AGROTECHNOLOGY

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...

Due to an unexpected demand from some Belgian potato processors for potatoes, the price rose to 5 euros

Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans oomycete, is the most important disease of potato cultivation in the world. This...

"PlanetProof helps us to protect the market against parties that would otherwise be dumped on this market

agroforestry project is taking shape in a field of 15 hectares

Potato plants absorb large quantities of potassium (K) throughout the growing season.

We are leading the way in a number of areas, but I regret to discover that there is no market...

A variable planting distance in the cultivation of seed potatoes requires better calculation rules. This is evident from the experiences of...

A group of farmers and researchers has developed an innovative, sustainable method of tackling a pest that threatens to “annihilate”...

Salinisation of the soil results in a loss of 1,166 euros per hectare during the cultivation of potatoes in the...

A farmer in Manitoba, who experimented with direct seeding and minimal tillage in a potato field, harvested a crop statistically...

From this year onwards, arable farmers will have to take runoff-limiting measures for ridge crops on clay or loess plots...

Tractor 4000-Series FASTRAC is a more advanced design that further improves the JCB-trademark features such as multiple implement mounting points...

 GRIMME uses a new single-row control system as the basis for Section Control on the cup planters type GL 420...

agrarheute is showing a completely new type of sprayer for the first time: the compact sprayer. It is the link between...

In the coming year, more and more agents may only be sprayed with nozzles from a high drift reduction category (DRD...

Through the Innovative Farmers programme, four farmers located in Shropshire and Lancashire are looking at an alternative control method that...

The insect monitoring network in potato fields I operate across Washington’s Columbia Basin provides growers information about where and when...

Good nematodes can suppress plant parasitic nematodes. It's worth stimulating the good nematodes instead of just paying attention to the bad...

After years of planning, sketching, discussing and finally quoting prices, Dennis Ivers and his family finally built their “dream” workshop....

It is common to think that food crops are going to suffer negative effects due to the increase in global...

People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on...

The outbreak of corona in March 2020 deeply affected many entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. In this series a look back...

2020 was, together with 2014, the hottest year since at least 1901, the start of the weather measurements. This is reported...

Even more than the rest of us, potato growers could be forgiven for wanting to put 2020 in the rear-view...

This week, key actors from Georgia’s potato sector convened virtually to discuss ideas to enhance the country’s potato sector.  Called the “Georgia Potato Forum,”...

A self-propelled potato harvester made by Grimme reduces the amount of people needed for harvest. At Steijn Potato Farms in...

Perfect spray conditions are rare and there are so many factors at play that sometimes the basics get overlooked. The...

Wildflowers grown in strips through potato crops could control disease-carrying aphids and may help growers faced with a dwindling number...

BO Akkerbouw has submitted an application to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality for an extension of its...

Scottish farmers and crofters breathed a sigh of relief after a post-Brexit trade deal was agreed just days before the...

The export of Dutch to overseas destinations may be higher in volume than last year after the dry growing season,...

The starting point for Europe's trade relationship with the UK has begun, separately from a trade deal, with "third country...

The Belgian potato sector wants to be less dependent on the supply of seed potatoes from abroad, especially from the...

An important trend in the Dutch arable farming sector is the further development of precision agriculture. Precision farming techniques such as...

Farmers and traders say that as crop arrival will increase in coming days, price is likely to fall further. As...

Wholesale prices for potatoes have decreased sharply over the past week, driving Egypt’s farmers to abandon their crops due to...

Rolling catch crops can be an alternative to flail. This is cheaper, but greening requirements must be met. We have tips for...

Researchers from Rothamsted Research, Bayer Crop Science and Syngenta Crop Protection are collaborating on a Pest Genomics Initiative (PGI). This PGI...

The potatoes areVita Residuo Zero* Romagnoli F.lli Spa win the New Entry award of Brands Award 2020 for the category "other food".New Entry is...

In order to develop agricultural activity, the private company in conjunction with producers and with the support of the Ministry...