Once harvest is over, most farmers are ready for a well-deserved break. However, the to-do list still includes fall field work and completing end-of-season maintenance on your irrigation systems. For ...
Corona is forcing the potato 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, others have ...
A high-tech mobile surveillance unit was delivered at the end of October as part of Hort Innovation’s multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative – iMapPESTS. The iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture program is researching and ...
Every farmer wants to see their crops grow healthily, develop fully, and yield properly in both quantity and quality. To achieve all this, crop plants must have enough of every ...
BLACKVILLE – Irrigation is an important tool that likely has been used in agriculture for about as long as humans have been cultivating plants, but just how much water is ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Using the right apps can improve your communication and increase efficiency on your farm. Dennis Buckmaster, agricultural and biological engineering professor at Purdue University, shared tips ...
The Minister of Agriculture, Santiago Bertoni, said that the peasants, like the medical workers, are "heroes" who during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic have not stopped producing and supplying ...
Scottish potato farmers have said that uncertainty surrounding their ability to sell to Northern Ireland post-Brexit is causing millions of pounds in losses, prompting Scotland’s environment minister to accuse the government of ...
I feel like it was about 5 years ago when the gates were opened to the ag data land rush. Small ag-tech companies and multinational legacy companies all entered the ...
The impact of corona on the potato sector is significant. All links in the chain are affected, especially the processing industry and the growers who supply the raw materials. During the digital ...
“You can humidify and disinfect a potato storage warehouse's air using just water and UV. No chemicals," says Jef Viaene of Jebe, a Humigator DFS dealership. "You'll have two to ...
Germán Palacio, manager of Fedepapa, said that the sector faces one of the most critical moments in recent years as a result of the "drastic drop in consumption." The manager ...
Corona is forcing the potato 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, others have ...
The fungicidal potato stain Monceren Pro must no longer be used. The permissible residue levels for this have been reduced. The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety revoked the approval ...
The smaller package of resources and the drought of recent years mean that the pressure of wireworms is increasing rapidly. The problem is, among other things, in potato cultivation on torn ...
The area dedicated to the production of seed potatoes in Spain is 2,150 hectares, with a very good quality crop that has managed to maintain itself these years where others ...
Good quality, volume predicted as San Luis Valley crop hits the market. Colorado’s unmatched scenery, climate, and its popularity as a tourist destination often overshadow some of its less obvious ...
Quality and traceability, two important requirements of potato fresh packing, are threatened by market disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns have increased home-cooking and the popularity of fresh potatoes, ...
The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has now launched an investigation into the proven threat of surplus ...
Eric Anderson, Senior Agronomist at Scottish Agronomy looks at some key issues to be thinking about ahead of potato storage this autumn. For seed, using positive ventilation is accepted as ...
Data-driven decisions based on weather information are helping East Anglian farms cut the cost and environmental impact of crop spraying – with the help of a new free-to-use sensor network. ...
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, ...
Leuven, Belgium, 20 November 2019 – By using the TOMRA 3A high-performance sorting machine Duchemin (Caen) are able to ensure their potatoes are a premium product. Created in 1984 in ...
From comprehensive ag tech consulting to robotic specialization and support, dealers and industry experts share their vision for how opportunities and objectives will change. Asking dealers to dust of their ...
Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties. As the impacts of climate change intensify — from water scarcity to raging ...