Agricomputer aims to modernize farming in Connecticut
In Brooklyn Connecticut Alexander Proudfit unveils the Agricomputer from Sign X Laboratories to predict harvest times for grapes, corn, pears, and tomatoes using degree day data. The system links field sensors to a computer tracking temperature moisture wind and more to guide planting spraying and frost alerts.
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Brooklyn
Conn
Agricomputer
Alexander Proudfit
Proudfit
California
Proudfyt
Sign X Laboratories Inc
Connecticut
Propane blast in Buffalo claims at least six lives
Firefighters searched smoldering ruins after a propane explosion leveled a block in Buffalo. Six dead, 43 injured, including five firefighters and a resident. The blast struck near a bakery supply building and a four story warehouse, damaging 38 homes as debris crushed equipment and sent shock waves miles away. Authorities say the cause remains under investigation.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Michael Angrisano
Clinton Holloman
Erosion PIE Backlash In Farm Payment Survey Sting
The National Association of Conservation Districts reports 24 percent of cropland withdrawn under the payment in kind program in 1983 faces potential excessive erosion this winter. Significant erosion is most likely in the Corn Belt where about one third of PIE acres may erode, with about 15 percent of PIK land eroding in summer.
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Washington
National Association of Conservation Districts
Corn Belt
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