods of pest control for key crops. (organic-center.org)
  • Introducing legumes into cropping systems improves yields of the main crops by around 20 per cent, while greatest benefits of legumes were observed in Africa, as well as in organic farming. (rural21.com)
  • The use of legumes within these diversified systems also improves yields of the main crops, as has just been shown. (rural21.com)
  • Based on past success with other food crops, we hypothesized that inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) would increase both the yield and nutritional quality of potatoes. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, Stanford scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil - a win-win for meeting growing food needs worldwide. (stanford.edu)
  • Yields from the additional tonnage rank in the top 15 worldwide for both crops. (stanford.edu)
  • He attributed the low hectare yield to the lack of knowledge among farmers on agronomics. (punchng.com)
  • Many farmers go to farmers when they should not, so the opportunity that is lost is the major reason we are having food insecurity, if we deal with that, we can deal with post-harvest loss. (punchng.com)
  • These results should be encouraging for farmers, because they can see that yields are stable over time, and that soil fertility has increased," Muder said. (just-food.com)
  • Low rainfall results in poor yields - and sunflower's poor reputation among farmers in northwestern Kazakhstan. (fao.org)
  • Their calculations show that by continuing along a business as usual approach to tilling on slopes, farmers across the Uckermark region will see combined declines of winter wheat yields of up to 7.1 per cent within 50 years and up to 10 per cent over a century (in normal to dry years). (foodnavigator.com)
  • Despite their hard work, some farmers may see a decrease in their yields due to these conditions. (cfra.org)
  • Although the higher cost of organic fertilizer can be a barrier for use by farmers, this study shows promising results in terms of possible yields and environmental effects in their exclusive application. (organic-center.org)
  • With fertilizer reduction, farmers reduce input costs while also increasing pineapple yield. (organic-center.org)
  • Worries that it can hurt crop yields have prevented some farmers from switching practices, but we found it typically leads to increased yields. (stanford.edu)
  • Farmers plucked about 367 million metric tons of corn and 108 million metric tons of soybeans from American soil this past growing season, providing key food, oil, feedstock, ethanol and export value. (stanford.edu)
  • Farmers generally till the soil prior to planting corn or soybeans - a practice known to control weeds, mix nutrients, break up compacted dirt and ultimately increase food production over the short term. (stanford.edu)
  • However, many farmers fear the method could reduce yields and profits. (stanford.edu)
  • This study found that simply adding corn between the rows of peanuts increases natural pest control of peanut aphids and improves yields, thus providing a non-chemical solution to pest control. (organic-center.org)
  • The researchers attributed the sharper reduction in potato yields on organic farms to a low potassium supply and to an infestation of insect pests. (just-food.com)
  • The researchers also found that western Europe would see close to a 10 per cent rise in both winter and summer crop yields. (newscientist.com)
  • The researchers used published information of crop thinning on crop yields and applied soil redistribution and crop growth models to examine the effects of tillage at a regional landscape scale. (foodnavigator.com)
  • For maize, the researchers predict yields to reduce by up to 4 per cent over fifty years, and 5.9 per cent over 100 years (in normal to dry years). (foodnavigator.com)
  • The researchers believe reductions in crop yields due to soil erosion are likely to apply across the world where tilling takes place on slopes. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Researchers have found that reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer used in pineapple production increases crop yields while maintaining soil quality and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent Chinese study . (organic-center.org)
  • In this study, researchers sought to examine the impact of fertilizer amount, application schedule, and type (synthetic, organic) on pineapple yield, as well as the economic and environmental benefits. (organic-center.org)
  • To quantify the impact of reduced tillage on crop yields, the researchers trained a computer model to compare changes in yields based on tillage practice. (stanford.edu)
  • The researchers calculated corn yields improved an average of 3.3 percent and soybeans by 0.74 percent across fields managed with long-term conservation tillage practices in the nine states sampled. (stanford.edu)
  • One aspect of neighborhood context that has received attention from public health researchers and advocates in recent years is the availability of food outlets and nutritious food, commonly referred to as the community nutrition environment (1). (cdc.gov)
