Crop yield

Mulvihill Premium Yield Announces Year End Results

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

TORONTO, March 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mulvihill Premium Yield Fund (the Fund) announces results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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  • TORONTO, March 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mulvihill Premium Yield Fund (the Fund) announces results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.
  • Distributions paid to Class I units, Class F units, and Class A units were of $0.50 per Class I unit, $0.50 per Class F unit and $0.50 per Class A unit during the year.
  • The Fund seeks to achieve a 5 percent yield, with additional capital growth potential beyond such yield target.
  • The Class F and Class A units are available on Fundserv under the codes MCM103 and MCM101 respectively.

Nordetect Closes $1.5M Seed Investment Round to Bring Lab-on-a-Chip Technology to Indoor and Vertical Farms

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Monday, March 15, 2021

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nordetect , the Danish agritech startup building portable agricultural testing solutions, announced today a seed investment of $1.5 million.

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  • COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nordetect , the Danish agritech startup building portable agricultural testing solutions, announced today a seed investment of $1.5 million.
  • Early-stage technology investor Luminate NY led the investment round with new participation from Rockstart , SOSV (HAX), PreSeed Ventures and Vkstfonden (The Danish Growth Fund).
  • Founded in 2016 in Copenhagen, Nordetect helps farmers, agronomists and indoor growers optimize the use of chemistries for a sustainable green revolution.
  • Vertical farms and other high tech indoor farms use this data to increase their yield per square foot and supply more locally.

GroGuru and Sentek form a Strategic Partnership in Support of Farmers' Strategic Irrigation Management Needs

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Monday, February 8, 2021

GroGuru InSites uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring farmers and agronomic consultants a simple yet powerful irrigation decision support platform.

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  • GroGuru InSites uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring farmers and agronomic consultants a simple yet powerful irrigation decision support platform.
  • GroGuru InSites helps farmers more efficiently manage irrigation while saving energy, and optimally using labor to make more money by maximizing crop yield.
  • The power of Sentek hardware and telemetry coupled with the GroGuru InSites platform puts tremendous power at a farmer's fingertips."
  • GroGuru is all about strategic irrigation management, helping farmers make more money by increasing crop yield and more efficiently using water in a sustainable way.

Pinduoduo’s AI strawberry competition offers glimpse of “one-click planting”

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Monday, November 2, 2020

The interim data is from the first phase of the competition and does not represent the final tally.

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  • The interim data is from the first phase of the competition and does not represent the final tally.
  • By digitalizing and standardizing the strawberry planting process, it is envisioned that a smart plug-in can be developed so that even novices can grow strawberries like an expert through one-click planting in the future.
  • Pinduoduo organized the competition jointly with the China Agricultural University to gather the top minds in AI and agronomy to develop planting methods to raise productivity and yield.
  • The competition has inspired at least one of the AI teams to seek to commercialize their research.

Barchart Releases October U.S. Production and Yield Forecasts for Corn and Soybeans

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

This represents a decrease in expected yield for corn, relative to the September 2 report, which predicted end of season yield at 178.4 bu/ac.

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  • This represents a decrease in expected yield for corn, relative to the September 2 report, which predicted end of season yield at 178.4 bu/ac.
  • End of season yield for soybeans remains the same at 50.5 bu/ac.
  • cmdty Crop Production and Yield Forecast Indexes provide grain professionals with over 9,000 daily updates for production, yield, and harvested area forecasts for specific counties, all the way up to the national level.
  • In addition to crop production and yield forecasts, subscribers to cmdtyView Pro have access to the latest proprietary data products offered through the cmdty product line.

CAST Releases New Issue Paper on "Agriculture and the Microbiome"

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Monday, August 24, 2020

Crop yields must continue to increase and the gap between plant productivity and consumption must be bridged.

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  • Crop yields must continue to increase and the gap between plant productivity and consumption must be bridged.
  • In the 1800s, farmers could feed 26 people per acreby the 1900s, farmers could feed 265 people per acre.
  • The issue paper, Agriculture and the Microbiome, is available to download for free on CAST's website.
  • Through its network of experts, CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates credible, balanced, science-based information to policymakers, the media, the private sector, and the public.

Protect Pharmaceutical’s Agropharm A Fertilizer Shown To Increase Crop Yields By As Much As 30%

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Monday, August 3, 2020

So far every demonstration of the Companys products on industrial agricultural locations has had a 100% success rate in increasing crop yields and resulted in new orders placed for our products.

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  • So far every demonstration of the Companys products on industrial agricultural locations has had a 100% success rate in increasing crop yields and resulted in new orders placed for our products.
  • This shows a very promising trend in Protect Pharmaceuticals plans to become Europes leading bio-fertilizer provider comments Angela Savcenco, Director of European Operations.
  • Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • Except for historical matters contained herein, statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements.

MJ Holdings To Grow 7,000 Plants For 2020 Summer Harvest

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

This grow is scheduled to be harvested in late June of this year and the expected yield is about 1300 lbs.

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  • This grow is scheduled to be harvested in late June of this year and the expected yield is about 1300 lbs.
  • Our full three-acre summer grow, consisting of up to 8,000 plants, is on schedule to be planted in early July.
  • We expect to commence the fall harvest in October of 2020 and we could see yields approaching 6,000 lbs.
  • MJ Holdings Inc. (OTCPK: MJNE) is a diversified holding company providing services to the regulated cannabis industry.

Agrochemicals Market Procurement Intelligence Report | Limited Supply Pool Will Decrease Buyers’ Bargain Power | SpendEdge

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

With the gradually increasing population, the limited availability of agricultural land is creating an urgent need for a boost in crop yield.

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  • With the gradually increasing population, the limited availability of agricultural land is creating an urgent need for a boost in crop yield.
  • This is increasing the demand for agrochemicals, which are indispensable in enhancing crop yields, thereby driving spend growth in the agrochemicals market.
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  • This strategic partnership will aid buyers to stay immune from marginal price fluctuations in the agrochemicals market.

Amerlux's People-First Solution Boosts Comfort, Productivity

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Amerlux's new AERUS lighting solution which delivers a unique style and look compared to other indirect/direct pendants in the marketplacemaximizes technological advances in electronics and optics to create better work environments that promote productivity and employee health.

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  • Amerlux's new AERUS lighting solution which delivers a unique style and look compared to other indirect/direct pendants in the marketplacemaximizes technological advances in electronics and optics to create better work environments that promote productivity and employee health.
  • Improved lighting design can yield 23% gains in productivity , according to the U.S. Green Building Council.
  • "We just recreated every manic Monday in a better light," said Bill Plageman, Amerlux's VP of Marketing and Product Development.
  • Amerlux's new people-first solution, AERUS, isn't the only type of innovation that the company has produced in 2019.