Grain crops in fodder production

Alternative fodder production for vulnerable herders in the West Bank

The 1993 and 1995 Oslo accords resulted in the classification of the West Bank into three zones, referred to as Areas A, B and C. Area A is under Palestinian civil and security authority; Area B is under the Palestinian Authority while security responsibilities are shared by both the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities. Area C which comprises around 60 percent of the West Bank is under Isra...

Alternative fodder production for vulnerable herders in the West Bank

The 1993 and 1995 Oslo accords resulted in the classification of the West Bank into three zones, referred to as Areas A, B and C. Area A is under Palestinian civil and security authority; Area B is under the Palestinian Authority while security responsibilities are shared by both the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities. Area C which comprises around 60 percent of the West Bank is under Isra...

A simple method to estimate harvest index in grain crops

Several methods have been proposed to simulate yield in crop simulation models. In this work, we present a simple method to estimate harvest index (HI) of grain crops based on fractional post-anthesis phase growth ( fG = fraction of biomass accumulation that occurred in the post-anthesis phase). We propose that HI increases in a linear or curvilinear fashion in response to fG. The linear model ...

The Importance of Herbicides for Grain Crops in Canada

Canada ranks sixth in the world in wheat production with 27 million tonnes per year. (Canadian farmers also produce 22 million tonnes of other grain crops such as barley, corn, oats and rye.) Canada is the world’s second largest exporter of wheat with 70% of its production exported annually. The herbicide era began in the 1940s with the introduction of 2,4-D, a phenoxy herbicide that was adopte...

Determination of zinc phosphide residues in corn (Zea mays) grain, fodder, and forage.