Energy transition in Germany: Biogas plant supplies the entire village with electricity and heat

Energy transition in Germany: Biogas plant supplies the entire village with electricity and heat

In the village of Schlöben, Thuringia, inhabitants have made it-they live completely energy self-sufficient, without quarrels and without quarrels. But how did the inhabitants manage this? The MDR documentary “Dorf unter Strom – Das Selbstversorger-Dorf” has investigated this question. The mayor Hans-Peter Perschke from Schlöben is both a dairy farmer and an energy farmer. The manure comes into the biogas...

Turkey Onions: Onion harvest started

Turkey Onions: Onion harvest started

A press release made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey, reads as follows: “There is a need to make a press release regarding onion production (in Turkey) and market supply in our country. According to the last ten-year averages, 2 million and 100 thousand tons of dry onions were produced annually in our country and the production...

Vietnam Strawberry: New strawberry varieties yield over 30 tons/ha

Vietnam Strawberry: New strawberry varieties yield over 30 tons/ha

LAM DONG: New strawberry variety in Vietnam PS8.10 is resistant to powdery mildew and anthracnose and has a yield of over 30 tons/ha. Especially, the ripe fruit is very fragrant, delicious, sweet, and popular in the market. Snow white strawberries cost from 700,000 to 900,000 VND/kg ( from US$29.85/kg) but they are not enough to sell. The Research Center for Potatoes, Vegetables...

Japan’s largest agriculture and livestock exhibition lands in Kyushu for the first time, with 300 companies expected to participate

Japan’s largest agriculture and livestock exhibition lands in Kyushu for the first time, with 300 companies expected to participate

The first Agriculture Week Kyushu will be held for three days starting May 24 in Kumamoto, Japan. Japanese exhibitor RX Japan will host the “1st Agriculture Week Kyushu” at Grand Messe Kumamoto for three days, starting May 24. RX Japan is the largest exhibition organizer in Japan, holding 96 exhibitions in 35 sectors annually. Agriculture Week, which RX Japan has...

Indonesia’s Lampung Province asks regency/municipality governments to only distribute healthy livestock

Indonesia’s Lampung Province asks regency/municipality governments to only distribute healthy livestock

The Lampung Provincial Government has asked district and city governments in the area to only distribute healthy livestock for both shipping and public consumption. “Seeing that recently there have been a lot of livestock diseases, districts and cities are expected to distribute healthy livestock,” said Lampung Province Economic and Development Assistant Kusnardi in Bandarlampung, Tuesday. He said that in order...

Italian Foods and Easter: Traditional DIY Sweets in 42% Homes

Italian Foods and Easter: Traditional DIY Sweets in 42% Homes

In more than four out of 10 families (42%), typical Easter sweets are prepared at home this year, also as a result of the expensive prices triggered by the war in Ukraine. This is what emerges from the Coldiretti/Ixe’ survey on the Easter of Italians on the occasion of the parade of sweets of the Easter tradition at the Mercato...

New Holland launches the new TE6 series of wading tractors for narrow vineyards

New Holland launches the new TE6 series of wading tractors for narrow vineyards

The new TE6.120N and TE6.150N tractors are specifically designed for some of the most prestigious wine regions, adapting to the narrow French vineyards and any terrain with similar characteristics. New Holland introduces the new TE6 series of stilt tractors (TE6.120N and TE6.150N), multi-purpose tractors specifically designed for narrow vineyards that need machines with extreme maneuverability and machines with extreme maneuverability and...

Thailand Fishing: The SEAFDEC Research Team’s  Survey of Mun Dam Watershed in Korat Brings information to develop freshwater fishery

Thailand Fishing: The SEAFDEC Research Team’s Survey of Mun Dam Watershed in Korat Brings information to develop freshwater fishery

News summary: The Seafdec research team surveyed the Mun River at Korat. It will use the information to develop freshwater fisheries. The Seafdec research team went to research the fertility of watershed aquatic animals at Korat. The team is preparing to bring back information with which to make plans to promote freshwater fisheries in the ASEAN region, for the propagation of...

Peruvian authorities maintain forecasts of heavy rains in northern Peru

Peruvian authorities maintain forecasts of heavy rains in northern Peru

Peruvian authorities maintain forecasts of heavy rains in the north of the country. Rainfall forecasts for northern Peru remain above 75 millimeters per day in the regions of Tumbes and Piura, reports the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN). Senamhi does not rule out an increase in botrytis, anthracnose, aphids, mites, among other phytosanitary problems. According to the latest weather report, heavy rains...