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The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its bi-annual vegetable situation and outlook report in April.

In an interview with Paweł Kaczmarek, a board member of Top Farms Wielkopolska, we talked about important aspects of the cultivation of french potato and chips and how important soil is in ...

The acreage also appears to be declining in the rest of northwestern Europe, with estimates suggesting a decrease of three to even five percent.

In 2020, the three leaders in global potato production maintain their positions: China is nearing 100 million tonnes followed by India and Russia. Other major players on the market include Ukraine, the United States, ...

Arable farmers would like to reduce the use of crop protection products, but do not have the correct knowledge about possible alternatives.

Be it soil-applied applications at planting or postemergence applications, spray drift remains a nagging issue for vegetable growers.

Farmers could be offered exit payments of up to £100,000 to help them leave the industry as part of a government drive to attract "new talent" onto the fields.

A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

Pieper Farms has spent 75 years forging one of the strongest reputations for high-quality seed in the world.

The Romanian Farmers Club and the Romanian National Potato Federation propose to the authorities the implementation of a National Strategic Potato Plan, to save an economic sector in great difficulty and harmonise ...

There does not seem to be an end to the rise in fertilizer prices

Belgium is already the world’s largest exporter of pre-fried potato products.

Potato producers in the country anticipate unfair competition with their counterparts in the United States, once they conclude the legal process for the opening of fresh potatoes from that country

In some species and in some crops, pest monitoring requires the use of additional tools. In many cases, their purchase is a low cost that pays for itself quickly. Every professional user  of plant ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of more than $5.2 million to support nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The universities will research ways nanotechnology can be used to improve food safety, enhance ...

demonstrate the tolerance of some varieties after having subjected them to a water deficit

This year’s Anuga FoodTec trade fair in Cologne, Germany, which saw some 43,000 visitors, highlighted new food processing technology from around the world. Arguably, the most visited exhibit was the Robotik-Pack-Line (RPL), a ...

South African potato industry is appealing to stakeholders to form more partnerships to drive growth and transformation

The Canadian government is providing up to $21.4 million to cover about 2,000 youth jobs in agriculture, the federal government says in a news release on May 5. The funding is being ...

A new University of Illinois-led study identifies obstacles and solutions to improve performance and adoption of irrigation decision support tools at the field scale. Where some fields are equipped with soil moisure ...

In recent decades, the market for fresh produce – and, in particular, minimally processed, ready-to-eat products like fresh-cut lettuce – has grown substantially. At the same time, outbreaks related to foodborne pathogens, and ...

On March 31st, the R&D director of Udapa Ana Carrasco and Jon Legorburu, the cooperative's agricultural technical engineer, participated in the webinar “Innovating in potato irrigation using precision tools”, where the results obtained were ...

For ten years, JSC “Ozyory” has been a member of the Union of the Participants of Potato and Vegetable Market with great pride. Over this time, the company has stead-ily increased its ...

With propane engines, farmers can take back control of their farms with continuous access to reliable propane

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) today announced a new, impact-driven Positive Agriculture ambition, anchored by a goal to spread regenerative farming practices across 7 million acres, approximately equal to its entire agricultural footprint. The ...