AGROTECHNOLOGY

Potatoes are the most important vegetable grown in Israel and are an important crop in the Negev desert region in...

With the rise of precision agriculture solutions, the farming industry has become increasingly tech savvy. Many growers and producers have...

The seed potato chain, represented by LTO Nederland, Plantum NL and the Dutch Potato Organization (NAO), is very concerned about...

Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about producing enough food under the...

High heat in the early summer can lead to reduced yield and deformed potatoes on farmers, said Washington State Potato...

Not all robust potato varieties will survive this year when it comes to phytophthora resistance

In the space of five years, Sencrop has grown into a major supplier of weather stations for so-called connected networks...

In its newsletter from the beginning of this week, the Research Center for Potato Cultivation PCA and Inagro discussed the...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the...

According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now...

The sanitary strategy begins with the soil work and the choice of the potato variety. It is convenient to analyze possible...

New research on Prince Edward Island is using mustard and arugula to tackle pest problems in potato fields with a side...

Giving exactly the input your crop needs is the key to the best harvest.

Farmers are becoming increasingly dependent on data and software. This has its downsides, such as the discussion about the right...

Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology...

Potato growers on P.E.I. are turning to technology to help them track spores from late blight and other airborne diseases...

Dutch Pack's new mono materials are made from one type of raw material and are therefore optimally recyclable.

From potato planting to row closure is a busy time for growers. It’s also a busy time for weeds. Getting...

Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with foliar feeding....

In the progeny of the large haulm killing trial that Delphy carried out last year in potato seed potatoes, it...

 The presence of the Colorado potato beetle on a potato field is quite a challenge. Especially for the organic grower, who...

Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) is still the number one insect pest of potatoes around the world. It’s a formidable enemy;...

Researchers from breeding company Solynta and Wageningen University & Research have identified, cloned and characterized the key gene for self-fertilization in diploid potatoes. This discovery makes...

Can brown rot be spread through the roots of the potato plant? That is the central question in a study that...

ADAPT asked for the farmers’ perception of climate change, their experiences concerning its impact on potato production, and their need...

Even heavy-duty engines need to be put on the test bench to verify the required exhaust gas quality at each...

Due to the wet spring, the last potatoes were not planted until the end of May.

The infamous pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe in the 19th century and...

Harvesting of early potatoes is now in full swing in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, as well as in the...

In the past five decades, potato production in India has steadily increased from around 8.3 million tonnes in 1980 to...

In seed potatoes, haulm killing is started in July. Reglone and Finale are no longer permitted for the chemical haulm killing of...

As the Magic Valley region in southern Idaho prepares for potentially record-setting heat this week, farmers, potato researchers and dairy...

Italian and Cypriot imports continued to dominate the market for table potatoes. Meanwhile, domestic offerings continued to gain in importance.

Under the impulse of the Ecological Focus Area, the use of green manure mixtures is now commonplace. Mixtures have advantages in...

We've been irrigation the potatoes intensively for several weeks now, with increasingly tight shifts

Mechanical weed control in potatoes and beets is possible, but you have to be on top of it all the...

The potato is one of the plants with a high potassium demand. This element is taken up in significant amounts, affecting...

Eugenia Banks of the Ontario Potato Board has created a resource on late blight, updated for the 2021 growing season.

China's scientists have developed a generation of "pure and fertile potato lines" with genome editing technologies in a groundbreaking achievement.

Last year, arable farmer Roelof Kunst gained experience with the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus, or Spical, as a control agent...

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked....

In Sudan, potato cultivation has seen tremendous successes, with productivity in some areas reaching 28 tons an acre. The Alarqam...

What is the best way to kill potato leaves? What are the advice and options? During an AgrioTV broadcast on June 29,...

A variety trial in potato was set up in Lennik as part of the Potato Agricultural Center. The aim is...

Consulting and research organization Delphy has started a study to inject slurry into potato seed potatoes in a row using...

Biostimulants, used in the right way, make the crop more resilient. How? In the last Newsletter we told you what abiotic factors are...

Azoles are widely used as fungicides in arable farming.

The German Union of the Potato Sector (UNIKA) and the University of Applied Sciences Kiel are investigating this question in...

growers to recognize the potential food safety risks associated with the rapidly expanding use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in crop...

In order to guarantee high-quality standards of the Potato of Bologna PDO, all of us producers are carefully monitoring the...