AGROTECHNOLOGY

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

In 2022, the cultivation area for ware potatoes in The Netherlands increased by 5,500 hectares (7.7%) to a total of...

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

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

Gustavo Teixeira knows the best way to supply more food to a growing population is by wasting less of it. As...

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

Columbus, Oh. (AgPR) – “Biologicals: Farmer Value, Perception and Potential,” a comprehensive market research effort focused on understanding farmer opinions on the...

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

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

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...

McCain Foods Limited has acquired the predictive crop intelligence portfolio from Resson, an analytics technology firm enhancing farming efficiency, based in...

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

The price paid to HZPC Holland’s seed potato growers for the 2021 harvest is EUR 33,70 (about USD 35) per...

Preliminary reports of potato sown area in Northern Europe show small increases in the processing sector, but the overall area...

This op-ed article is by Dave Douches (PhD), professor and Director of the Potato Breeding and Genetics Program and Director of the...

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

Modern technologies allow growing early ripe and frost-resistant plants. More than 20,000 potato plants were located in two greenhouses with...

Ceres Imaging, the precision farming analytics provider that helps farmers build more profitable and more sustainable operations, announced a new...

Due to a rise in wireworm damage in root vegetable and cereal crops across the UK, industry leaders have banded...

Native roots: imported potato varieties may soon be completely replaced by Ural ones. In the village of Kochnevskoe, where the...

Modern food packaging has many disadvantages. Turkish scientists tried to eliminate them by creating new material. Development helps to keep...

Growers urged to attend meetings to shape future of sector A GROUP of nine seed potato growers from across Scotland,...

A new body to represent British seed potato growers has been proposed and aims to ensure the sustainability of the...

In the June issue of his monthly Synopsis bulletin, storage specialist Adrian Cunnington reports on the recent World Potato Congress event in...

The ongoing post-Brexit ban on selling seed potatoes to the valuable European market continues to anger and frustrate Scottish growers...

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

Viewing new starch-friendly potato varieties and learning more about the Meade Farm starch operation in Ireland were top of the...

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

As said by market players, preliminary figures suggest that the area wedded to potato production in Europe will rise marginally,...

Over the last two weeks, most of Northern Europe has received 10 to 40 mm of rain. Buyers are much more...

Brexit could lead to a significant shortage of potatoes for Irish consumers by 2023, experts have warned. It makes sense...

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

Researchers announced early tests of a new potato processing technique designed to make our bodies digest potato starch more slowly....

Manitoba's potato farmers are getting close to wrapping up planting. Vikram Bisht, Industry Development Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, estimates seeding...

Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent...

It attracts quite a bit of attention, the dizzying weaving of steel, which now rises high above the other business...

Samara scientists and special farms contribute to the doctrine of food security. An integrated seed production system has been created...

In the Moscow region, the introduction of new lands into agricultural circulation is actively continuing; over the past week, enterprises...

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

Breeders say that it is not only beautiful and fashionable, but also tasty and healthy, because unusual potatoes are dietary....

Lyudmila Alexandrova, a resident of the Breitovsky district of the Yaroslavl region, received a grant from Agrostartup to create a...

Gardeners who have planted potatoes in their gardens are worried about the future harvest.In Tuymazy, an expert tells how to...

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, following a meeting of cabinet, announced his intention to launch...

Maloyaroslavets farmers are planting potatoes of elite varieties. The process is in full swing, the Mayak regional newspaper reported on...

it take 20th Oct 2020 to 15th Feb…2021…to transform ground to a world class infrastructure of bulk potato storage of...

A grant from the Ministry of Agriculture of Komi was received by Nikita Karpov for the creation of a peasant...

Last year, the gross production of potatoes in farms of all categories in the Bryansk region amounted to 1 million...

A new AVR combination is now working on the fields of Agrofirm Narmonka (JSC Tatagroleasing) for planting potatoes. Thanks to...

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