Fertilizers and pesticides

With harvest well underway, the Idaho Potato Commission says this year’s crop looks like a winning one, according to a...

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,...

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....

Spreading traditional fertilizer causes a lot of loss of nutrients. In addition, the prices of fertilizers are rising due to the...

Arable farmers can use AgroVision's mineral planner to check their manure utilization space

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

British potato growers can create a clean start to crops by switching the foundation of their broadleaved weed control plans...

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

Major crises throw sand in the machine of globalization and countries like Russia or China are then ready to protect...

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...

I had one field that had a pH of 8.5 and was high in calcium and magnesium, and even after...

Just before Christmas, there was information that nitrogen fertilizers became more expensive. The price of ammonium nitrate exceeded PLN 4,000. PLN per...

If you decide that the benefits of foliar fertilization are worth the cost, here are a few suggestions:

Rapidly rising fertilizer prices are causing serious concern among U.S. farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith has more on what farmers...

To experience the effect of a soil scan, we followed this process for more than a year. 

Lime ammonium nitrate (KAS) now costs 625 euros per ton at the German import ports! So if you thought that...

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported last week that, “Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial...

Inagro is setting up two mobile washes for spraying equipment in the last weeks of the year.  Farmers can clean...

Farmers in the US believe that high fertilizer prices are also due to market manipulation. They are calling for an investigation...

Today’s high fertilizer prices are hardly a secret. The underlying reasons for the cost of these critical products, however, are...