Hi, NewsWrap for July 10, 2022

10-July-2022: Escorts Kubota News, NTPC RE Ltd, Natural Farming Conclave

10 July 2022

  • Escorts Kubota to Increase Tractor Prices From Today onwards

    Escorts Kubota announced that from today onwards, the prices of its tractors would increase. The company claimed that a price increase was necessary to partially offset the rise in input costs caused by ongoing inflation as a result of a constant rise in commodity prices. According to the statement, price increases will differ between models and variants. The Escorts Group is an Indian engineering company that deals with agri-machinery, construction and material handling equipment, and railway equipment.

  • John Deere Launches Africa’s Largest Capacity Combine

    John Deere X9 Series Combine is currently the largest grain handling Combine Harvester on the African Continent. Specifically designed for high yields and high moisture crops under challenging conditions. With its ultimate cab design to ensure operator comfort, customers will like to stay longer behind the wheel. This machine will allow its operator to move quickly and harvest at a fast pace. X9 also has high-capacity feeding, which amounts to a 1,720 mm wide feeder house for high throughput, resulting in 23% wider and 45% more volume than a narrow body.

  • AgroFresh expands produce freshness solutions in California

    AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. a global agtech innovator that provides produce freshness solutions, and digital technologies that enhance the quality and extend the shelf life of fresh produce, announced the expansion of its SmartFresh™ Inbox in California with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's (CDPR) approval for a range of new crops. SmartFresh InBox offers powerful protection in a small, portable sachet, expanding the availability of SmartFresh technology for growers, packers and retailers who either don't have an airtight room or require a more convenient option.

  • NTPC RE Ltd Signs MoU with GACL

    NTPC RE Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) to realise green energy and green hydrogen objectives, as well as the Government of India's efforts toward a carbon-neutral economy. Harshad R Patel, Managing Director of GACL, and Mohit Bhargava, Chief Executive Officer of NTPC REL signed the MoU. The MoU envisions collaborating in the fields of Renewable Energy, Green Methanol, and Green Ammonia, as well as mutually exploring opportunities for the supply of 100 MW RE-RTC (Round The Clock) power and the production of 75 TPD Green Methanol and 35 TPD Green Ammonia for captive use by GACL at its Vadodara and Dahej complexes in Gujarat.

  • Sabka Prayaas' base for India's development: PM Modi

    Addressing the conclave through video conference, the Prime Minister said on the occasion of 75 years of independence, the country has started working towards various goals that will become the base for big changes in the time to come. "In the amrit kaal, the sense of 'Sabka Prayaas' is the base for the speed of the country's development, which is guiding our journey of development. "In the time to come, with your efforts and your experience, farmers across the country will learn and understand a lot. PM Modi said ‘The natural farming model that will emerge out of Surat can become a model for entire India, and "India has been an agriculture-based country by nature and culture. Our life, health and our society are the basis of our agriculture system. Therefore, as our farmer progresses, as our agriculture progresses and prospers, so our country will progress."

  • Haryana Agri Department Adds Poplar & Eucalyptus to Alternative Crops to Conserve Water

    To decrease the area under paddy crop in the state, the Agriculture Department has now included basmati paddy within the ambit of ‘Mera Pani Meri Virasat’ scheme and also included poplar and eucalyptus trees in the list of alternative crops for diversification. The spokesperson of the Ambala unit of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni), Rajiv Sharma, said: “The objective of the scheme is to save groundwater. At the same time, the government should provide an alternative crop having yield at par with paddy so that there is no financial loss to farmers. The trees will take around four years to mature.”

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