Harvesting

A popular member of the vegetable garden, the potato is one of the easiest crops to grow. A low maintenance, versatile crop potato plants help to suppress weed growth and cultivate...

A warehouse for raw materials worth USD30m, located in the Industrial and Logistics Park of the Novosibirsk region, has been built and put into operation by PepsiCo. The new storage...

This year, according to a recent North Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) press release, EU-04’s potato harvest will be much more dependent on the production per hectare than the sown...

The requirements being made on the productivity, comfort and safety of mobile machines in the off-highway sector are constantly increasing. Assistance systems and partially automated solutions are making it easier...

An important part of controlled-environment potato stores, is the ability to regulate temperature, which can be achieved using ambient air and/or mechanical cooling (refrigeration). Internal recirculation of air can also...

Many components of the storage environment impact shrinkage, but the most critical is relative humidity (RH). Actively managing the RH within the storage building will enable the maximization of the...

The severity – and timing – of recent autumn downpours has illustrated the impact of a changing climate on farms and underlined the importance of long-term investment in land drainage,...

Most P.E.I. potato farmers have harvested all their spuds, and are not surprised to report the 2020 crop is down.  "We all know we had a hot, dry summer —...

Vedelaar contractor from Nagele harvested the last 2 hectares of Lady Anna from arable farmer Harry Schreuder from Swifterbant. These potatoes were lifted with a Grimme Varitron 470 equipped with Multisep,...