Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Technology


LIC partners with VikingGenetics to improve Jersey genetics

LIC partners with VikingGenetics to improve Jersey genetics

Farmers WeeklySep 24, 2024
Nordic genes will bolster Kiwi herds and vice versa in new programme.

Methane busters only months away for Dutch farms

Neal WallaceSep 24, 2024
Next spring is delivery date for new tools that could eventually cut cow methane by almost a third.

Project sees livestock feed in geothermal gases

Farmers WeeklySep 23, 2024
Lab research has shown a bacterium and an algae can be used to convert GHG into protein-rich feed.

Funding round for GHG research opens

Farmers WeeklySep 23, 2024
MPI invites research proposals around greenhouse gas emissions in ag, forestry and more.


Lincoln takes delivery of electric tractor

Lincoln takes delivery of electric tractor

Farmers WeeklySep 23, 2024
Imported from Netherlands, it will be key to university’s Energy Farm.
Scanning robot revolutionises viticulture counts

Scanning robot revolutionises viticulture counts

Farmers WeeklySep 20, 2024
Automated 3D-scanning robot zips along the vineyard rows, counting the flowers that will become grapes to give accurate yield estimates.
Kiwi methane venture gets $13.5m boost

Kiwi methane venture gets $13.5m boost

Farmers WeeklySep 20, 2024
Lucidome Bio efforts centre on a vaccine for livestock to reduce emissions.
Rapid test for bovine Tb in the works

Rapid test for bovine Tb in the works

Gerald PiddockSep 19, 2024
Otago University researchers aiming to reduce DIY testing time from three days to one hour.
Farmers urged to go electric for savings

Farmers urged to go electric for savings

Federated FarmersSep 18, 2024
By using solar power and diesel-free machinery on his cherry orchard, Mike Casey has reduced the cost of generating power down to about one-fifth of what it would cost from the grid.
Science hitches a ride on bumble bees

Science hitches a ride on bumble bees

Farmers WeeklySep 17, 2024
Queen bumble bees in Tasmania fitted with tiny cameras and transmitters to find out what they bring to crop pollination.
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