Louis Snyman

  • Arcadia Biosciences and DuPont Pioneer Achieve Milestone in the Development of High-Value Specialty Oil
        06/06/2016   Agri news

    Arcadia Biosciences and DuPont Pioneer recently announced the successful field-trial validation of safflower plants that produce high levels of arachidonic acid (ARA) oil, a high-value, specialty nutritional oil for global consumer markets. The achievement of this key milestone represents a significant step in the collaboration between Arcadia and DuPont Pioneer to develop a new plant-based and cost-effective source of oil with high levels of ARA. ARA is an omega-6 fatty acid that, along with certain omega-3 fatty acids, plays a critical role in neural and visual development of infants. It is one of the most abundant fatty acids in the…

  • AGCO’s Tractor Manufacturing Facility wins France’s Factory of the Year Award 2016
        06/05/2016   Agri news, Farming equipment

      AGCO, was very pleased to announce that its Tractor Manufacturing Facility in Beauvais, France has been presented with the country’s prestigious Factory of the Year 2016 award. The Beauvais site in Picardy, beat ten other shortlisted factories from a wide range of industries in France to win the title. “The award comes in addition to the prize won by the Beauvais site earlier this year as France’s Best Foreign Exporter” The Factory of the Year Awards are organised by “L’Usine Nouvelle”, the leading industrial magazine in France. In selecting the overall Factory of the Year Award winner, the Jury…

  • Our June issue is here!!
        06/03/2016   Magazine news

    Welcome to the June edition of Farmer magazine. For farmers around the globe this time of the year is extremely busy. Here in Western Australia it is a hive of activity as wheat and canola farmers are rushing to finish planting their crops. So far the rainfall in the wheatbelt has been very promising and it is certainly a good start to the season. Looking at tweets coming through on Twitter a lot of farmers in the States are reporting good progress with their planting season. Now onto this month’s issue. We kick things of with an article about the…

  • ASDSO Stresses Safety of Dams and Safety at Dams
        05/31/2016   Agri news

    May 31 is National Dam Safety Awareness Day. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam failed, sending a deadly rush of water and debris into the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Commonly known as the Johnstown Flood, the disaster destroyed much of the city and took the lives of more than 2,200 people. Caused by human error and indifference, it is one of the worst human tragedies experienced in U.S. history. The upcoming anniversary of another landmark, tragic dam failure echoes the need to learn lessons from history. On June 5, 1976, Teton Dam in Idaho broke, inundating over 300…

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