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The Canary Islands Farmers and Ranchers Association (ASAGA Canarias ASAJA, for its acronym in Spanish) has made a call to encourage consumers to prioritize in their purchases the potato of Canarian origin ...

New: French experts transfer sorghum know-how in trial plots; 93 exhibitors presented solutions on 12 hectares in crop protection, new varieties and the latest technology for Turkish Farmers; investment intention high(DLG) Last ...

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 facility will ...

In the latest report “Together, towards planet-friendly food” summary published on McCain’s website, the integrator shared the progress towards its Global Sustainability Strategy and commitments. The document highlights a specific leadership key ...

New: Irrigation Show & Conference - Event held at 2700-hectare potato seed farm – farm owner reports 20 percent increase in yield using precision farming(DLG). Last week, the second edition of “Ukrainian ...

With 21.2% of the European Union (EU-27) total potato harvest in 2020 (or 11.7m tonnes), Germany is now officially the largest producer, followed by Poland (16.4%), France (15.7%), the Netherlands (12.7%) and ...

In response to the challenges of climate change, growing demands for food, and persistent malnutrition, crop breeders across the Global South are developing more resilient, productive and nutritious potato varieties. But for ...

Outdoor eight-hectare event 18 August – 20 August 2021 in Konya-Ankara in Turkey - 3500 visitors with access to trials plots, exhibits and machinery demonstrations from 50 exhibitors (DLG) Last week 18 August ...

Given that Israeli company CropX was making its first steps into crop protection and crop recording, the newest Dutch acquisition – Dacom Farm Intelligence – provides a perfect match in this respect. ...

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 for the ...

The opening ceremonies of KOPIA Pakistan Centre and Aeroponic Potato Seed Production System were held recently at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad, Pakistan. The newly confirmed cooperation between KOPIA ...

The International Potato Center (CIP) has substantially contributed to the development and release of improved potato varieties that are grown by millions of farmers in Asia’s top potato producing countries.  CIP says in this ...

As DLG Fuarcılık, Potato Days Turkey, which we organized for the first time in 2019 in Konya Selçuklu Karaömerler with a product-specific fair understanding, will meet with its visitors between 18-20 August  this  year, taking into account the Covid 19 measures. Within the scope of the measures taken at the fair entrances, the mask and social distance rules will be followed. Everyone in ...

In India, Table Potato growers in the early-mid bulking segment were having very limited choice of varieties. They were facing challenges such as slow bulking, low marketable yield and hence lower profits. Besides this ...

To ensure his business gets its timing right, GoldenGrow owner Graeme Jarvie employs a ‘less is more’ approach, where the business stays well within its capabilities and so runs smoothly.

By equipping Tolsma’s box filler with a box tipper, the company’s experts created a multifunctional machine, which means that it can be used all year round by potato processors. Based on the ...

During its regularly scheduled meeting, the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) voted to approve a Food and Agriculture Investment Fund grant for one Michigan company preparing to expand capacity, ...

Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward Island. She and a team of colleagues conducted a two-year research study to evaluate the effects of ...

The past year has been a doozy. Being locked up for a year and watching half a million Americans die was traumatizing. In the most productive agricultural country in the world, millions ...

The seed potato chain, represented by LTO Nederland, Plantum NL and the Dutch Potato Organization (NAO), is very concerned about tackling fraud involving seed potatoes with forged NAK certificates. 

High heat in the early summer can lead to reduced yield and deformed potatoes on farmers, said Washington State Potato Commission Executive Director Chris Voigt in a Herald telephone interview. A potato ...

PepsiCo announced it was consolidating its presence in the Dominican Republic with a recent investment of more than USD30m for the expansion of its Caribbean Plant. Gerardo Díaz de León, president of ...

Fertilizers not only become dramatically more expensive, but also often difficult to buy.

Andrei Sinitsyn started the potato business back in the 1990s:

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different phosphate levels. The moisture supply is based on soil moisture sensors. The trial is ...