June 04, 2019 The Hindu The women sangams (groups) of the Deccan Development Society have bagged the United Nation’s Equator Prize for 2019. They have been selected for standing as ‘an outstanding example of a local, nature-based solution to climate change and...
05/06/2019 France 24 Ferenc Kardos planted 300 hectares of sorghum instead of corn this year. From the fertile Hungarian plain where he lives all the way to southeastern France, the hot weather cereal is taking root in Europe. “With corn, we suffered losses...
06.04.2019 world grain PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — After dropping to a record-low 29,000 planted hectares in 2017-18, the area planted with sorghum in South Africa rebounded in 2018-19 to 50,500 hectares, according to a June 3 Global Agricultural Information Network...
Jun 03, 2019 American Agriculturist Sorghum can produce a much lower-cost forage for dry cows and heifers. With some corn varieties topping $350 a bag, or $140 an acre, BMR sorghum at 10 pounds of seed per acre is only about $20 an acre, a savings of $120 an acre...
3-Jun-2019 EurekAlert ITHACA, N.Y. – Climate change-induced heat stress will play a larger role than drought stress in reducing the yields of several major U.S. crops later this century, according to Cornell University researchers who weighed in on a high-stakes...
