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Kelp – Crop Biostimulant

If you are looking for a natural alternative to provide your crops with an abundance of available nutrients, necessary carbohydrates, vital vitamins and amino acids, then look no further than Kelp. It is a naturally occurring aquatic plant life, which is farmed mainly in the Northern Atlantic Ocean from the coastal areas around Canada. After processing the plant into a dry but still soluble product ready for use either on its own or with other natural products such as Liquid Fish to provide all of the necessary plant food and enzymes to create healthy, vigorous and vital plant growth in your crops.

Kelp has a multitude of applications from providing relief from stress on plants to being utilised as a wetting agent having the ability to stick to the foliar development of most plant types, increasing the availability of other products while at the same time invigorating the overall growth of your crops. Kelp is also a very good amplifier of overall cell growth within the plant and will also enhance the micro organic action within the plant itself, giving a far superior nutrient uptake and increased foliar development.

Kelp, or otherwise known as Ascophyllum nonsum or Norwegian kelp is naturally occurring seaweed type plant located in the Northern Atlantic waters and is known as being the very best of seaweed available on the planet and is readily available for use as a fertilizer or for use in either human or animal nutrition, and has been used in medical or dental circles for well over a century. Kelp also has a long association as a very good source of plant nutrition and can provide many differing nutrients N, P, K,  Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and Iron also including organic acids, amino acids and Polysaccharides (carbohydrate structures) providing a very good nutritional base for all types of plant growth.

Being available as a natural soil conditioner Kelp creates and maintains very good microorganism action, something that modern day farming techniques really do tend to hinder, with the breaking down of the Kelp product actually brings about the cohabitation of nutrients and soil structure creating an extremely vibrant growing base for plants to thrive in.

Being actively available for many types of plant life in gaining and maintaining a solid nutrient base for the entire life of your crops, considering Kelp as a very viable natural alternative to providing active plant growth and stimulating the microbial activity in your soil. Being very diverse in nature these organisms are vital to nutrient recycling in your soil and need the correct base to survive in, adding Kelp to your soil will immensely help towards this end

Kelp is also a great accelerator and when used in composting situations will greatly increase the process of decomposition, although it will not add a lot of bulk to the end product its nutrient adding capability is definitely well worth considering in this alternative.

The product itself is available in either liquid or dry meal formation, and while this dry formation is limited in its applications, the use of the liquid form only heightens the use of fertigation, irrigation, or drip lines and even spray applications can be considered giving the product a very variable use of applications. 

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Fertiliser Company Scotts Miracle-Gro Fined $12.5 Million For Poisoning Wild Birds

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The fertiliser company pled guilty to “illegally applying insecticides to its wild bird food products that are toxic to birds, falsifying pesticide registration documents, distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels and distributing unregistered pesticides” in February 2012.

The insecticides added to Scotts wild bird food products were Actellic 5E and Storcide II, but these were prohibited by the EPA.

Putting this chemical in the food was to keep microbes from eating the food before the birds could.

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Feed 10 Billion People by 2100 – Agriculture Needs You

Interesting to see how the number of babies per woman has been decreasing all over the world even in the 3rd world. 80% of countries now only have about 2 children per woman no matter their income levels. High infant mortality means higher birth rates. We have to plan to feed 10 billion people by 2100 not 16 billion that some people mention. 

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Give $25 to a Poor Farmer for Free

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Kiva.org is a great legitimate program that supports micro-finance.

I have done 2 loans and I can withdraw at a later date if I need the money back.

I would say about 90% of the loans are paid back totally but with micro-finance the risk is spead across multiple projects so your total risk is low.

Give it a go for free at http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/tim1740

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5 MISTAKES YOU OFTEN SEE IN B2B BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Business to business or B2B communication is a kind of transaction between two businesses that is purely based on commerce. This landscape can prove to be a very difficult one to navigate, especially in this growing digital era. With the help of social media it has become easier for any person out there to become an opinion leader that makes the information out there a bit more confusing and conflicting. This ability to make your information or the content stand out can prove to be challenging, more importantly when it comes up to the B2B communication.

Understanding your market is very important in order to maximize the sales. You need to make sure that you have a good identification of your target audience and have a well defined or differentiated message before you start developing the content or the process of communication. To give a boost to your B2B business marketing, it is necessary to take care of the errors or mistakes that people usually make.

 

1.  Treating the social media like other marketing campaigns

It is necessary that you do not follow the same route of one-way communication as this can prove to be one of the biggest mistakes for the marketers. To promote your product in the market especially on the social media it is highly required that you get to be truly engaged with your audience. You’re essentially spamming people if you certainly don’t loop up a bond of communication with them.

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2.  Being the same

Applying the one-size-fit-all technique can prove to pull down your brand name as many companies implement this rule. If we step back and think if a fashion company is the same as a financial firm, the answer will surely be a NO! Treating different companies in the same manner can prove out to be damaging. Be sure to segment while developing online marketing campaigns. The chances of running a successful business campaign can be lowered if there is not a well defined audience. Content that does not stand out from the rest will not yield the promised results.

 

3.  Limiting the target audience

Social media is all about sharing the useful information with the connections which will prove to be your customers. If you do not build loyalty by using the social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube you’re unknowingly drowning the repute of your business as your brand name will certainly start going out of the limelight. Never forget the potential customers and never assume that whoever reads your posts will have a full understanding of whatever services or products that you have to offer. You can bring in potential customers by giving a clear overview of the solutions that you may provide. By neglecting the audience, you will certainly lose potential customers with the inability to convert them into customers with a lead nurturing program.

 

4.  Old is gold

You may think that old is gold but it is not necessary that every proven marketing channel can synchronize with the requirements of your target audience. Relying on the same old contents and channels you will stop getting higher leads. It is important to re-evaluate each of the marketing channel and putting in some clear metrics around them so you get an idea of which channels to use and which ones to be literally turned off.

There may be emergence of new marketing channels; it is good enough to research where the competitors are as they may be going for the same type of people.

 

5.  Impatience

Everything takes time, especially when you’re trying to make any buildup on the social media. They may be quickly disheartened by the lack of response on the social media if the people start diving from fray with gusto. Building up a social media presence and personality will always take time but you need to be patient as the patience can be worth it. When you’re producing social media content it doesn’t mean that you will be able to offer something right now to the followers that already exist. It is more like you are developing a back catalog of material for future followers to pursue.

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