Agritech Blog

  The world’s leading irrigation company aims to use 45% of recycled plastic in global dripline production by 2030 Orbia’s precision agriculture business  Netafim , the global leader of sustainable precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects, today announced the opening of Mexico’s largest agricultural plastics recycling facility in Culiacán, with an initial operating capacity of over 3,000 tons of plastic per year. Located in Mexico’s vegetable heartland and designed with full circularity in mind, Netafim’s state-of-the-art facility will receive used driplines from farmers across Mexico. Netafim currently operates a variety of recycling programs including a plant in Fresno, California as well as circularity programs in Australia, Israel, Peru, Chile, and Spain among other countries. By 2030, Netafim aims to have all its driplines contain at least 45% recycled content. “At a time when precision irrigation solutions are needed to combat extreme drought and other we...

AccuRite  – a new product from Tefen Protection of the environment is not a passing trend, but rather a dynamic phenomenon. Part of this development is the introduction of regulations that will require farmers to use pesticides and herbicides in a closed system, which will prevent leakage to the soil and environment and will protect the user by minimizing his contact with hazardous chemicals. This regulation will apply initially in Europe, but given past experience, it will be adopted by many countries around the world, including Israel. BASF and other pesticide manufacturers have joined forces to develop an innovative cap: “ easyconnect ” that incorporates an inner cap that enables the opening and closing of containers without exposing the pesticide to the atmosphere. Containers equipped with an ‘ easyconnect ‘ cap, together with a dedicated device – CTS Coupler, provide an edge-to-edge solution for the direct transfer of materials intended for spraying from the container to the s...