AGROTECHNOLOGY

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...

AACHEN, Germany, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The ground-breaking project called SEWIA (selective electrochemical weeding in agriculture) will develop new tools, enabling farmers to use modern...

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This trans-disciplinary CAP project addresses three legislatively mandated areas; research in plant breeding and genetics of disease resistance; efforts...

It’s no secret that farming has become increasingly high-tech, but a partnership between The Ohio State University and an Ohio...

‘Market Growth Insight’ has presented an updated research report on the ‘Global Seed Potatoes market’ which offers insights on key...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are being cast into the spotlight, thanks to a Charles Sturt University-led national survey. Backed by the Grains...

As New Zealand Spring and Summer rolls towards potato growers, so too do the myriad of pest and disease management...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019  So last time we talked about the first steps,...

Jackie Milne, president of the North Farm Training Institute, will be testing a variety of potato seeds next spring to...

Written By: Bob Hesse, October 2012, Edited: Chip Hesse, September 2019 It is tough to fix problems that come into...

The potatoes have received all the attention throughout the season. The result: you harvest the best quality and the highest...

The Dutch potato processors processed 278,700 tonnes of potatoes in August to 119,200 tonnes of pre-baked product and 24,800 tonnes...

Wage goer Daan Biesheuvel of cold store Numansdorp and Gerben van Dueren den Hollander van Van Iperen are going to...

Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine...

The term “farm manager” is broadly used to describe a range of jobs. Those who look after family land but...

Late blight is the most important pathogen in potato and causes devastation worldwide. The disease, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans,...

CIPC has been banned in the European Union since 1 January 2020. The expiry date for, among other things, the...

There is a lack of practical information and practical knowledge for farmers to apply organic plant protection products and biostimulants...

Important Potato Diseases and Tips to Manage them in Storage As the potato harvest is ongoing in many places and...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket report Fiwap/PCA: Early industrial potatoes: the last batches are partly passed on to...

For example, he photographed the new Grimme Ventor 4150 by Mencke Agriculture in action.THE NEW GRIMME VENTOR 4150 FROM MENCKE...

This latest edition of American Vegetable Grower magazine’s Field Scouting Guide concentrates on palestriped flea beetle (Systena blanda). John C. Palumbo, University of Arizona,...

Without this tMRL, for which the entire European potato chain has worked, the situation for most potato sheds would have...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket Report Fiwap/PCA:Early industrial potatoes: the season is coming to an end and this...