  • To evaluate community nutrition environments, researchers frequently use food store location and classification data from secondary data sources, such as proprietary commercial databases or business listings from public agencies (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Red colors indicate increased yields under conservation tillage, blue colors indicate yield declines. (stanford.edu)
  • Average impacts on corn yields from conservation tillage across the U.S. Corn Belt from 2008 to 2017. (stanford.edu)
  • In describing the impacts of the most recent droughts, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [FDRE] (2017) reports that in 2015, drought in Ethiopia was linked with the global El Niño weather phenomenon, thus resulting in food insecurity for 10.2 million people, while Mera (2018) has it that the 2017 short season (March-April) rainfall was virtually a failure. (researchsquare.com)
  • Leuven, Belgium, May 14th, 2022 - For 50 years TOMRA is the leading designer and manufacturer of sensor-based sorting machines for the food industry and became the first, three years ago, to offer advanced sorting solutions to pet food producers. (tomra.com)
  • NEW YORK - Dec. 19, 2022 - Infor ® , the industry cloud company, today announced that Amalthea , a leading global provider of goat cheese and organic cow cheese, is using Infor's integrated artificial intelligence (AI) solution to help improve cheese quality and yields, build customer loyalty and boost sustainability. (infor.com)
  • Mari, F., 2022, Markanvändning för en klimatpositiv framtid: En rapport om utmaningar och möjligheter i Skåne. (lu.se)
  • Organic agriculture produces smaller yield, but requires less resources than conventional farming, a Swiss study has revealed. (just-food.com)
  • Tim Reinbott, director of field operations for the Agricultural Experiment Stations, recently received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for the project titled Cover Cropping and Crop Rotation Strategies to Build Soil Health and Improve Yield and Probability of Organic Vegetable Production Systems . (missouri.edu)
  • In this article, we review the literature regarding the yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture and then reflect on the corresponding debate on whether or not organic farming can feed the world. (mdpi.com)
  • We analyze the current framework and highlight the need to reframe the yield gap debate away from "Can organic feed the world? (mdpi.com)
  • however, there are many simple things you can do in to improve your garden for increased vegetable yield and organic sustainability. (naturalnews.com)
  • Pineapple yield was highest when using reduced synthetic fertilizer, organic substitution, and slow application, 26.3% higher than the group that fully applied synthetic fertilizer. (organic-center.org)
  • This study assessed the effect of various application rates and types of exogenous (recycled) organic materials (EOMs) containing different organic matter and nitrogen contents vs. mineral nitrogen on the yield of maize by means of linear regressions (trends), spatial kriging-interpolated maps, and Bland-Altman statistics. (nature.com)
  • Organic food and sustainable agricultur e. (cdc.gov)
  • In response to these concerns, organic food has emerged as a rapidly expanding industry. (cdc.gov)
  • Abd El-Mageed TA, El-Sherif AM, Ali MM, Abd El-Wahed MH (2017) Combined effect of deficit irrigation and potassium fertilizer on physiological response, plant water status and yield of soybean in calcareous soil. (springer.com)
  • Abd El-Satar MA, Hassan THA (2017) Response of seed yield and fatty acid compositions for some sunflower genotypes to plant spacing and nitrogen fertilization. (springer.com)
  • I Bonds (the I stands for inflation) currently offer a very high yield that has virtually no risk. (fool.com)
  • 1. ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index is an unmanaged index of below-investment grade U.S. corporate bonds. (calvert.com)
  • Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to determine whether data from 3 sources would yield a single, homogenous, healthful food store category that can be used to accurately characterize community nutrition environments for public health research. (cdc.gov)
  • Given the strong relationship between diet and health, and the limited availability of sources of nutritious food in many low-income and racial/ethnic minority neighborhoods, community nutrition environments may contribute to disparities in diet-related health conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (2,3). (cdc.gov)
  • PDF-161 KB] Rockville (MD): U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, 2010 [accessed 2021 Mar 18]. (cdc.gov)
  • With approximately 240,000 liters of milk processed each day, it was not optimal to wait a week or sometimes a month to get insights and make necessary system changes to optimize yield. (infor.com)
  • This can involve changes such as time frame for sowing, watering and fertilizing to optimize yields. (lu.se)
  • Fluence, a global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, shared the results of its partnership with Oakland, California-based cannabis cultivator Flora & Flame. (gpnmag.com)
  • These results provide helpful information for selection of the most yield-producing EOM rates depending on the site soil conditions and prevalent weather conditions. (nature.com)
