AGROTECHNOLOGY

Due to the increasing freezing cold, the temperature above potatoes or onions in storage can drop quickly, if the air...

Why treat the entire field for migrating insects when all you need to do is protect your borders?

For the 2021 season, the four-row self-propelled potato harvester VENTOR 4150 will be equipped with some new practical features. Equipped...

On-farm innovation helps put nematicide in the right place

Growers using Nemathorin for the first time this spring to control nematodes in potato crops are being urged to carefully...

Nyiraneza and Oyster Cove Farms of Hamilton, P.E.I., recently completed a two-year study that tested the performance of cover crops...

farmers still fear that (part of) their harvest will be lost. "Better give us a lot of snow,"

A new protocol for estimating the determinacy of potato varieties will be released in the next few months and will...

Stabilizing nitrogen can help make fertilizing more efficient.

Teagasc and IPM Potato Group have recently released a new potato variety which is resistant to potato cyst nematode (PCN)

Relatively good potato prices can currently be hedged on the futures market. Around 1,000 euros more per hectare than on...

This is evident from a recent inventory by Eurofins Agro of three crops: maize, grassland and ware potatoes. Too low...

Whether it concerns sorting, processing, weighing or packaging - more and more fully automated solutions are being used. The purpose...

Agronomists need to know stem population to be able to model tuber numbers.

Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions...

Farm Frites wants a stable supply of potatoes and is therefore focusing on multi-year contracts in contract negotiations this year.

In the export figures for Dutch seed potatoes, Belgium is causing a major shift compared to last year.

Several studies and multi-year practical experience have shown that shallow plowing has clear advantages over the usual plowing depth of...

Results are in from the 2020 field-scale trial, which hoped to create a side-by-side comparison of conventional spring tillage and...

A Commission composed (as from 1/1/2021 onwards) out of 10 persons, of which 5 active in the potatoes trade and...

potato products stagnated again in many countries, causing grower prices to fall to 66 points in November, 17% lower than...

The obligation to introduce barriers in ridge cultivation stands in the way of integrated cultivation of seed potatoes. That is...

The Danish company MSR Plant Technology markets a potato killing machine that destroys the potato stalks at the base and...

On average FarmLab saves farmers about 30% of their costs by cheaper sampling costs and reduced fertiliser input

Dilip from Odisha learnt an innovative method to potato growing using agro-waste, to put an end to stubble burning.

Only a limited number of specific resistance genes are available for the breeding of phytophthora-resistant potato varieties.

Chlorine IPC always went well. In a manner of speaking, storage took two fingers in the nose,

The innovative ErFra VKS pre-sprouting system for potatoes is back in production.

Rauch develops a pneumatic fertilizer spreader for three-point attachment. Instead of using centrifugal discs, it distributes fertilizer or seeds using...

Compared to other agricultural crops, the cultivation of potatoes requires a particularly high level of protection against soil erosion

Starch-based gluten-free bread (formulations containing a mixture of corn and potato starch with hydrocolloids) are deficient in nutrients and do...

In the quest for affordable equipment capable of precision fertiliser application, opportunities for smaller or medium-sized growers exist in both...

Acreage in the Maritimes was down by 7.3 per cent, with production falling even more due to yield reductions caused...

Fertilizers that nourish the plant while ensuring a healthy soil provide the highest yields.

a long-term HZPC research project into the drought tolerance of different varieties – finds itself once more under the spotlight.

status for seed potatoes and what the industry might do if a resolution is not reached.

Grower Jacob Vos from Bant, Flevoland, works in this way and supervises research into shallow tillage from practice.

Joan Mateu explains that since 1924 sa Pobla has been selling potatoes in the United Kingdom.

With the completion of the warehouse extension at the Eldingen location, as well as the expansion and takeover of the...

Good application is essential in getting the most from maleic hydrazide, which AHDB trials have shown to be a useful,...

The Haanstra partnership in Luttelgeest (NOP) is fully committed to the long-term storage of their ware potatoes.

many potato batches that need additional sprouting inhibition.

shallow plowing in spring on heavy clay can be beneficial, provided this is combined with a green cover.

AHDB will present the latest results from its Strategic Potato (SPot) farm

Ukraine will organize a referendum on the sale of agricultural land to foreign investors within three years.

contract is concluded and to actually see these potatoes as free potatoes.

Farmdrive Kruijthoff is not a pop-up concept but is gradually being developed further

The climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the joint highest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires...

With genetic markers, it becomes easier for breeders to develop resilient, high-yielding potatoes with the key traits—taste, texture, cooking time—sought...

The challenges facing agriculture are becoming bigger, more complex and challenging. To meet them, you need more than a new...