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Record keeping is a topic few producers care to discuss or do. However, it is becoming a critical task in production agriculture. Currently, government agencies, lenders, and insurance companies are requiring better and more accurate records. Not only farm stock, acreage, income and expenses, but also weather records are becoming increasingly necessary because they payContinue reading “Importance of Record Keeping in Agriculture”

Composting is very important part of zero chemical organic farming. Of late other individuals who do use chemicals practice the measure of adding organic matter back into the soil as decomposed, nutrient rejuvenated new soil has undeniable benefits which you just cant argue with! Compost is simply decayed organic matter — and “organic matter” isContinue reading “Why consider composting & vermicomposting”

Most of food losses occur at the post harvest level. One of the main contributors of post harvest losses faced in Trinidad and Tobago is chilling injury. Chilling injury is what happens to some commodities of tropical origin held at the wrong storage or transit temperature, but a temperature above 32°F (0°C). Generally these areContinue reading “Chilling Injury”

The evolution of the pandemic during the coming days and weeks will be crucial, and its impact on the economy or the agricultural sector will very much depend on the time needed to stop the spread of the deadly virus. Assessing the impact on the agricultural sector is therefore premature, speculative at this stage andContinue reading “Covid-19 Impacts on Agriculture”

The giant African snail is a highly invasive pest and is considered globally as one of the top 100 pest species with the greatest invasion potential. In October 2008 this pest was discovered in an area of my home country called Diego Martin in Trinidad and Tobago and by November 2017 it was reported toContinue reading “Simple Measures That Aided In Controlling The Giant African Snail”

Today I had a good laboratory session. The Laboratory’s goal was to achieve consistency of cohesion on what activities were done by each assistant on a daily basis. Record keeping is very important in a laboratory being that it is an essential practice for ensuring accuracy and consistency. I think documentation is the reflection ofContinue reading “Laboratory Improvements”