  • Small for gestational age (SGA) was the only adverse pregnancy outcome with enough exposed cases to yield meaningful results. (cdc.gov)
  • Biological agents are detected in environmental samples and clinical specimens using specialized tests, including rapid DNA-based tests that yield results within hours. (cdc.gov)
  • For instance, in terms of wheat production, our per hectare yield is just 1.4 tonnes per hectare while in Egypt, the per hectare yield is 6.4 tonnes. (punchng.com)
  • Increased production and high yields of some foodstuffs like maize, rice, sorghum, groundnuts, soyabean, cowpea, cassava and plantain, he said, have led to a decrease in the wholesale prices in market centers in major food-producing areas. (ghanaweb.com)
  • The Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) programme is developing a competitive and more efficient livestock industry that will increase domestic meat production and reduce importation of livestock. (ghanaweb.com)
  • These reductions equate to thousands of tonnes of lost food production from the Uckermark region alone. (foodnavigator.com)
  • The demise of once fertile land poses a serious challenge for food production, especially with mounting pressures on agriculture to feed a growing global population. (stanford.edu)
  • Past studies of yield effects have been limited to local experiments, often at research stations, that don't fully reflect production-scale practices. (stanford.edu)
  • Close monitoring and steering of the cheese production process is required to create cheese consistency so that customers stay loyal and Amalthea maximizes yield potential. (infor.com)
  • Infor Coleman AI helps us make cheese production as stable and predictable as possible, in terms of quality and yield, so that our customers are happy. (infor.com)
  • For each of its cheese batches, Amalthea used to set a target yield based on the practical or past knowledge of production. (infor.com)
  • When a cheese batch deviated from the target yield or the right target yield wasn't set, factory operators had to take action and make changes to production to make the process more efficient. (infor.com)
  • Developing and applying synthetic chemicals was instrumental in lowering costs of production and in increasing yields. (cdc.gov)
  • Fresh water is not only needed for drinking but also cooking, food production and a variety of other uses such as sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness practises. (who.int)
  • Safe and readily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production or recreational purposes. (who.int)
  • To secure food production during climate change, adapted strategies may be needed. (lu.se)
  • A recently published article shows that adjustments may be needed in food production, both in agricultural methods and management, and geographical location. (lu.se)
  • We identify regional disparities driven by differences in growing conditions across agro-ecosystems that could have implications for increasing food production without compromising water security. (lu.se)
  • The Executive Secretary, HEDA Resource Centre, Sulaimon Arigbabu, said Nigeria has one of the lowest per hectare yields for agricultural inputs. (punchng.com)
  • In Nigeria, we have one of the lowest per hectare yield for major agricultural inputs. (punchng.com)
  • The National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), he said, has been revitalised to enhance agricultural marketing, and improve access to market, with the Ghana Commodities Exchange in Ghana, which is fully operational, i promoting high productivity, price stability, increased exports, and reduced imports of commodities. (ghanaweb.com)
  • Two main factors influence yield improvements linked to legumes: the use of nitrogen inputs and the degree of crop diversity in agricultural systems. (rural21.com)
  • Rodale Institute, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the Department of Food Science conducted a research study for ResearchGate. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • This project supports Ghana's efforts to achieve food security through environmentally sound agricultural initiatives in the country's three northern (and poorest) regions. (who.int)
  • His findings: viewing nutrient uptake and soil health within a ' One Health ' context, which considers the overall human-animal-environment nexus, provides a more comprehensive platform for growing food than just looking at a single facet. (remineralize.org)
  • As everything is interconnected, Philipp believes soil health is instrumental to the nutritional density of foods and crop yields. (remineralize.org)
  • Yield increases also decline for the most diversified cropping systems. (rural21.com)
  • Overall, we found that AMF inoculation increased potato tuber yield by up to 23%, antioxidant activity by up to 120%, ergothioneine concentration by up to 9X, and soluble sugar concentration by up to 46%, and that the extent of these increases varied by mycorrhizal species. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • The current strong negative correlation between gold and yields has been evident in the recent decline in the 10-year bond yields, curbing the strength of the gold rally. (londonlovesbusiness.com)
