Сrop protection

The Red River Valley potato crop has overcome getting into the ground later than optimal to looking like one of...

Europe’s blisteringly hot summer is forecast to result in the smallest potato crop in years, threatening further price rises for...

As North American potato growers are working to maximize their yield potential for the 2022 harvest, it’s also time to...

Retail sales and home consumption have plateaued again in Ireland due to soaring temperatures and peak holidays period, according to...

Potato farmers in Þykkvabær, Iceland’s spud capital, are optimistic about this year’s harvest. This is despite the presence of potato...

Temperatures in the South West region of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reached 40 degrees Celsius last week, putting...

Phytophthora control is not getting any easier. The fungus can spread faster and faster, while the options for growers to...

Are you using the right fungicides to protect for the potato diseases you are attempting to control? Understanding how fungicides work can...

Improving the reliability of trap cropping to help farmers overcome potato cyst nematode (PCN) pressure, is being investigated as part...

Featured image: Rosé Walla Walla Sweets, photo courtesy of Michael Locati with Locati Farms and Pacific Agra Farms MARKETWalla Walla:Michael...

Project seeks to stimulate PCN to hatch outside of potato planting times IMPROVING the reliability of trap cropping to help...

Several video clips showing many areas across China where potatoes and other crops are “grown” on cement floors or even...

Colorado potato beetle (CPB) populations have an amazing ability to develop resistance to insecticides — including many of the carbamate,...

A team of researchers in Manitoba have found success using mustard biofumigation to rid fields of Verticillium wilt. Editor’s note:...

Farmers throughout southern and eastern Idaho were befuddled by the bizarre symptoms of crop damage that surfaced in their potato...

Uzbekistan’s forecasted potato crop volume in 2022 is pegged at 4.1m tons, which is 26% or 850.000 tons more than...

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super...

We are actively joining farmers in the real fight against the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB), bringing the most effective tool for preventing...

The importance of studying 3. Farm management & crop production techniques Guta practices crop rotation by renting land from others....

New advice for in-furrow application of Amistar during potato planting will achieve a more complete zone of protection around the...

Using these fumigants to control soil-borne diseases had positive effects on the crop beyond disease control. Total and marketable yield...

MAINE'S latest potato crop in the USA was so big that railroads were being used for the first time in...

Herbicides are an important weed management tool for agriculture. The use of herbicides in multiple crops makes it necessary to...

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does...

The US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s chip potato industry absorbs annually almost 83,000 tons of primarily white spuds, locally produced. To...