Unlicensed Pest Control and New GPS Technology
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The Georgia Department of Agriculture has received a spike in reports of unlicensed individuals going door-to-door to solicit pest control services.
www.morningagclips.com reports under Georgia law, anyone soliciting or performing pest control services must possess a valid Certified Operator’s License or Registered Employee License issued by the GDA.
Violations may result in fines of up to $10,000.
The GDA strongly advises consumers to only hire licensed pest control companies.
www.morningagclips.com/gda-issues-warning-about-unlicensed-door-to-door-pest-control-sales/
**FreshMiners Company launched a GPS service that enables accurate positioning for agriculture, construction, and drone navigation.
The Dutch Company launched a service for extra-accurate GPS, intended for drone pilots, farmers, and others.
With the new technology, users can correct their GPS positions down to the centimeter.
Real-time correction signals are sent to the user’s GPS via a global network of base stations, essential for applications in agriculture, land surveying, and drone navigation.
**Recent improvements in cattle reproductive technology gives dairy farmers access to a lucrative market.
More dairies are transferring beef cattle embryos to dairy cow surrogates, earning money amid soaring demand for the calves.
During the past decade, breeding a portion of dairy herds with beef genetics has become common, as dairies earn a higher price for crossbred calves.
Invitro fertilization has enabled dairies to sell purebred calves into the beef supply chain.