  • Slashing nitrogen dioxide emissions to 5 per cent of current levels could increase crop yields in China by up to 28 per cent. (newscientist.com)
  • There are two main ways nitrogen oxides affect crop yields , he says. (newscientist.com)
  • Using the data, the team modelled what would happen to crop yields in each region if nitrogen dioxide pollution were reduced to 5 per cent of current emissions. (newscientist.com)
  • Akkaya MR, Abdullah C, Ayşe NC, Hatice Y, Osman K (2019) The influence of sowing dates on the oil content and fatty acid composition of standard, mid-oleic and high-oleic types of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Food Sci and Tech. 39:448-453. (springer.com)
  • Balalić I, Zorić M, Branković G, Terzić S, Crnobarac J (2012) Interpretation of hybrid × sowing date interaction for oil content and oil yield in sunflower. (springer.com)
  • The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , says another good example of deliberate, well-thought-out policy, executed through hard work and commitment, that is generating dividends, is what his Government has done about food and agriculture in the past three (3) years. (ghanaweb.com)
  • We introduced the programme for Planting for Food and Jobs, and set about to make agriculture an attractive profession. (ghanaweb.com)
  • Our mission is to enhance public discussion of biotechnology and other issues in food and agriculture. (biofortified.org)
  • Agriculture degrades over 24 million acres of fertile soil every year, raising concerns about meeting the rising global demand for food. (stanford.edu)
  • Reduced tillage is a win-win for agriculture across the Corn Belt," said study lead author Jillian Deines , a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment . (stanford.edu)
  • A 2015 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations found that in the past 40 years the world has lost a third of food-producing land to diminished soil. (stanford.edu)
  • These activities are helping to improve food security in Ghana's three poorest, northern regions, and to strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian organizations to support both women and men in practising sustainable agriculture. (who.int)
  • Currently, he leads Challenge 4 "Smallholder Agriculture within Transforming Food System" being a part of the Sida supported program Agriculture for Food Security 2030 - Translating science into policy and practice, www.slu.se/agrifose . (lu.se)
  • Annual rainfall, kiremt rainfall, annual NDVI and Dev-NDVI, kiremt season Dev-NDVI, monthly Dev-NDVI (for June to October), and monthly SPI-1, SPI-3 and SPI-12 (for June to October) were considered as likely factors that could relate with yield and yield loss in the area. (researchsquare.com)
  • 2016), classifies Tigray as one the 'most severely affected (regions) during well-known famines', where a slight rainfall-deficiency can result in crop failure, with a direct impact on food security of households. (researchsquare.com)
  • Small food stores are prevalent in urban neighborhoods, but the availability of nutritious food at such stores is not well known. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted in-store surveys in 2009 on store type and the availability of nutritious food in a sample of nonchain food stores (n = 102) in 6 predominantly urban counties in Northern California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Santa Clara). (cdc.gov)
  • Sampled small food stores yielded a heterogeneous group of stores in terms of store type and nutritious food options. (cdc.gov)
  • The availability of nutritious food and produce was better in stores in neighborhoods that had a higher percentage of white residents and a lower population density but did not differ significantly by neighborhood income. (cdc.gov)
  • Secondary objectives were to examine the availability of nutritious foods in small food stores across neighborhood sociodemographic contexts and test for inaccuracies in commercial database variables that could bias or misrepresent measures of nutritious food availability. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings suggest that adopting practices that conserve or augment wild bees, such as enhancing wildflowers and using managed pollinators other than honey bees, is likely to boost yields. (rutgers.edu)
  • The increasing demand for higher quality, sustainable raw materials in the global feed and pet food industry, especially in the current situation of ever-scarcer raw materials, is a reason for manufacturers to look for more efficient technologies. (tomra.com)
  • In population ecology and economics, maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is theoretically, the largest yield (or catch) that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period. (wikipedia.org)
  • At this point, called the maximum sustainable yield, there is a surplus of individuals that can be harvested because growth of the population is at its maximum point due to the large number of reproducing individuals. (wikipedia.org)
  • The maximum sustainable yield is usually higher than the optimum sustainable yield and maximum economic yield. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of this investigation was to find a proper harvesting period and establishing fern number, which effects the spear yield, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities of Asparagus officinalis L. Spears were harvested at 2, 4, and 6 weeks after sprouting. (nih.gov)
