Crop rotation

more energy than gasoline, it also delivers better fuel economy. The last fuel that I investigated was Ethanol, which was fuel that i thought was most suitable for the car manufacturing plant. Ethanol is a fuel that has been made from plants and crops which are known as biofuels. Of these, the most commonly extracted and used one is Ethanol and Biodiesel. Ethanol, along with other alcohols are all flammable. Biofuels are produced from wheat, corn and sugarcane which can be produced on demand,…

The benefits and risks of the scientific method of genetically modifying crop species Since the emergence of agriculture over 10,000 years ago, humans have been altering the genomes of the crops they produce in order to increase the crop quality in many ways, with fruit size and palatability being two obvious examples. Whether this occurred incidentally through the techniques used to cultivate the plants or intentionally through artificial selection, humans have created strains of domesticated…

For this assignment I interviewed Todd Metevia the Head grower at Timbuk Farms in Granville, Ohio. Timbuk Farms is a retail and wholesale grower and distributor. The crop I decided to question about was Coleus. They produce plugs of Coleus that are then sold wholesale to other nurseries. Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides) is a commonly grown ornamental plant due to its attractive foliage. Coleus is native to subtropical and tropical areas of Asia and Australia. Although not grown for flowers…

MacFarlane AG 198 7 October, 2015 Midterm 1. Alternative crops are crucial to changing the unhealthy dieting habits of modern culture as the reliance on calorie rich crops rise. The world is shifting its agricultural focus to crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans while crops like sweet potato, cassava and yam are declining in numbers (Parker, 2014). With such a limited number of crops being relied on to provide most dietary nutrition, those crops have to be specifically bred and genetically…

nitrogen, and controlling weeds, diseases, and pests through crop rotation, natural predators and biodiversity (Araujo & Melo, 2010, p. 2420). Several management skills are present in organic farming which reduce erosion such as contour farming, terracing, and shelter-belts; thus allowing crop production on areas such as hillsides, mountainous regions and windy planes. Other methods help soil fertility and crop protection such as crop rotation, intercropping or planting diverse plants together,…

never tried before. Back then, [kee-nwa] was just an unknown grain found only in some whole-food specialty stores, but it has now risen to stardom as one of those superfoods that anyone who says they know anything about health puts into their regular rotation of meals. Today, quinoa is very trendy and is talked about like anything else in mainstream culture. Just like music trends start with local bands and then make it to the national radio, quinoa went from being an underground “foodie”…

Comparative analysis of oil seed crop The comparative analysis from the LCA of sunflower, soybean, and canola per impact category are shown in Table 2. According to the results reported in the table 2, soybean was the oil seed with the the best environmental profile regardless the impact category. In contrast, sunflower was the oil seed crop with worst environmental results in almost all the categories. Environmental results were same pattern for the three crops, but sunflower has a higher…

a population of approximately 1.3 billion, is no exception. Although its’ landscape is varied with fertile plains and valleys, rugged mountains, seacoasts, and deserts, China has only 8% of the world’s arable land, land that is usable for growing crops (IFAD). This makes most of China agriculturally unproductive (Hays). The land that is usable is concentrated mostly in the river valleys along the southern and eastern coasts which limits China’s ability to provide safe nutritious…

because it was more lucrative, in the end, to just invest in more slaves. Later, this same unenthusiastic behabior was reflected withn faced with insdustrialization. In the long run, this limited agrarian and industrial reform by hindering the maximum crop output. Because slaves were not properly trained to used the limited supply of tools, some slaves were not able to produce to their full capacity. The last and most logical reasoning behind the lack of efficiency of slave labor is the fact…

In-sec-ti-cide: noun; “a substance for killing insects.” Used by farmers to protect crops and also by households to keep yards bug free… Soon to be taken out of hand. Bi-o-cide: noun; “the destruction of life.” Birds losing their song. Innocent animals dying. Others almost going extinct. How is it that our means of killing “pests”, has started killing us? Rachel Carson wrote “The Obligation to Endure”, a chapter in her book Silent Spring to emphasize how important it is for the public to be…