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It was the closure of an existing John Deere dealership nearly 10 years ago that set Kenny Quaile on his...

The world's first autonomous potato harvester, called the Harvey.One, is bright red, has a caterpillar undercarriage and drives completely independently...

A blue, potato-shaped sensor for in-store monitoring of potato crops and an app that estimates your potential crop yield from...

Farm Carbon Toolkit is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Mercian Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of crisping potatoes....

Calbee, a leading authority on potato chip physics and chemistry, and Tokyo Banana, makers of the most famous souvenir snack...

Finding successful marketing concepts is a constant concern of direct marketers. One way to reach customers is the online farm shop...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some...

Albert Bartlett launched a new national advertising campaign capturing its brand-new theme ‘Make It Extraordinary’.  As Fiona Briggs reports for Retails Times, the...

CROP solutions provider Fera is to provide an aphid monitoring programme in seed potatoes, with yellow water traps, for the...

Belt materials may look similar in their raw form, but they can have completely different compositions. This one is high...

A new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition shows that 9-17-year-old girls who consume up to one cup...

Simon Lee and Charlie Rich were recently appointed as joint sales directors for vegetable handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering, in...

The new Tasteful Partners entity, which emerged after Tasteful Selections took over RPE, is a wholly-owned CSS Farms subsidiary. Tasteful...

Businesses and residents in Kensington, P.E.I., are already starting to feel the effects of the U.S. border being closed to...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

Scientists at the University of Florida developed an innovative modeling approach to the assessment of climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities...

A knowledge packed learning event for key information on potato diseases, soil health, and growing solutions. Everyone in the potato...

Potato Expo is the largest annual potato industry conference and trade show held in North America January 5-6, 2022Anaheim Convention...

Due to potato stocks depleting rapidly, the retail price of spuds rose sharply by 39%. Each kilo was sold for...

After one of the wettest summers in recent decades, potato crop conditions at the end of the harvest period were...

The results on the main BASF trial field with Allstar confirm the positive results of previous seasons. But the fungicide's benefits...

We are proud to present you our application. And as an announcement of this future development, we open the veil...

Throughout 2021, as part of Potato Grower’s celebration of our 50th year in publication, we will be honoring in our pages...

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) serves more than 200 grower members and 250 potato associate members throughout northwest Minnesota and...

In 2019, PepsiCo partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)...

In late October and early November, US market circumstances performed above year-ago levels. With yields down from a year ago,...

Studies in three Africa countries validate the value of seed system tools  Seed systems are essential for getting new crop varieties to farmers and,...

Market conditions for potatoes in the US were running above year-ago levels in late October and early November, according to...

Scientists have said that there is a need for effective ways to cope with a deadly disease dubbed “Potato Bacterial Wilt (PBW)...

For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central...

TOMRA Food, the leading manufacturer of sensor-based sorting machines for the food industry, has announced that it will run machine...

Chaplin, Sask., farmer Ron Gleim developed the X-Steam-inator, a pull-type steam machine that douses weeds with a maximum stream of...

More in Across Regions: Carbon farming and the regenerative revolution in foodNovember 15, 2021Is this the largest potato in the...

maintaining optimal temperature and humidity conditions in the storage room seems to be the most reasonable solution.

It takes leaves to make a potato crop, and maximum yields are achieved when potato plants cover the ground as...

Rural Canada needs more people. Towns need support workers at the seniors’ home, a parts manager for the Case IH...

Recently, Potato System announced that în the near future, table potatoes of Polish origin could be imported for sale in...

Idaho’s potato industry uses to produce about 90% of the potatoes grown in Idaho

According to a report by Farmers Weekly’s Philip Clarke, the AHDB is warning potato growers who failed to submit a 2021 potato planting...

The US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s chip potato industry absorbs annually almost 83,000 tons of primarily white spuds, locally produced. To...

From January 1, 2022, the new National Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 59551-2021 Seed Potatoes will come into...

British shoppers may face shortages of some of their favourite crisps until the end of the month after a botched...

The economy is raising more than just prices as farmers question how to manage fertilizer investments in 2022. For Helena...

It was supposed to be for one year only when the Prince Edward Island provincial government placed a moratorium on...

The new Red Fox potato has a very P.E.I. name —and is also a first in the history of the...

The Little Potato Company is introducing two flavor extensions to its best-selling Microwave Ready line – Smoked Salt and Roasted...

The World Potato Congress is delighted to announce its December 2021 webinar featuring Joel VanderSchaaf, General Manager, Tuberosum Technologies Inc. on December14,...

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Soiltech Wireless has a soil moisture sensor which is cheaper than competitors and can do more than just monitor water....

Hormel Foods Corporation and The Better Meat Co. recently announced that they will work together to develop the next generation...