By Wendy Chen
Published Dec 22, 2022
1. Promote photosynthesisChlorophyll in crops mainly includes chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, which are important pigments to absorb light energy in photosynthesis. Under the catalysis of glutamine tRNA reductase (GluTR), glutamate generates glutamine tRNA, which is then catalysed by a variety of enzymes and multi-step reactions to generate chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, thereby enhancing the crop's absorption of light energy and improving the efficiency of photosynthesis. 2. Improve crop qualityNitrate in the human body can be reduced to toxic nitrite...
Categories: Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture
Published Dec 21, 2022
SPAA srl is a solid and innovative Italian company operating in the field of plant nutrition. Constantly investing in research and development, especially of natural raw materials, and in innovative processes and product methodologies to make the formulations increasingly effective and with minimal or no environmental impact. The industrial project, started in 2005, arose from the conviction that great resources and potential of the natural world could be used, transformed and returned to nature and man in the form of sustainable technical means to support the agricultural production. SPAA Srl produces biostimulants, basic substances, fertilisers and metabolites produced by fermenting consortia of selected microrganisms to support a sustainable integrated and organic production. The strength of SPAA Srl always has been their products’ quality obtained thanks to their R&D and the capacity to respond to all needs of agriculture because of a great agronomic experience, on all crops, of over 20 years...
Categories: Fertility, Sustainable Agriculture
Published Dec 13, 2022
In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak talks to Roseanne Crave of the 2nd Generation at Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese. She holds the position of Sales & Marketing Manager, and has a hand in many departments at Crave Brothers. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with degrees in Life Sciences Communication and Environmental Studies and is a member of Les Dames Madison Chapter (a women's food and beverage professional organization). Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese is located in Waterloo, WI. Having their own cheese factory and dairy farm where they produce award winning cheeses while producing renewable energy...
Categories: Dairy, Sustainable Agriculture
By Wendy Chen
Published Dec 8, 2022
1. Promote root growthCrop root growth is completed by the continuous division and elongation of root tip. Cytokinin is an important hormone to promote root cell division. Histidine is a catalytic enzyme for cytokinin synthesis, which promotes the synthesis of cytokinin, thus stimulating the division and growth of root tip meristem cells, inducing the growth of adventitious roots, making seedlings root faster, main roots grow, lateral roots increase, and root length and volume increase, It is beneficial to the formation of root morphology. Histidine is a natural metal chelating agent, which can chelate the insoluble medium and trace elements in the soil to form a chelate with good solubility and easy to be absorbed by crops, so as to prevent the elements from being fixed in the soil and plants, enhance the absorption and utilization of nutrients by the root system, and promote the growth of the root system...
Categories: Agribusiness, Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture
Published Nov 29, 2022
In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with the impressive young ag entrepreneur who has co-founded Lasso, Nicole Rojas. Lasso is a software platform that helps cattle farmers decrease their emissions and receive the recognition and real dollars they deserve by doing so. Lasso eases data management, recommends on-farm carbon reduction practices, automates verification and matches farms with funding. Nicole Rojas has experience across engineering, management consulting and international entrepreneurship. Prior to receiving her MBA from Stanford University, Nicole studied chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and worked at BCG in its Chicago office, where she helped kickstart BCG’s Center for Climate Action and launched the Chicago office’s first green team...
Categories: Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture
Published Nov 28, 2022
There’s one thing time, soil, and money all seem to have in common…they’re all disappearing faster than we’d like them to. As farmers, we need soil to make money and we need time to improve soil, but unfortunately money can’t buy us back any of our lost soil or time. So we’ve got to be diligent about choosing the right path forward to slow the disappearance of all three. We sat down with Monte Bottens, northwest Illinois farmer and Founder/CEO of Ag Solutions Network to have a conversation about 2022 harvest and his diligence with prioritizing soil health on their farm. “It's all connected,” he said, “the crop’s health, our livestock health, and our health...
Categories: Farm Management, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture
By Wendy Chen
Published Nov 24, 2022
How do amino acids affect fruit expansion?1. Amino acids promote cell division and increase the number. Serine participates in cell tissue differentiation and increases the number of cells. At the same time, serine and indole can synthesize tryptophan. Tryptophan is the precursor of plant auxin, which can promote the synthesis of plant auxin and promote the growth of differentiated cells...
Categories: Agribusiness, Farm Management, Sustainable Agriculture
By Wendy Chen
Published Oct 24, 2022
1. Anti-frost Dehydration of crop cells is the main damage caused by freezing injury. High content of glycine can make proteins highly flexible and mobile, promote the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds, and make protein molecules have an irregular curly configuration. High hydrophilicity can capture water molecules into cells, and protect cell structures from freezing and severe dehydration; At the same time, glycine and threonine remained soluble in cells, which improved the ability of crops to endure secondary dehydration stress during freezing; In addition, proline, serine, threonine, alanine and arginine are components of low temperature induced proteins, which provide a material basis for the synthesis of low temperature induced proteins and improve the cold resistance of crops2. Anti-drought Amino acids can alleviate drought stress on crops...
Categories: Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture
Updated Oct 18, 2022
This week Chrissy Wozniak speaks with Peter Golbitz, founder of Agromeris and advisor at Unconventional Ag. He joins us to share details about the upcoming Unconventional Ag Conference, an event that showcases regenerative, organic, and sustainable agriculture methods. Peter Golbitz has over 30 years of direct experience in the food and agricultural industry covering the production and processing of raw materials into value-added food, industrial ingredients and consumer packaged goods, as well as their marketing and distribution. Unconventional Ag will be taking place in Minneapolis from Nov. 29-30, 2022...
Categories: Sustainable Agriculture
