AGROTECHNOLOGY

With the cost of doing business skyrocketing, producers need a seed regulatory system that delivers faster access to innovative varieties...

A Belarusian potash miner that accounts for a major chunk of global supply has declared force majeure, shaking up a market...

Coming off of a hard growing season and with increasing production costs, European potato acreage may fall in 2022. It’s...

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

Critical shortage of quality seed of productive and adaptive varieties is probably the major constraint to potato production in SSA...

'That's the biggest stumbling block. Due to the enormous growth of the processing industry, cultivation has become more intensive.'

“In the past 15 years, I have never seen the potato market change so quickly as in the past three...

Scotts Precision Manufacturing Ltd has extended its distribution network with the appointment of a new sales and service agent to...

A load of 1,500 tons of Hermes premium Scottish seed potatoes from five or six suppliers has reportedly been rejected...

Over the last several years, agricultural producers have been pulled in multiple directions: improve water use efficiency, maintain profitability in...

Press release The potato is the third largest food crop in the world and therefore an important part of our...

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

Potato pink eye is a disorder that often starts with pink, water-soaked areas around the eyes of the tuber —...

Mallorcan potato farmers have managed to save their crop from the deep freeze when temperatures fell below zero last month....

Mathieu Verhaeghe is a Potato Grower in Boezinge, Belgium. He has been using Restrain as a sprout inhibitor for his stored...

The National Potato Council and KFC in Kenya have identified the Markies potato variety as a suitable variety that farmers in that...

In each Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country, there is a potato research and development that involves many actors (partners) ranging from...

In order to be less dependent on Scottish seed potatoes, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is asking the Irish government...

With approximately 19% of the global population and just 9% of the world’s arable land, China has long sought to...

“Blue LED light is going to be a normal tool for weed management and it’s going to happen much faster...

Partnerships to Strengthening the Potato Value Chain At the African Potato Association conference in Addis Ababa in 2016, workshops were...

Aerial imagery aids diagnosis for Nielson, an agronomist for Walters Produce in Newdale, Idaho, making his scouting more efficient.

A life in farming seemed to be preordained for Mike Telford. “I grew up in Utah in Bountiful. My father...

Root lesion nematode is a tiny pest, about one millimetre in length. But it has an outsized ability to damage...

Getting a seedling on the variety list as a variety is the dream of many seed potato growers. Registering a new...

Tong is pleased to announce its first new product development for 2022 with the launch of the new edition JetFill big...

Two advisors and a researcher recently discussed the most important issues about green manures in an online meeting during the...

The North African countries in particular are doing well on the market, according to the export figures of the Dutch...

Until the 19th century, most potato varieties being grown in North America had been imported from Europe with little attention...

North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) assumes that potato growers in the EU4 countries will not be able to grow any...

One more tuber per meter of potato ridge can yield 250 euros extra per hectare. With 40 to 50 hectares of...

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

Canadian potato company Québec Parmentier announced the acquisition of Ferme G. G. & A. Montminy, a renowned and large-scale seed potato producer...

AUSVEG, and its State Member AUSVEG VIC, are monitoring the situation on-the-ground in Ballarat following reports that recent storms and...

There is a rift tearing farming families apart. Dogmatic views are causing fissures at dinner tables all across America. People...

Sources revealed to Al-Mal that 131 thousand tons of potato seeds arrived from European facilities approved for import from last...

The results of the analysis of scientific data show that in the last decade a steady deficit of macro- and...

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

Evaluate cropping choices on physical, natural and human factors Let’s see how two real farmers applied sustainable triangle principles to...

Every year new varieties starts making the rounds. For decades, plant breeders and researchers across North America have spent countless hours meticulously...

The synergy creating the farm’s well-being results from a process of discovery beginning 30 years ago, with Rockey’s uncle.

John Innes Centre team isolated and tested hundreds of strains of Pseudomonas bacteria from the soil of a commercial potato...

Due to the warmer seasons in recent years, arable farmers are more often bothered by pest wireworms. Due to the higher...

Europlant presents potato varieties with high nutrient efficiency. The high-yielding and high-quality special varieties for low input production protect the...

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute - compared to other years, the intensity of winter is less this time.

SILBO is a Polish producer of flexible packaging for food industry. SILBO has been on the market forover 20 years,...

They reduce sheet and rill soil erosion, decrease ephemeral gully erosion, manage water flow, stabilize steep slopes, and trap sediment.

In pivot or subsurface irrigated systems, we have noted a 9% to 12% increase in net returns over a six-year...

The new Irish potato variety ‘Irish Gold’ is rapidly gaining the attention of UK growers. The variety supplied exclusively to...

The covenant for the cultivation and sale of robust potato varieties is spreading across Europe. The United Kingdom, Belgium and France...