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Like a good poker player, Don Flannery, president of the Maine Potato Board, is playing it close to the vest in terms of this year’s potato harvest. He’s not about to call it ...

Last Thursday, Jeffrey Endelman stood in a windy field east of Rhinelander and fished a diagram out of his fanny pack. “I’m continuing my selections in family number 91, at the moment, as ...

• Country focused online events for Italy, Poland, Romania, CIS & UK, South East Asia and the UK • Farmers, contractors, agribusiness professionals meet up to discuss best practice • Events take ...

During a conference on the situation and prospects of the potato value chain in Georgia, organized by the FinExCoop project, Carrefour's sales manager in Georgia noted that the company is currently not ...

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) reports that markets and consumption in Ireland remain buoyant as consumers are back to work and school. Colder weather has also stabilised retail sales. Processing trade remains ‘stable and ...

Spuds are survivors, writes Scott Elliot, Public Affairs Specialist at the USDA’s ARS Office of Communications in this news story. He says tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years, as well ...

Scientific discoveries and technological novelties greatly assist agribusiness, making it faster, more accurate, cost-effective, and efficient. At the disposal of present-day farmers, there are eco-friendly techniques, smart machinery and robots, resilient planting ...

In the spring of 2021, Belgium launched a large-scale scientific project aimed at obtaining information on the development and quality of potatoes in extreme weather conditions. Remote sensing was used for observations. ...

‘SpudChat‘ is a podcast initiative of the Prince Edward Potato Board in Canada. The podcast focusses on potato production in Prince Edward Island, primarily discussing research and agronomy topics with farmers, agronomists, ...

UPL-Chr. Hansen partnership has already identified several projects relevant to farmers globally and aims to develop a product pipeline for all major crops that will enable farmers to fight crop diseases and ...

Sweetpotato is a highly productive crop and orange-fleshed varieties are an excellent source of vitamin A, making it an important option for regions at a risk of food shortages and malnutrition. However, ...

Over 34 companies from 12 countries - inspirational innovations in agricultural technology  (DLG). Hall 13 at Agritechnica 2022 will be the venue for young, innovative companies from the agricultural machinery sector. More than ...

In response to the late blight disease of potatoes, the AsiaBlight Network formed a coalition of farmers, scientists, and government officials to develop an integrated approach to managing, and eventually eradicating, late blight disease ...

UPL Europe has joined the easyconnect Working Group (ECWG) committed to bring the easyconnect Closed Transfer System (CTS) to the European market. With this new member, all leading ag-industry players in Europe ...

THE Low Carbon Agriculture show will take place on March 8th and 9th, 2022, at the National Agriculture and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), to support farmers as they move through the agricultural transition. The event ...

Spuds are survivors. Tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years, as well as an unpredictable climate that can cause unseasonable frost damage to crops every year. An international team of ...

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland, Senator Pippa Hackett, has welcomed a new initiative which is aimed at helping Irish potato growers get ...

This year’s constant rainfall and generally poor weather reported in Switzerland, translated into the country’s disappointing potato harvest, and conjugated with a 30% increase in demand due to people sitting at home ...

Side Delights® shared industry data showing that retail sales of fresh potatoes alone totaled $3.1 billion for the past year (July 2020-June 2021). During this time frame, consumers bought 577 million more pounds ...

As a result of the recent heavy rains, the Russian tuber producers face difficulties in harvesting the new crop, which led to a significant decrease in their supply on the market and, ...

Ask any potato producer where rocks belong and they’ll vehemently tell you: “Not in my field.” While that’s true, they also don’t belong in your yard. Since the very first harvesters dug ...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop ...

A project run by Universal Robina Corp (URC) and the Philippine government has provided a valuable boost to the country’s potato growers during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Liam O’Callaghan for Asia Fruit ...

On account of the 2021 adverse growing conditions, across Europe, the first harvester liftings of maincrop indicate that yields are only going to be average at best, and wastage levels are likely ...

Genetic diversity is being lost at an alarming pace, according to a recent study from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). But farmers and scientists are working to conserve the genetic diversity of ...