Farmers in the EU are getting frustrated. Fleets of tractors are being used to barricade roads in cities all around Europe. In France, actual manure has been shot into government buildings. At the center of these demonstrations are farmers, working to grow food for our people, but struggli...
Tom Fannon shares his experience with managing the cost and consumption of chemical products on the farm; to keep both compliant and profitable. Tom Fannon is the Owner and Manager at Fannon Agriculture, a 38-hectare apple and pear farm near Maidstone, Kent, UK. He didn’t grow up in ...
This is the second part of a series on IPM. You can view the introduction to IPM in our previously available article here . Just as a recap Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach to pest management that incorporates various methods to reduce pest populations and minimize t...
January 26th 2024 Over the past few years, there has been an increasing pressure to digitize farms across the world. Politicians and regulators are pushing for more reporting. Office workers in the agriculture industry are pushing for carbon initiatives. Equipment manufacturers are slowly ...
European farmers are on the cusp of navigating a wave of new agricultural laws and regulations. While many of these regulations are still in development, there’s a clear understanding of their direction. One undeniable aspect of this evolving agricultural landscape is the critical im...
Product Inventory Management meets Farm Management Over the past four years, we have been talking to hundreds of farm managers about the challenges in their daily operations. The main challenge we keep hearing about are the requirements for documentation for almost all aspects of operati...
Synopsis Understand the similarities and differences between precision farming and digital farming. We stress the importance of understanding digital farming in the context of new regulations around sustainable agriculture and compliance, while offering the CATS framework to help farmers g...
Synopsis The EU’s new sustainability regulations are in the works, with data collection and monitoring being a key theme. While farmers have valid concerns about the use of their data, it’s critical to adhere to the regulations to maintain compliance. Analogous to the importanc...
Discover the UN Sustainable Development Goals for agriculture and learn about the perspectives, challenges, and criticisms around this ambitious plan....
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