AGROTECHNOLOGY

Flexible packaging sustainability is a hot agenda topic, and with rapidly advancing technology the options are starting to grow. That...

Nitrogen is dizzyingly expensive. Anyone who neglects the basic nutrients now also slows down nitrogen uptake. Extremely high fertilizer prices , especially for...

Editor’s note: The VISION Conference 2022 will feature expanded exploration of where innovation is rapidly driving change, including trends in high-value specialty...

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

There’s a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips. A...

The sprout inhibitor CIPC has been banned in Europe since last year. It was a practical and inexpensive solution to...

A fourth-generation potato farming and marketing family in North Dakota is leaping into a new era of electronic potato grading....

Potato is an important crop in the United States, with a value of $4.02 billion (USDA-NASS 2018). Florida produces one-third...

The area of seed potato crops for certification in Ireland increased to 299 hectares in 2021, helping to fill a...

(NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the Vision 2026 program to rethink the seed potato certification...

After the closure of the world-renowned Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research facility last week, following the loss of the potato...

This is now also shown by the drought monitor from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)

After nearly 25 years of export bans, U.S. potato farmers could begin to distribute and sell more fresh potatoes across...

A BAN on potato exports from Prince Edward Island to the US because of potato wart is likely to continue...

McDonald's is struggling with a shortage of fries in Japan and is currently unable to serve large portions to customers. Shortages...

TRADE body, the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) is urging more oil heated households in the farming community...

Combine harvesters - more automation and IT applications Prof. agr. Thomas Rademacher, Life Sciences and Engineering, Technical University in Bingen,...

He wanted to get the most out of the crop with drip irrigation- 15 potato tubers per plant

Wasse Mechanisatie from Hijken (Dr) has become an importer for the Benelux on behalf of the Danish machine builder MRS...

Article by Roger J. Stirnimann, Dipl.-Ing. agr., Dipl.-Ing. Wirtsch., Executive MBA, University of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, Zollikofen (DLG)....

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

A NEW practical field, farm and lab guide for monitoring soil carbon has been launched to answer key questions for...

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

Herbicides are still the main weeds control option

SPEAKERS at the recent CropTec Show in Peterborough explored the latest thinking on soil health, crop nutrition and crop protection...

MP Richard Thomson, representing the constituency of Gordon in the House of Commons, has again pressed the UK Government on the...

Soil and plant additives are considered bearers of hope when mineral fertilizer prices are unaffordable and chemical agents are no...

An effective weed management program takes into account the type of weeds present, crop rotation, cultivation, available herbicides, and the...

Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and...

As progeny he usually opts for a winter grain after a nitrate-sensitive main crop such as potatoes.

Center pivot fertigation may be the future for potato production.

The intricacies of conveyor belting, however, which play an important role in a seamless storage process, are much lesser known...

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

Business-minded growers looking to push yields and move beyond status quo potato production are increasingly turning to plant growth regulators...

 Weed pressure was low this year and damage from nematodes was not too bad. Next year, the roles may be reversed...

Start the sowing campaign of potato in Spain and one of the doubts recurring each year is: What variety of seed grow?. As...

A potato seed multiplication company in Nakuru is providing certified seeds to farmers throughout the year, in an effort to...

Finnish potato processing company Tuorekartano Oy has announced that its premium La Ratte potatoes will now be available in what it claims...

The Row-FiX Space builds on the success of the concept with backfilling and mechanical weed control, only with a free...

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

Speaking at BP2021, Eric Anderson, of Scottish Agronomy, warned growers in the Scottish seed potato sector about the challenges presented...

RESEARCH RESULTS OF DEMO FIELDS PROMISING - ORGANIC SECTOR WANTS TO SWITCH 100% TO ROBUST VARIETIES The robust potato varieties...

A recent Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) report shows that in Europe, the seed trade is in full swing, with large...

If potato producers could snap their fingers to solve the most costly and frustrating production challenge they face, almost all...

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

A recent USDA grant will provide USD500,000 for developing potato varieties that are more resistant to changing weather and other...

Recently, Agrico presented two new potato varieties during the Meet & Greet event at its breeding and research farm in...

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...

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not...