AGROTECHNOLOGY

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:...

"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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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...