AGROTECHNOLOGY

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...

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...