AGROTECHNOLOGY

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

Seed potato growers along the Wadden coast feel their survival is threatened by the plans in the Wadden Agenda. The salinization...

Canadian growers are experimenting with ways to reduce tillage on their farms

tubers compromised by any form of stress start pushing sprouts far earlier in the storage season

Growers are having to make serious decisions on what and how much to plant for the coming season

A Washington state trial program highlights the seed-borne diseases impacting potato crops across the region. The Washington Commercial Potato Seed Lot...

Just how much does the space between your rows affect your potatoes

new potato varieties, developed in part at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen

The infection currently costs the industry upwards of £25 million a year

cultivate for a long time on fertile clay soil without supplying organic and artificial fertilizers from outside

many wild potato species boast formidable defenses against diseases like late blight

red clover affects nitrogen levels in soil and water during a crop rotation

how to stimulate soil life that is favorable for plant growth

1,4 SEED is the only dormancy-extending option available to Canadian seedstock producers

We do not want to open the door to brown rot infections in seed potato cultivation

ministry acknowledges that the MOT exemption will be 'difficult to implement and enforce'

Slower Scottish seed sales thought to be behind higher stored total than five-year average

Last year he bought his new Grimme row cultivator GF400