Fertilizers and pesticides

After two dry years out of four, many farmers are seriously considering the future viability of a water hungry crop...

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere, according to a news release issued by...

As a key input in food production, chemical fertilizers are crucial in reducing hunger and eradicating poverty over the past...

According to a news release issued by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, a project aimed at developing new tools to predict and...

Due to the current scarcity of fertilizers, the 'red areas' and the increasing production costs, efficient nitrogen fertilization is becoming...

A new industry-led report suggests Canada’s farmers can likely only achieve half of the federal government’s targeted 30 per cent...

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...

The raw material for the product will be liquid calcium nitrate, which is produced in the production of complex NPK...

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...

The Uzbek JSC "Uzkimyosanoat" plans to increase the production capacity of phosphate fertilizers three times. Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Chairman of the...

In July of this year, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Chuvash Republic and the Ulyanovsk Region, as part...

The answer is simple: the potato root system is too weak at the start to reach the scattered soil granules,...

Kazakhstan needs to engage in its own production of phosphate and potash fertilizers. This will reduce their imports from abroad,...

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...

Azerbaijani farmers today have the opportunity to purchase nitrogen fertilizer at a price three times lower than the market price,...

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,...