Agribusiness Worldwide articles from September 1989

Agribusiness Worldwide archives from September 1989

Weaker shrimp prices necessitate keen management and innovative marketing. (editorial)
September 1, 1989... Weaker shrimp prices necessitate keen management and innovative marketing Shrimp farming has been a boom industry of the 1980's. Buoyant prices and the seemingly insatiable consumer demand in the industrialized countries encouraged...

Saudi Fisheries brings fishing sector new life. (Agribusiness Profile) (company profile)
September 1, 1989... SAUDI FISHERIES BRINGS FISHING SECTOR NEW LIFE Dr. Nasser Othman Al Saleh, general manager of Saudi Fisheries, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, returned from a June board of directors meeting in Riyadh in a jubilant mood. The board had approved the...

Producing vegetables in greenhouses. (Crops)
September 1, 1989... PRODUCING VEGETABLES IN GREENHOUSES A greenhouse in its simplest form consists of a walk-in structure covered by a skin composed of either glass or plastic film. A future article will consider the greenhouse environment. The focus here will...

Heavy and light duty track-type tractors. (Crops)
September 1, 1989... HEAVY AND LIGHT DUTY TRACK-TYPE TRACTORS The Agribusiness Worldwide survey of tractors continues in this issue with a look at the track-type tractors manufactured by Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A., and Massey-Ferguson,...

Algerian wheat project success. (Crops)
September 1, 1989... ALGERIAN WHEAT PROJECT SUCCESS The Sahara Desert does not breed ideal farming conditions. Summer temperatures reach as high as 57[degrees]C. Rainfall totals a meager 40 mm annually. And winds of up to 120 km per hour reshape the sands on a...

Fly control in poultry houses. (Livestock)
September 1, 1989... FLY CONTROL IN POULTRY HOUSES The housefly, Musca domestica, is present during warm weather on most agricultural production facilities involving livestock or poultry. In poultry operations, from experience in Canada, they are rarely...

Calves thrive in pastures feeding test. (Livestock)
September 1, 1989... CALVES THRIVE IN PASTURE FEEDING TEST High-quality pasture may be a costeffective alternative to grain as a supplemental feed for young calves. According to the results of a two-year study conducted by animal scientists at Penn State...

DeKalb includes Chinese swine semen in research. (Livestock)
September 1, 1989... DEKALB INCLUDES CHINESE SWINE SEMEN IN RESEARCH DeKalb Swine Breeders, Inc., DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A., has announced an expansion of its swine genetic research program, using Chinese swine semen just released for importation by the United...

Schering-Plough subsidiaries to adopt common name. (company profile)
September 1, 1989... Schering-Plough subsidiaries to adopt common name Cranford, New Jersey, U.S. - Schering-Plough Animal Health, a division of Schering-Plough Corp., has announced that its 14 international subsidiaries would adopt the same name within a...