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#agriculture #farming #potatoes #Irish #economy #sustainability #BUSINESS #PROPERTY #OPINION The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has warned that the upcoming potato season is in peril, with many potato farmers facing closure due to a broken food chain. The…
For the third year now, potato grower Henk Nobel has been using Argos as a potato sprout killer. Now he is very confident in the effect of the medicine. One of the reasons he chose this was…
New research from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering into biodegradable sensors may change the way farmers track, measure, and respond in real time to their soil's microbial activity with big implications for addressing global…
#PotatoDiseases #Causes #Symptoms #PreventionStrategies #CropRotation #DiseaseResistantVarieties #SoilHealth #ContaminatedPlantingMaterial #HarvestedPotatoes #ManagementPractices Description: This article provides an overview of common potato diseases, their causes, symptoms, and prevention strategies. Potatoes are a staple food for many people around the world.…
China is a potentially big market for Pakistani potato, because the price of potato in China is higher, especially from January to April every year. Syed Ijaz ul Hassan, director of Potato Research Institute Sahiwal: "We can…
#PotatoFusariumDryRot #Fusariumspp. #culturalpractices #chemicalcontrol #biologicalcontrol #potatoproduction Potato Fusarium Dry Rot is a fungal disease that affects potatoes, causing them to rot and become unusable. This disease can have a significant impact on potato production, as infected potatoes…
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 131.2 points in January 2023, down 1.1 points (0.8 percent) from December, marking the 10th consecutive monthly decline. With this latest decline, the index has fallen 28.6 points (17.9 percent) from the…
Biostimulants can act as an insurance policy for growers this spring, especially as another wave of frosts threatens to knock crops back. So far, winter has been wet and except some sharp frosts, relatively mild – resulting…
#HTPS #Ethiopia #VarietyRegistration #PotatoProduction #SeedSector A consultative workshop on the potential of using Hybrid True Potato Seed (HTPS) for variety registration in Ethiopia was held on January 31st, 2023, at Bishoftu. The workshop was organized and facilitated…
The characteristics of 20 promising varieties of potatoes, which will be presented by the participants of the exhibition of the interregional industry exhibition "Potato-2023", were prepared by specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture of Chuvashia. Planting material…
Potato retail sales increased in dollar sales by 17.2% but decreased in volume sales by -1.3% from October – December 2022 compared to the same timeframe a year ago. Despite a slight decrease in volume sales, volume…
Description: Potato Fusarium Dry Rot is a destructive disease that affects potato crops worldwide. Learn how to prevent and treat this disease with our comprehensive guide. #potatodryrot #fusariumdryrot #potatodisease #cropmanagement #plantpathology Headings: Understanding Potato Fusarium Dry Rot…