  • Limiting this type of air pollution would also improve crop yields in other regions of the world. (newscientist.com)
  • This partnership has helped Flora & Flame increase its yields, improve bud quality and reduced cycle times. (gpnmag.com)
  • We could improve milk yield somewhat, but now with Infor Coleman AI, we can not only see the yields per cheese batch in real time, but it also gives us direct insight into what contributors are causing a higher or lower milk yield so the operators can directly act on it. (infor.com)
  • At maturity, the grain yield and its components were determined. (frontiersin.org)
  • Nevertheless, at maturity, the straw and root biomass were markedly lower with all waterlogging durations, and grain yield decreased by 42% up to approximately 81% following an asymptotic equation. (frontiersin.org)
  • The Bland-Altaman statistics showed that addition of 50% of N from EOMs in 2013 caused a decrease and an increase in the maize grain yield in Braszowice and Pusté Jakartice, respectively, whereas the inverse was true with the 75 and 100% EOM additions. (nature.com)
  • The lowest yield occurred in the group without any fertilizer, and the second lowest in the group that fully applied synthetic fertilizer. (organic-center.org)
  • Maximum fruit yield was found in accession 25919 (1.725kg per plant ) at 1st transplantation with Triacontanol, whereas accession PAK-10927 gave the lowest yield (0.285 kg per plant ) at control treatment on 3rd transplantation . (bvsalud.org)
  • They rated how green the images were, as previous studies had found that crop greenness measured using satellites is strongly linked to crop growth and yield. (newscientist.com)
  • Our focus is edible gardens, and our ultimate aim is to make the suburbs edible enough such that should food become unaffordable, we don't even notice. (permablitz.net)
  • I hear there's an orchard outside the 1313 Columbia Building that will yield edible foods-is that true? (seattleu.edu)
  • Low-yield cigarettes" are those that tobacco manufacturers label "light," "low," or "mild. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco advertisements once implied that "low-yield" cigarettes were safer than regular or "full-flavor" cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • 1,2 However, low-yield cigarettes are not less harmful to health than regular cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • In the past, the tobacco industry categorized low-yield cigarettes using measurements of tar on standardized smoking machines. (cdc.gov)
  • They may compensate when smoking low-yield cigarettes in order to take in more nicotine. (cdc.gov)
  • Many people smoking low-yield cigarettes inhale longer, harder, and more frequently to get more nicotine. (cdc.gov)
  • People who smoke may get as much or more tar and nicotine from cigarettes with low-yield ratings as from regular cigarettes because of the ways they compensate when smoking them. (cdc.gov)
  • Many people who smoke consider smoking low-yield cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, or additive-free cigarettes to be safer than smoking regular cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. (cdc.gov)
  • In other fields, negative yields of 1.3 percent for corn and 4.7 for soybeans occurred. (stanford.edu)
  • Shore Capital stockbrokers has said that a focus on "price, cost control and cash conservation" at Tesco can "yield better returns" across its European portfolio, particularly its Irish business. (checkout.ie)
  • Important protein sources in both wet and dry pet food are animal-derived ingredients. (tomra.com)
  • Early sowing date with soil HA 48 under low planting density was the best combination for optimizing sunflower's growth, while early sowing date with HA 48 under high planting density was best for the macro and micronutrient contents of shoots and seeds, as well as seed, oil (OY), and protein yields. (springer.com)
  • Restaurants tend to serve food that has a higher fat content based on the way it's prepared. (newsmax.com)
  • Appropriate harvesting is effective for higher asparagus yield and its bioactivity. (nih.gov)
  • The objective was to determine if a transplanted pollinizer in combination with the same pollinizer directly seeded at transplanting would contribute to higher seedless watermelon yield. (msu.edu)
  • The spatial kriging-interpolated maps allowed separating zones of lower and higher yields with EOMs compared to the control. (nature.com)
  • If yields are low-from events such as drought, flooding, frost, or wind-crop insurance will guarantee income. (cfra.org)
  • Only directing seeding pollinizers with transplanted Distinction produced significantly lower yields in fruit number and total weight but did produce similar individual fruit weight. (msu.edu)
  • Transplanted only and transplanted plus direct seeded had similar yields of tons/acre and fruit/acre while the direct seeded only had significantly lower yields compared to the treatments having transplants (Table 1). (msu.edu)
