AGROTECHNOLOGY

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...

Costa Rican farmers have a new potato variety, dubbed "Palmira", which has optimal characteristics for the market This was announced...

Farmer Heinz-Wilhelm Tölkes shows potatoes that come fresh from the ground. Photo: Norbert Prümen Kempen. In the farmers' fields it is becoming...

In a tiny village in Nyandurua, not far from the Aberdare Forest, dozens of potato farmers shelter under a tent...

Researchers are gathering samples from farms across the Island as the second season of the Living Laboratories project hits harvest...

The dry, warmer-than-normal growing season this year presents significant challenges for managing soil and crop residue this fall. Excessively dry...

What did the agriculture industry learn about weed control in 2020? How can growers use what was learned to assemble weed...

Between August 2019 and April 2020 Solidaridad Mozambique and Solynta executed the first hybrid TPS field trial ever in Mozambique:...

In 2020, Flemish area consumer potatoes remained stable compared to 2019. In 2020 Flanders will have 54,230 hectares of potatoes....

The Sevillian company Intersur 2011 and the Albaceteña company Agromar Hispana have created the Intersur group, which already produces more than...

"When I took over the farm from my uncle 16 years ago, I knew that animals alone no longer work...

While crop protection products play an important role in vegetable production, poor spray application techniques can lead to ineffective pest...

One of the main challenges of the paper industry in Argentina is to meet the growing quality demands of the industry. To help the...

Weilach - "People always think that blue or red potatoes are something modern," says Gabriele Karl with a smile. The...

The Pesticides Initiative calls for a ban on synthetic pesticides in Switzerland and a ban on imports of food produced...

Ireland’s IPM Potato Group markets and distributes seed potatoes in every continent except Antarctica. The Irish potato variety accounts for...

With a number of dry summers in a row Alternaria has become an annual phenomenon in potatoes. Cro Advisor Sander...

The aim of the Plant Protection Implementation Programme is to realise a trend break, in order to arrive at cultivation...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease...

Farmers who want to keep marestail and other winter annuals like henbit and purple dead nettle from overrunning their 2021...

Researchers are gathering samples from farms across the Island as the second season of the Living Laboratories project hits harvest...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural...

Farming requires a high tolerance for dancing with nature. That’s especially true for North Dakota producers such as Mark Cheatley....

Nokota Packers Inc. started harvesting red potatoes the week of Sept. 14, says Mike Rerick, vice president of sales. “Everything...

Two research scientists on P.E.I. have spent their summer trying to grow a better potato, more resistant to scab and...

The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notifications of the change of plant protection product (PPPs) approval status within the...

Researcher Ximena Silveyra of the Institute of Biological Research in Mar del Plata, Argentina, carries out the project that studies...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress...