AGROTECHNOLOGY

over crops, also referred to as green manure crops, are crops planted as a break between commercial crops. They are...

The scenes of Boyacá peasants selling each bundle of potatoes from a harvest that took them five months to produce...

Presorting collected products is not yet popular with Russian farmers and food manufacturing plants. And yet the situation is changing...

We report the inhibitory effect of peptide extracts obtained from seven medicinal plants against a causative agent of late blight...

Potatoes with purple tubers have been available on the domestic market for some time . After getting acquainted with the place of their...

he potato variety Gardena has been called the potato of the future. It is the result of the previously adopted Polish...

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

Every farmer wants to see their crops grow healthily, develop fully, and yield properly in both quantity and quality. To...

Tholen - The corona crisis dealt a blow to the fries processing industry and that in turn had consequences for...

The potato farmers of the producers' cooperative do not have an easy task: the tubers that have been cultivated and...

BLACKVILLE – Irrigation is an important tool that likely has been used in agriculture for about as long as humans...

The Minister of Agriculture, Santiago Bertoni, said that the peasants, like the medical workers, are "heroes" who during the months...

Five years ago, when United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the resolution made it clear...

The history of Patatas Ama was born in 1989 in Piñeira Seca, in a rural agrarian plain watered by the...

The impact of corona on the potato sector is significant. All links in the chain are affected, especially the processing industry...

“You can humidify and disinfect a potato storage warehouse's air using just water and UV. No chemicals," says Jef Viaene...

The potato market remains depressed. There is only a very limited demand for free potatoes. Belgapom again does not list for Bintjes...

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

The fungicidal potato stain Monceren Pro must no longer be used. The permissible residue levels for this have been reduced. The Federal...

The smaller package of resources and the drought of recent years mean that the pressure of wireworms is increasing rapidly. The...

The area dedicated to the production of seed potatoes in Spain is 2,150 hectares, with a very good quality crop...

Minister Schouten wants a ban on the stacked use of crop protection products with the same active substance. Her next step...

Good quality, volume predicted as San Luis Valley crop hits the market. Colorado’s unmatched scenery, climate, and its popularity as...

Quality and traceability, two important requirements of potato fresh packing, are threatened by market disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic....

The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has...

peasants from Boyaca take to the highways to give away or sell their product at very low costs to prevent...

Eric Anderson, Senior Agronomist at Scottish Agronomy looks at some key issues to be thinking about ahead of potato storage...

On Thursday, October 29, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a finalized update to requirements for the pesticide application exclusion zone...

The harvest is ready, it went very smoothly this year. However, the devil was in the tail: During the last days...

Nutrient management is the key to sound agronomic practices and how those practices affect crop production and the environment. Food...

Data-driven decisions based on weather information are helping East Anglian farms cut the cost and environmental impact of crop spraying...

Leuven, Belgium, 20 November 2019 – By using the TOMRA 3A high-performance sorting machine Duchemin (Caen) are able to ensure...

Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties. As the impacts...

Savvy agronomy is one of the best returns on money, according to Iain Wilson, who saved his salary in inputs...

"We are seeing the world become far more agile through the use of technology," Alison Sunstrum, founder of CNSRV-X, said...

Potato growers are facing an increasing challenge. The changing climate has long required a new approach to potato storage. Since the 2020...

Sowing wildflowers into potato crops could reduce aphid-carried viruses and offer an alternative to declining access to insecticides for growers....

The farmers whose crops were left unharvested were waiting for rain to soften the dirt lumps so they wouldn’t bruise...

The calculated amount of pesticides still present, on vegetables and fruit, which act on the nervous system, remains considerably below...

Outsized wildfires, rising sea levels and disappearing glaciers are dramatic signs of climate change, but not the only ones, scientists...

With fresh vegetable sales boosted by people cooking more at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many potato fresh packers are...

Höxter (wrs) - Yellow and white splashes of colour are currently eye-catching in the landscape: the colored fields are often...

Words by Heather Woods, from the October issue of NZ Grower In 1918, still a teenager, Quentin Wright wrote in...

Coronavirus might be the focus right now for humans, but seed potato farmers are watching a couple of viruses on...

Variable legs of consumer potatoes work, according to experience of growers participating in the National Experimental Garden Precision Agriculture (NPPL)....

Potatoes get a bad rap.  Perhaps due to the humble root vegetable’s association with French fries or as a gravy-swamped...

I’m Bob Larson. Always working to develop the “perfect” russet, the Potato Variety Management Institute’s main mission is to promote...

One of the unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the large increase in demand for fresh fruit and vegetables....

The virus has had a major impact on the global potato industry since its discovery and spread at the beginning...

The Ministry of Agriculture will release two new potato varieties, which will benefit producers to improve their marketing. Ten organizations...