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Crops
Diversity of Agricultural Crops
Welcome to our in-depth guides to crop diversity. Here you will find comprehensive information about growing, caring for and harvesting various plants. Check out our tips to make your farming prosperous.
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Citrus
The demand for citrus fruits, with lemons in the lead, continues to increase.
The production of some types of citrus fruit, including in the main producer countries, is unable to satisfy even internal demand.
The use of citrus fruits continues to grow steadily in the processing industry too.
These factors combined require an increase in production.
This increase in production is achieved through a modernisation of the cultivation methods, the mechanisation of activities, the increase of plants per hectare, but mainly through an increase in the quantity and quality of the plant yield.
To increase production and at the same time to improve the quality of the crop.
This is the main challenge that all citrus growers must accept: the ease of sale and the profitability of the plants depend on this.
Tangerines, clementines, oranges, lemons and more: the whole citrus fruit segment today is driven by the demand of the final consumer and by the needs of both the large-scale retail trade and the processing industry.
The former demand products of high calibre, good-looking and good tasting. The latter require uniformity of size and a long shelf-life. Farmers must find answers to these demands.
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Hazelnut
The growing demand for hazelnut on the part of the food processing industry is inducing increasing numbers of farmers to produce it. The great variations in the offer and the quality of hazelnuts have the effect of making the price of the product extremely volatile. It is therefore of fundamental importance to stabilize production and guarantee regular supply of a quality product. The use of drip irrigation systems represents the best tool for achieving these aims, as it efficiently manages the farm’s resources, i.e. water, energy, fertilizer and labour. In the new systems, drip irrigation results in a significantly early entry into production, giving the grower not only interesting results but also a rapid recovery of the investment expenditure. Thus, in modern hazelnut cultivation drip irrigation is a production tool of special importance which can and must be used not only to eliminate the risks linked to unfavorable seasonality but also and especially for controlling production and improving quality.
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Olive
Drip irrigation is a useful tool in olive growing to optimize production, cut costs and improve quality.
The advantages drip irrigation can bring depend a lot on the soil, cultivation and climatic conditions. In more arid climates or during particularly dry seasons, adopting a drip irrigation system ensures sizeable production and allows growing high quality olives.
In modern olive growing, drip irrigation is a particularly important production element which can and should be used not only to eliminate the risks connected with unfavorable seasonality, but also and especially to control production improving its quality.
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Grape
The evolution of wine growing has seen the establishment of new cultivation techniques essentially represented by the introduction of new international varieties (often more sensitive to drought), the use of new rootstocks (with more superficial development of the root system) and installation of closer planting layouts.
Furthermore, among the main effects of climate change, year after year, we are seeing an increase in summer temperatures and the concentration of precipitations at particular times of year.
Both of these evolutions have led to an increase in competition between plants for access to the increasingly “scarce” water resource.
Therefore, in modern wine growing, drip irrigation represents a particularly important production element which can be used not only to eliminate the risks connected with the unfavorable effects of the seasons, but above all to control production by improving its quality.
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Corn
Demand for corn is growing strongly for both human and animal food use and biomass production. The price of corn (continually on the rise) and the possibility of making good profits are attracting ever more farmers to produce this crop.
It is therefore of fundamental importance to maximize the harvesting quality and yield at the same time efficiently managing the farm's resources, such as water, energy, fertilizer and labour.
In addition, climate change and the relative rise in temperatures makes it increasingly important to protect crops against drought or sudden heatwaves. Drip irrigation allows safeguarding your crop, enhancing the quality and yield with the least possible environmental impact, and assuring the profit of your farm.
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Cotton
Proper crop water relations are essential in optimizing cotton growth, development and yield.
Drip irrigation allows scheduling and delivering irrigation water to meet the demand of the crop on a daily basis. This allows to optimize plant growth while avoiding water stress that could negatively affect the yield.
When compared to traditional methods of cotton irrigation, such as flood or furrow, drip irrigation can enhance water-use efficiency thus proving significant savings for the farm and above all for the environment.
Therefore drip irrigation represents an important production element not only to maximize the yield but also to efficiently manage the farm’s resources, such as water, energy, fertilizer and labour thus assuring the profit of the farm.
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Onion
The commercial needs of large retailers increasingly require healthy onions, with a good and uniform size. These objectives can be easily achieved through the use of a drip irrigation system.
Although onion cultivation can be widely adapted to different environmental conditions, meeting water needs is an essential production factor both in terms of quantity and quality. In short, low water availability leads to lower production; on the contrary, an excess of water constitutes a waste of resources, favours a greater susceptibility to parasitic attacks and reduces the shelf life of the bulb.
Drip irrigation is therefore fundamentally important both for spring crops, to counter dry periods and ensure the development of a good size, and for autumn sowing crops, whose germination cannot otherwise be guaranteed.
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Strawberry
The good commercial trend of strawberries continues to attract investments.
Strawberry cultivation is able to guarantee high revenues per cultivated area but at the same time it is a very "sensitive" crop, for which it is better to adopt the most innovative agronomic practices.
The current cultivation techniques allow the strawberry to be successfully grown in open field, protected environment or hydroponic and in many different climatic conditions.
The various growing techniques and the different varieties allow the production to be extended throughout the entire course of the year. Despite this wide adaptability, only the right irrigation management will ensure excellent results both in terms of quantity and quality.
The adoption of a drip system and the right scheduling of the irrigations are fundamental to achieve high productions with good aesthetic and organoleptic qualities.
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Alfalfa
Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops grown for hay in the world today, because with ample water, it has the ability to produce high yields of very good quality feed that is high in protein. It is well adapted to a wide range of soils, is relatively drought-tolerant, but also responds well to irrigation. Alfalfa is a high water use crop requiring about 4 to 6 inches of water for each ton (11 to 17 cm per tone) of dry hay produced. If the water is available, alfalfa will use more water than most other crops because of its long growing season. In many alfalfa growing areas, water is the most limiting factor.
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Cotton (Pivot)
The correct amount of water on your cotton crop is essential for producing high yields. Zimmatic® irrigation systems bring a cost-effective solution, alleviating risk when the weather isn’t cooperating. They also give you more flexibility when it comes to planting, because your timeline is not as affected by nature. Proper irrigation management minimizes yield loss due to crop water stress, optimizes yield per unit of water applied and promotes good management practices. The result is a greater return on investment.
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