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Best Management Practices (BMPs) are the best recommended agronomic practices for growing a specified crop. These practices are based on research and experience and apply to potatoes under the specified ...

We talked to an entrepreneur in the sector about benefits for the farmer with the marketing of processed potatoes. Colombia barely processes 20% of the potatoes it produces, a figure ...

It’s strangely quiet for an early October afternoon at Flying A Ranch in Ashton, Idaho. Trucks and tractors, potato windrowers and grain combines sit idle and unfamiliarly dust-free, waiting for the ground ...

Potatoes weigh much less on household production and consumption, but the mumps crisis reflects the causes of the economic crisis. The pathetic scenes of peasants from the Cundiboyacense plateau wrapped ...

Some 300 producers have lost their seedings to the unexpected natural phenomenon; the locals will ascend to the hill of San Martín to beg for the storm rainfall. "Naqantatawa (everything ...

The 2020 lifting window has come with its own challenges, but relative to 2019 it’s certainly been more straightforward for most. As at 10 November 2020, it was estimated that ...

Remove the Guesswork My Father-in-Law, let’s call him Joe - because that’s his name - is a great sports fan. He enjoys all kinds of sports, but he is especially ...

The Renatre assured that they have already opened the standards and highlighted that it provides a DDJJ issued by the agency for those who come to work from other provinces. ...

Potato crisp manufacturing is a competitive industry, one where efficiency is a crucial factor in staying ahead of the competition. Wyma’s Vege-Polisher™ system combines both polishing and peeling technology in a unique ...

If rapeseed follows, cruciferous vegetables are not allowed in the cover crop mix. But what should come before grain or as a mixture for feeding? Here are our eight tips. Catch crops ...

Michael Family Farms is located right in the kind of sweet spot that has the potential to make a lot of growers jealous. Urbana, Ohio, where the Michaels have farmed for four ...

The total harvest of British potatoes this year will be 5.3m tonnes according to estimates – up 2.8% on 2019 but below the five-year average of 5.4m tonnes. This estimate ...

Videogame technology will be used to help develop the perfect potato as part of a ground-breaking new project involving Abertay University and a major potato seed supplier. The University has ...

Corona is forcing potato breeding companies and trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, ...

Cover crops are crops which are not sown to be harvested but rather to be incorporated in the soil at some point in their growth. In potato farming, cover crops ...

The continued wet weather in late October/early November has extended the harvesting season beyond eight weeks for some, which is clearly not good news where stores have been part-filled and ...

The post-inspection of seed potatoes is coming to an end. The reduction percentage fell slightly to 29 percent. The regional differences remain large, according to figures from the NAK. Right from the ...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato industry gathered together virtually for Dutch potato breeder HZPC’s Potato ...

WORLD POTATO CONGRESS INC. WEBINAR DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 09:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME – “DEVELOPING THE PIPELINE FROM GENOMICS TO NEW PRODUCTS” WITH DR. MARK TAYLOR The World Potato ...

The northern Norwegian production of potatoes, vegetables and berries is the northernmost in the world. Every year, tons of potatoes, berries and vegetables are produced in Troms and Finnmark. According ...

Covid-19 has changed the way business is done across the globe, and it is no different when it comes to agricultural research. In a previous post, we highlighted how Medius.Re can ...

What nurse crops assist potato production? An AAFC team investigates nurse crops that boost seedling success and yields. As with any field crop, young potato plants face many threats. Erosion, ...

Consumer buying habits have a significant impact in how much water is used in agriculture Modern agriculture puts an enormous emphasis on efficiency — from the resources used to grow ...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would ...

In practice, there are no indications that arable farmers are opting on a large scale for a smaller potato area in 2021. The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) recently called ...