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The discovery of wild wheat by Aaron Aaronsohn in the north of Israel in 1906 caused a sensation in the botanical world. Aaronsohn thought that he had found the "mother" of all kinds of wheat, but triticum dicocoides, which he discovered growing wild, is probably the original strain that yielded...

Field crop growers always wait for rain to germinate the seeds and water the plants in their crops, but when the rain come in high intensities or in excessive amounts it can wash away the fertilizers that the grower spread in the field. This can result in decreased crop yields and lower revenues...

(Daniela Usaquén, Isi Kela, Motti Levin, Claudia Coronado, Andrés Noreña, William Pachón and César Cala). At the end of June, the Haifa Group CEO, Motti Levin, was visiting the Hortitec fair in Brazil and several of its teams, distributors and allies in Latin America. We took advantage of this...

The world understands one of the great challenges ahead remains the need to dramatically increase food crop production to sustain our future global populations. In agriculture, this is not only driving the use of new methods and inputs to help grow crop yields, but also strategies to reduce...

One of the benefits of foliar feeding is growth boosting at specific times during the crop growing cycle. When given at a precise timing the foliar nutrition lead to growth and yield improvement. Certain phases of plant development are highly important in determining the final yield. A foliar...

Although Zinc in considered to be a Microelement, its role is crucial in plants and has very important impact on humans as well. 1.Zinc deficiency effects both plant yield and human health. With more than 9 billion people expected to populate earth by 2050, zinc deficiency in plants is...

Last month Haifa South Africa participated at the Urban Agri Summit 2017. As an expert agronomist I shared the audience with my knowledge on CRF Controlled release fertilizer (CRF) is the fertilizer of choice for the future, especially for, but not limited to, open field crops. Haifa, the...

The Balkan area in Southeast Europe not only offers a breathtaking view, it also has a long history of agriculture. Dated far as 5,000 BC, Bulgaria had a sophisticated civilization that enjoyed the advantages of the rich soil and natural resources for agriculture. Many things have...

It was only last year that the idea of Haifa SouthEast Europe to implememt the Controll Release Urea in the vast market of field crops (corn, sunflower, wheat e.t.c.) became reality and it was Bulgaria as the starting point of this initiative. 1st impression the cost is too high and afterwards...

Wheat growers discovered the benefits of Haifa's coated Urea: less labor, less leaching and a peace of mind – even when heavy rains fall I recently joined Yishai Wachsmann, one of Haifa Israel agronomists, to visit wheat growers who used Multicote™ Agri Coated Urea for the first time....