AGROTECHNOLOGY

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...

Your fields may be covered in snow right now, but we all know that a potato grower’s work never truly...

Arable farm Mesken from Appelscha is focusing on capacity with a Dezeure TransMax, so that significant growth can be achieved...

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

Allan Equipment has taken a new spin on the potato harvester by making an electric model. When Trent Cousins and...

Drones can help potato growers quickly detect alternaria. This was stated by Ruben van de Vijver of the Institute for Agricultural,...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in...

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

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting...

Diseases such as black dot and silver scurf often are not visible at harvest or early storage; they typically show...

Today we have the participation of Camilo Soro Simon, director of development and commercial strategy of AGROSTOCK, who introduces us to the...

According to French researchers, tripling organic farms by 2030 costs less than subsidising pesticides

A Sinn Féin MEP has questioned the European Commission, members of which attended a sitting of the European Parliament Agricultural...

Idaho University Moscow campus will soon be hosting a new USD5.5m Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory. This new lab is, in...

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) scientist Johan Johan Desaeger believes an integrated strategy is the...

ABP’s Port of Ipswich is bucking the trend and seeing record amounts arrive at its shores.

In their bid to create a cultivation plan for early spuds that will meet the demand, Swisspatat’s production and trade...

It would seem that the iron wheels in tractors are a relic of the past ... Nothing could be further...

The University of Maine has received $510,104 in federal funding to conduct research on potato breeding in Maine to make...

It was the closure of an existing John Deere dealership nearly 10 years ago that set Kenny Quaile on his...

The world's first autonomous potato harvester, called the Harvey.One, is bright red, has a caterpillar undercarriage and drives completely independently...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some...

Currently, virologists count from 27 to 33 types of viral diseases of the potato. Under natural conditions, viruses can spread...

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does...

When it comes to reporting about potato virus Y (PVY), it’s a good news, bad news kind of story.

The CIP Genebank initiated in vitro cultures more than 40 years ago and has extensive expertise in developing and assaying tissue culture technologies...

The results on the main BASF trial field with Allstar confirm the positive results of previous seasons. But the fungicide's benefits...

Potato is an essential crop for food, culture and the economies of Andean countries and the world. Although there is...

economists expect high input prices to persist through spring.

In the absence of harmony between the biology of the variety and the environment, the physiological functions of the body...

Single Phytophthora-resistant potato varieties in particular did not have an easy time this year. The fungal pressure was so high and...

In production conditions, the variety is gradually deteriorating. To maintain all its valuable biological properties at a high level at...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed recently that the US border is now closed to Prince Edward Island (PEI)...

The potato breeding world is taking in the whole picture when it comes to diploids.  The words diploids and true...