Mechanization of Xinjiang s cotton sector approaches 90% By MAO WEIHUA in Urumqi and ZHOU HUIYING | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-02 07:03 Share CLOSE Farmers sow cotton in Kashgar s Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in March. [Photo/XINHUA]
A total of 2 million hectares of cotton farmland in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be harvested by machinery rather than by hand, or 106,666 hectares more than last year, according to the region s Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The increase is expected to raise the mechanization rate of cotton production to 88 percent this year, as the region continues to promote mechanization in the whole process of agricultural production, the department said recently.
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The pandemic prompted a ton of people who were stuck at home to explore the world of gardening for the first time, and an upcoming webinar series aims to cultivate even more budding backyard growers.
The University of Nevada, Reno Extension is hosting, via Zoom, an eight-part gardening workshop for beginners called “Grow Your Own, Nevada!”
“You can successfully grow a fair amount of food on your own property or just in any small parcel land,” said Chad Morris, a horticulturist coordinating the program.
Morris says much of the information that will be shared over the course of the eight classes is applicable throughout the Intermountain West due to the region s dry, arid climate and typically alkali soils.
Farmer grows hop-shoots that sell for Rs 1 lakh per kg, pics go viral
The farmer identified as Amresh Singh is the first person to start hop shoots cultivation without using any chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (Image Source: Twitter/@supriyasahuias)
Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:15 PM IST
A farmer from Bihar s Aurangabad district is making heads turn on social media, not by any crazy moves or any offbeat tweet. Social media is abuzz with the young farmer cultivating a unique vegetable named hop shoots that costs about Rs 1 lakh.
Touted as the costliest vegetable ever, the cultivation of hop shoots started on a trial basis and more than 60% of its cultivation has already happened successfully. For this the farmer invested Rs 2.5 lakh to grow hop shoots, a crop that is rarely seen in the Indian market.
Harvest One Cannabis Inc.: Harvest One Announces Closing of $5.75 Million Bought-Deal Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of the Over-Allotment Option
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Harvest One or the
Company ), a uniquely positioned cannabis-infused CPG leader, is pleased to announce the closing of its bought-deal short-form prospectus offering pursuant to which the Company issued 37,096,700 units of the Company (the
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Mackie Research Capital Corporation, as sole bookrunner, and ATB Capital Markets Inc., acted as co-lead underwriters of the Offering.
Pastor Greg Laurie’s Message for Tough Times: ‘Turn Your Panic into Prayer’
Evangelical leader stresses personal relationship with God and compassionate outreach to others who are hurting
Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship has long ministered to the faithful. He has been holding his well-known evangelical events, called Harvest Crusades, for more than 30 years on campuses in California and Hawaii, and he has a strong online presence as well.
Today, especially, when so many Americans are suffering through extremely challenging times as a result of the coronavirus, this dedicated faith leader says we must turn to God above all else and remain focused on our personal relationship with him.