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With the appearance of first spring flowers, it’s time to start planning activities on farms, from soil preparation to sowing. Spring is an excellent time for sowing of clover-grass mixtures because spring gives the most rain necessary for their growth. Moisture facilitates soil tillage and allows to obtain a fine crumble soil structures which willRead more

Silicon is the seventh most abundant element in the universe and the second most abundant element on the planet, after oxygen, making about 25 percent of the Earth’s crust. Silicon is one of the most useful elements to mankind. It’s used to make dynamo, engine blocks, machine tools, silicons, as crucial components in microelectronics andRead more

Agriculture employs 1.3 billion people, what makes it the second greatest source of employment worldwide, after services, and it accounts 28% of global employment. All those workers have something in common – work hours spent on farms and related work cost. Whether someone is employed as s family member on his family farm, as aRead more

Grown for over 7000 years, cotton is one of the most important crops for fiber production. It’s a soft, fluffy staple fiber (pure cellulose) grown in a boll. The plant is a shrub, native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India. Aiming to suppress numerous pests, cotton isRead more

We have already written about growing food and nutrition demands. Top priority is a food security, due to increasing population growth and the fact that 1 billion people still go to bed hungry each day.Climate of the croplands has a great impact on farming. These conditions can’t be changed, but farmers can adjust on itRead more

Earlier this week AGRIVI’s finance management module received its biggest update so far, including the completely new look and numerous usability improvements. Managing your farm finances is now easier than ever, it takes less time and is more user-friendly! Sales and expenses invoicesOur sales and expenses have now become – invoices! You’ll notice the new,Read more

The oldest tree food known to man, walnut (Juglans regia L.), has a rich history dating back thousands of years. Walnuts were first grown in the Middle East, known as the “Persian Walnut” and were traded to England, where they were reserved for royalty. English merchant marines transported the product for trade to ports aroundRead more

Keeping track of what is happening on the farm requires some records. Without written records, farmers have to depend on their memory when making decisions to modify their farm practices. Memories can become unreliable, particularly after a few days, months or years. Effective management of farming operations today requires that records be kept, so farmRead more

With Christmas over, there’s likely a plant in your house whose glory is rapidly fading. Pity the poor evergreen, which rarely gets to see the inside of anyone’s house except for a few short weeks in December. And now you’re done with it. But what can you do with a tree? After the holidays, don’tRead more

Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Millets are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa (especially in India, Nigeria, and Niger), with 97% of millet production in developing countries. The crop is favored dueRead more