Agronomy

The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Center (CMCDC) is looking for ways to reduce the labor involved in removing green potato vines...

Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to...

Due to the present fertilizer shortage and rising production costs, efficient nitrogen fertilization is becoming more and more important. Years...

Members of the Global Culinary Innovators Association (GCIA) learned about potato trends and witnessed a culinary demonstration at the Potatoes...

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started...

Consumer potato growers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France will harvest 7 to 11 percent less potatoes this season....

With the exception of starch potato varieties, at this time of year the crop is in most cases shaped. So...

Recognizing agricultural sustainability is easier than describing it. A fact made more challenging now that we’ve started to use words like...

Growing up, Mike Nemeth was really into science topics, like recycling and even conservation. Oddly enough, he later went to...

Heavy storms (25 to 60mm) have caused some hope in France, Germany, Belgium, and up through Eastern/Central Holland, but agronomists...

Potatoes can suffer from heat stress when temperatures rise. Heat stress severity depends on 1) how hot it gets, 2)...

Fewer potatoes produced in 2021 THE total area of potatoes in Belgium decreased by 7,418 hectares in 2021, according to...

The Lima-based International Potato Center’s (CIP) work to reduce hunger and malnutrition, boost farmer resilience, and catalyze income improvements generated...

An agricultural agreement between Venezuela and Iran provides for Tehran to cultivate one million hectares of land on Venezuelan territory,...

Due to significant rises in input costs, fertilizer, and fuel predominantly, but also because of rainfall lack that’s becoming a...

Based on the results of quarantine phytosanitary monitoring, the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor has abolished quarantine phytosanitary zones for...

Author: Dr. Eugenia Banks, Potato Specialist with the Ontario Potato Board. Article reviewed by Dr. Jiwan Palta.Published here with permission. Dr...

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the J.R. Simplot Company signed a memorandum of agreement on June 28, outlining...

When entomologist Andy Jensen visits with potato growers about insects and diseases that can cause significant damage to their crops,...

According to Limestone Coast potato grower Terry Buckley, his produce can continue to be priced sensibly. This, while the cost...

New collaborative project NATURAL organisms found in soil and their use as novel fungicides is being explored in a new...

North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) analysts recently announced their first estimates for the EU-04 zone potato area in 2022, talking...

AAFC scientist, Dr. Christine Noronha has been named one of seven 2022 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture by Annex Business...

British potato growers should switch to new Syngenta 3D ninety nozzles to ensure more timely blight applications this season – and achieve...

New product introduced into UK AS nitrogen prices continue at high levels and potato growers are looking for new ideas...