  • Because recurrent syncope occurs sporadically and because ECG documentation at time of recurrent syncope is an extremely important diagnostic modality, ILRs have a significantly greater diagnostic yield than 24-hour Holter, 30-day event, or 30-day mobile cardiovascular telemetry monitoring. (medscape.com)
  • The authors appear to be recommending the Van Slyke yield equation for predicting the yield of Gouda. (dairyscience.info)
  • If this is what they mean,and I always wanted to ask them whether their equation F7 (cited as coming from Coggins) is a typographical error and not the classical Van Slyke equation, then you may find the Cheddar cheese calculators on this site http://www.dairyscience.info/index.php/cheese-yield.html to be useful. (dairyscience.info)
  • Genotype , transplanting date and application of TRIA improved growth , yield and quality attributes under of heat stress in eggplant . (bvsalud.org)
  • Use Hi-Yield Dutch Bulb food when planting all flowering bulbs at planting time in spring or fall. (johnsonsgarden.com)
  • The next strong resistance for the potential upward trend lies around the $1937 level, but with decreasing volatility and an extremely strong negative correlation with the rising yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds, gold maintains its bearish primary expectations. (londonlovesbusiness.com)
  • A lot of time, poor food choices happen out of convenience. (newsmax.com)
  • The nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule, that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream earlier this week, contained hidden treasure after all, the U.S. Military Academy said Wednesday. (wwlp.com)
  • This yield increase was greater in the second season, which suggests that the beneficial effects in the soil can accumulate over time. (organic-center.org)
  • He said, "About 40 per cent of the food we produce in Nigeria gets wasted between the farm and the final consumer but nobody talks about the opportunity that we miss, the food that we did not grow, the one that dies before it became a harvest. (punchng.com)
  • Our hope is to engage the neighborhood in the harvest and eventually distribute food to those in need in our community. (seattleu.edu)
  • Spears and total yield increased with prolonged spear harvest period. (nih.gov)
  • In harvest of 6 weeks long optimum spear yield was the highest and fern numbers were 5 ~ 8. (nih.gov)
  • With the application of automatic linear modeling analysis, seed yield, oil%, stem diameter, harvest index, shoot dry weight, plant height, and seed yield plant −1 were selected as the characteristics most contributing to OY in predicting stressed sunflower's OY. (springer.com)
  • The 10µM TRIA increased photosynthesis rate and water use efficiency and yield was improved in all genotypes transplanted at the different dates . (bvsalud.org)
  • Crop yields for apples, cherries and blueberries across the United States are being reduced by a lack of pollinators, according to Rutgers-led research, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. (rutgers.edu)
  • According to the study, across the 844 field observations analysed in Africa, legumes increased yields by 43 per cent on average. (rural21.com)
  • The primary objective of this study was to examine the categorization of small food stores and determine whether data from 3 sources would yield a single homogenous healthful food store category. (cdc.gov)
  • More recent approaches use combinations of characteristics included in commercial databases to categorize independent food stores as either "healthy" or "unhealthy" (14-16). (cdc.gov)
  • Healthy vs. unhealthy food choices? (lu.se)
  • With TOMRA's new sensor-based sorting technologies, Pet Food manufacturers and producers of animal by-products will be able to reach new levels of efficiency, food safety and product quality. (tomra.com)
  • Abd El-Mageed TA, Rady MO, Semida WM, Shaaban A, Mekdad AA (2021) Exogenous micronutrients modulate morpho-physiological attributes, yield, and sugar quality in two salt-stressed sugar beet cultivars. (springer.com)
  • Future research should examine the extent to which inoculation with the most beneficial AMF species reported here improves yield and nutritional quality in the field setting. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • The plant quality we've experienced since working with Fluence is unmatched-better yields, better look and smell, and just a better overall product. (gpnmag.com)
  • Therefore, there is no standard recipe that can be applied across all milk batches to achieve consistent quality and yield. (infor.com)
  • Of those, apples, sweet cherries, tart cherries and blueberries showed evidence of being limited by pollination, indicating that yields are currently lower than they would be with full pollination. (rutgers.edu)
  • Over the past 50 years, the rapid transformation of agricultur al technology has provided the benefits of lower prices and a smaller share of income spent on food. (cdc.gov)
  • At the Forbes Community Center on East Main Street, four Boy Scout troops - including Troop 4 in Shrewsbury, and troops 100 and 382, along with Cub Scout packs 100 and 33 - engaged in the annual Scouting for Food drive. (communityadvocate.com)
  • Vegetable producers, especially those with limited resources, are constantly looking for ways to reduce cost, increase yield and/or increase value of their farm," said Reinbott. (missouri.edu)