Each month during the growing season the Secretary of Agriculture receives in specially marked and colored envelopes figures on crop conditions and prospects from 120,000 crop reporters throughout the ...

One of the most effective weed management tools is good crop husbandry. A strong and competitive crop offers less opportunity for weeds. All crop management techniques that contribute to good growth ...

USING ‘big picture’ data to spot agronomic trends and provide an early warning of potential crop problems, is increasingly being seen as an important tool to boost arable farms’ financial ...

The rains are here and farmers are busy. Maize farmers should understand the growth and development of the plant to do proper crop husbandry to maximise yields. Although farmers have no control of ...

A method is presented for generating data on archaeological weed species relevant to soil productivity and consequently crop husbandry. Three plant attributes (maximum canopy height, maximum canopy ...

THE is a book which all agricultural students will find instructive. It is set out in a form which can be understood by everybody possessing an elementary knowledge of agriculture, and the enumeration ...

The Federal Farm Board last week issued a point-blank warning to wheat growers throughout the land which was enough to send their hearts to their boots. It was: “The Board will not authorize the Grain ...

Since the ninth Five Year Plan, the government has been setting a target of 4 per cent annual growth for the agricultural sector. But it remained elusive. The growth remained only around 3 per cent.

The University of Reading has appointed Dr. H. G. Sanders, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, as professor of agriculture, from October 1944. Dr. Sanders was educated at Wellingborough School ...