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Thinking with Time Machine - A mod built atop Portal 2, which adds in the ability for the player to create a brief recording of their actions and then interact with that recording on its playback, including the use of portals. [27] Titan: XCIX - A science fiction themed modification set aboard a star ship. The mod won ModDB 2011 Mod of the Year ...
As of 2013, 34 field trials of GM wheat have taken place in Europe and 419 have taken place in the US. [10] Modifications tested include those to create resistance to herbicides, create resistance to insects [11] [12] [13] and to fungal pathogens (especially fusarium) and viruses, [14] [15] tolerance to drought and resistance to salinity [16] and heat, [17] increased [18] [19] and decreased ...
Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming.Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery, farming methods, genetic engineering technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, patent protection of genetic information, and global trade.
The island's favorable climate and its location near its leading market, Western Europe, however, meant that farming remains an important and stable part of the overall economy. [1] Government irrigation projects, subsidies, and tax policies encouraged farming's existence, as did research in new crops and new varieties of ones already in ...
Tillage farming, the soil preparation for planting and cultivating the earth after planting, is another important sector in Ireland's agriculture. [15] Ireland mainly takes part in the production of mono-crops such as wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes. Furthermore, potatoes remain a significant item in the Irish diet.
The initial release for Farming Simulator 2013 was on October 26, 2012. [2] A version was released for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in 2013, known as Farming Simulator. [4] Almost a year after its PC release, it received a large update and re-release under the title Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition, on
The most popular HYVs can be found among wheat, corn, soybean, rice, potato, and cotton. They are heavily used in commercial and plantation farms. The Green Revolution in the late 1960s (or generally, in the second half of the 20th century) [ 1 ] introduced farmers to cultivation of food crops using HYV seeds, although their ancestral roots may ...
The largest crops by planted area are barley (55,500 ha), wheat (45,000 ha), maize (16,700 ha) and oats (2,100 ha). [52] The majority of wheat, barley and oats is grown in the South Island, namely the Canterbury, Southland and Otago regions. Canterbury alone grows approximately 80-90% of the country's wheat, 68% of its barley and 60% of its oats.