AGROTECHNOLOGY

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

we wanted to know in a survey which driving mode you prefer when operating tractors with continuously variable transmissions

Potatoes delivered service to the door

In the Republic of Georgia, potato prices have hit historic lows. Stocks at are record levels and imports are increasing.

RM2 USA (booth 6756) will reveal its total pallet solution and integrated software systems at the upcoming PACK EXPO show, set for...

Potatoes are a great crop to have in a field unless they pop up in years when they aren’t supposed...

Packaging for fresh-cut produce has entered an era of show and tell — in every sense. Customers typically have been...

Cornell-led study shows that global farming productivity is 21% lower than it could have been without climate change

The West Flemish family business Jolie recently purchased two belt unloaders from Van der Peet in Nieuwkoop. Jolie trades potatoes. The company...

bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers

While real-time video monitoring is used in the Netherlands for the export of seed potatoes, Russia has designated disease-free zones...

Chlorine is ubiquitous in nature and is taken by plants from various sources: fertilizers, soil, precipitation, water used for irrigation

Traditionally, farmers could plan around what winter, spring, summer, and autumn would bring. They knew which crops to produce, the best...

Applying polyacrylamide (PAM) to the soil can improve infiltration and reduce soil erosion.

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Gerrit Kurstjens, is a pioneering farmer who has already clocked up 40,000ha of autonomous operations on 13,000ha of cropping area...

A ‘ban’ on the use of CIPC for potato growers in the EU has the potato industry on both sides...

Tackling the virus in seed potato cultivation requires a system approach

Klompe Landbouw from Mijnsheerenland (ZH) cultivates all crops on beds as much as possible. The entire machine park is adapted to...

new bio-stimulant shown to be effective in helping potato crops cope with heat stress is available for use this season

There are indications that French fries produced in Europe are being dumped at a loss in the New Zealand market

We are lucky with good weather at the start of the Maltese potato season

Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is the UK’s primary potato pest

Potatoes are grown in Idaho, but it’s a State and not a variety!

Green manures are used to the maximum. A building plan with potatoes, onions

In the Netherlands, 9.3 million kilos of crop protection products were sold in 2019

α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is derived from the bitter-tasting α-tomatine

A cross country check-in on what to expect for potato diseases this growing season.

Phytopthora resistant varieties of trading house Agrico has been growing steadily since the start in 2016.

Storing potatoes long-term is often challenging and this is especially so if there is a reliance on ambient ventilation

The Nakuru in Kenya county government plans to strengthen its collaboration with the Dutch government in promoting new technologies and...

FarmProgress: The Suez crisis is buoying natural gas prices in Europe, delaying wind farms in Asia and could soon hit...

The Russian market is a good alternative for Egyptian early potatoes

Agrico, supplier of certified seed potatoes, built an online news platform

NFU Scotland has responded consultation on Scottish seed potato exports to the EU

There is generally pressure for potato store managers to closely monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the industry

With a digital noise counting system, monitoring no longer lags behind

A new report indicates the pyrethroid sensitivity of two important aphid virus vectors

Pakistan is set to become self-sufficient in potato seed by mid-2022.

Netherlands has a small market share in the import market for seed potatoes while it is the most important European...

The majority of Maine seed potatoes wind up in the processing sector and grown at Porter Seed Farm.

farmers Kees and Anco van der Bos and Jan Idsardi have almost twenty years of experience with circular agriculture

“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”

What are the costs, revenues and subsidies organic farming?

Exports of U.S. seed potatoes to Morocco with these varieties could take place as early as the end of 2021

fumigation with chloropicrin is reported to actually increase the population of the fungus Trichoderma spp.

wooden chimney in the box ensures optimal aeration and less work when pre-sprouting seed potato

potato growers need to be aware of the value of inputs now

special project is the cultivation of seed potatoes together with facelia, Persian clover, buckwheat, flax and summer vetch

P.E.I. potato growers estimates cost of wireworm damage to crops at $5 million a year