AGROTECHNOLOGY

We are currently seeing a lot of germination in the various potato storage areas. It is important to check regularly, because...

One million euros from funds from the Arable Farming Strategy 2035 are helping to breed virus and nematode-resistant potato varieties. Genetically...

The discovery of wart disease on two plots in the Peat Colonial area is a cause for concern for the...

Soil health plays a key role in the prevention and management of soilborne potato diseases. Robert Larkin, a USDA-ARS research...

It is still unclear whether variable planting of seed and ware potatoes results in a higher financial return. The plants are...

No potato producer wants to find deep, rough and pitted lesions on the skin of their potatoes. Common scab disease...

Although it wasn’t an immediate success, the ‘Russet Burbank’ cultivar now accounts for about 40% of the U.S. potato acreage....

Variable leaf killing in potatoes results in an average saving of 22 percent on the amount of leaf killing. Converted, this...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

You cannot use what’s happening above ground as a guide to what’s happening below, according to new research into alternative...

Optimal storage practices start in the field and can hinge on a variety of factors and conditions, both with the...

The UK potato industry has been left in no doubt about the frustrations, fears and risk attached to trading high...

Cisgenic potatoes do not provide a different soil life than classically bred potatoes. This is evident from a study by...

The amount of processed potatoes, into chips and other products, has been on the rise for several months since the...

Forecast models are a good tool for starting the spraying process. However, it is important to control the potato whipping yourself....

It’s easy to batter and bruise potatoes during harvest operations. This serious problem costs growers, packers, and processors millions of...

Incorporating a cover crop into commercially grown potatoes could help with soil health and pest pressures. Research is being conducted...

The potato campaign is also practically over in Castilla y León. It just remains to start, and with a very bad...

Recently discovered interactions between plant and viral proteins open up new avenues for making plants resistant to viruses, thus safeguarding...

Colorado farmer Brendon Rockey, who grows ware and seed potatoes at 7,600ft, will tell the conference how he has met...

Up to and including October this year, more than 50,000 tons less potatoes have crossed the border. This is mainly due...

With friendly weather lots of fertilizer is being applied to farm fields. Our part time help has returned to work...

Flapping, burning or pulling leaves. Growers are looking for alternatives to haulm killing now that Reglone (and Finale) have definitely disappeared...

Potato growers can now apply a liquid nematicide using a conventional boom sprayer, after it gained approval. Velum Prime, the...

Remove the Guesswork My Father-in-Law, let’s call him Joe - because that’s his name - is a great sports fan....

The markets for fresh potatoes remain price-bearing. Exports enjoy a lively demand from various countries. The demand for free potatoes by the...

Potato crisp manufacturing is a competitive industry, one where efficiency is a crucial factor in staying ahead of the competition. Wyma’s...

If rapeseed follows, cruciferous vegetables are not allowed in the cover crop mix. But what should come before grain or as...

Demo trials by BASF show that, thanks to more efficient control of rhizoctonia, seed potato growers can often harvest earlier...

The Top Sector Agri & Food has approved four new research proposals from BO Akkerbouw. It concerns research and knowledge dissemination...

V-Wing creates shallow ditches that farmers can farm right through, with a minimum of ditching passes It bothers Swan River,...

Ukraine has started importing cheap potatoes from Poland, where prices have fallen even faster than in Primordial Crain due to...

The Mansholt family is a household name in North Groningen. For generations they have been growing seed potatoes, grain, beets and...

Corona is forcing potato breeding companies and trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows...

Cover crops are crops which are not sown to be harvested but rather to be incorporated in the soil at...

Although metam fumigants—metam sodium and metam potassium—have proven to be extremely reliable for suppressing weeds, disease and nematodes in potato...

Many arable farmers will receive the invoice this week for their contribution for 2020 to the collective arable farming research. They...

Let’s take a look at steam peeling of fruits and vegetables with TOMRA Food, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of...

The dangers of counterfeit pesticides to environmental and human health was raised on a recent BBC Countryfile episode. There has...

The post-inspection of seed potatoes is coming to an end. The reduction percentage fell slightly to 29 percent. The regional differences remain...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato...

Last year, a growing group of consumers chose food with a sustainability characteristic, while the range of these products also...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two Oregon State University researchers have discovered a microscopic soil-dwelling nematode on the Corvallis campus that could...

The company BBLeap has developed a sprayer that steers and sprays at plant level. The first machine was tested on potatoes...

With a view to the elimination of chlorpropham, Agrifirm has conducted proactive research in recent years into alternative solutions for...

What nurse crops assist potato production? An AAFC team investigates nurse crops that boost seedling success and yields. As with...

In the season 2020 a trial was carried out with biostimulant 'BeneSTIM Recovery' on Potatoes in the United Kingdom. There...

Much is still unknown about the effect of crop protection products in agriculture on people and the environment. So says Violette...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen...

What are the key pests affecting potato production in other countries and what R&D is occurring to better manage them?...