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Agriculture: Know the Past and the Future

Agriculture has been the most integral means of livelihood since the beginning of time. This involves not only the cultivation of plants and vegetation but also animal farming. Crops has been and still is the man's main food source. Its vast history can be traced back to thousand of years ago, surpassing various eras and numerous climate changes. Primeval Origins and Middle Ages Agriculture has long been depicted in ancient cave drawings and has appeared in countless manuscripts. The earliest of civilizations started near rivers because of the water it supplies and the nutrients it supplies the land. Egypt and India were believed to possess the most fertile of lands fit for sowing, no wonder it was named the Cradle of Civilization. By the 7000 BC, agriculture reached Egypt. This paved waves for ancient Sumerians to developed agricultural techniques such as irrigation and land cultivation in order to increase production. Even the Greeks have a figure for it, Demeter, as the great O...

Business Card for Agriculture

Increase your Visibility with Powerful and Effective Marketing Tools If you are a company within the farming sector, chances are you are finding it difficult to get by in this time of economic turmoil. People are constantly looking for the best available deal and ways to save money. Every week the news is full of stories of yet more companies that have had to call in the receivers. Times are tough for most sectors and finding and keeping new customers is essential for you to survive these choppy waters. One of the first things to do is to think about the creation of a business card for agriculture to give potential customers vital information about what your company is about. This business card for agriculture can help customers quickly establish what it is that you do within this area of industry. Up the Stakes and Give Your Farm Maximum Visibility Not all is lost; there are things you can do to give exposure to your farm. With inspirational marketing, you can help your company gain ...

Is the Department of Agriculture Putting Out False Data and Making Back Door Deals?

Having our government put out economic data helps us plan, helps us prevent future challenges, and make sense of the massive flows of our society and civilization. It is something that is a godsend to industry and citizens. However, if the data cannot be trusted, and if it is used by unscrupulous folks for market manipulation, politics, or taking advantage of the situation then all that economic data collected and disseminated turns out to be a net-negative. Okay so, let's talk. As the Founder of a Think Tank, we follow all the data, very closely actually, in many industries and sub-sectors of our economy. I can remember sitting down with a lady from the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC not long ago, at a Starbucks in a California resort city and discussing unbalanced trade with China and some of the challenges we faced, specifically we discussed soybeans. In the end we didn't agree on much, and in her arrogance she said; "it's really complicated." I se...

Increased Production Leverage With Agriculture Machinery for Your Farm

Agriculture machinery is a term used to refer to all equipments, tools and machines that are used to aide production on the farm. It is amazing that in the whole of the United States, a mere 2% of the total population is able to feed the rest of the 98% population! This has been so because of the agricultural machinery in place. The technological advancement in the manufacture of the machinery is on the upward trend. Tractors have had major advancements; computer monitoring systems, GPS locators, and self-steer programs. It is possible that in the near future, little human intervention will be needed to work on the firm given advancements such as nanotechnology and genetic engineering where submicroscopic devices and biological processes respectively are being used to perform tasks on the farm. These are tools which have made it possible for almost accurate precision in carrying out functions thus optimum efficiency is achieved on the farm. Less fuel and fertilizer among other inputs ...

Watermelons - Hales Farms

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How to String and Sucker Tomato Plants

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Step by step instructions about how to string and sucker indeterminate variety tomato plants.

Extreme Farming Machinery

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Agriculture forms the foundation of life

Agriculture plays vital role in human being�s life. Food is the basic requirement of human body to survive. Agriculture is the main source through which food is produced and made available to the citizens of a country. Not only it provides food, but acts like an occupation too. Large part of economy depends on the agriculture. Developed countries like USA grow large amount of food as major part of agricultural produce because it is also exported to other countries. As food is the basic need of every country, exporting and importing in agriculture fulfills the food requirements of the people at different places as well as influences the economies of the countries, thus forming the foundation of life

Growing Citrus Fruits : How to Graft Orange Trees

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Grafting is done to orange trees so that the trees reproduce, and this procedure is done by using a bud graft. Learn how to fuse a bud into a seedling when grafting oranges with help from the owner of a plant nursery in this free video on citrus fruits and gardening. Expert: Richard Skinner

How to String and Sucker Tomato Plants

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Step by step instructions about how to string and sucker indeterminate variety tomato plants.

Farming and Agriculture

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