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If you’ve been on the land for four generations already, you want to make sure you keep it going for the next one. In southern Victoria, Blowhard potato farmer Gary Crick is making ...

Consumers' expectations of the "perfect potato" may need to change as the food industry drives towards more climate-friendly agriculture. Andrew Francis, farms director at the Elveden Estate near Thetford That was the ...

When growing potatoes, the pH of the soil is important. It affects susceptibility to diseases.

After conducting experiments with treatments to improve the behavior of a Creole potato crop under conditions of water deficit

Researchers from the University of Groningen planted salt-tolerant seed potatoes on Friday afternoon at the double dike in Bierum in Groningen, a stone's throw from the Eemshaven. With the six different varieties, from ...

First Irrigation Show & Conference takes place within the expanded two-day potato event The “Ukrainian Potato Day”, with the main theme “Potato Blockchain”, will take place as planned on 26-27 August 2021 ...

Two years ago, a team of potato scientists and researchers from across Canada launched a comprehensive study aimed at reducing the impact of Potato Early Dying (PED) disease — a long-established yield ...

Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2021)— Yesterday, 288 agricultural organizations representing the geographic and commodity diversity of our nation’s farmers urged immediate Senate action to develop and pass legislation addressing agricultural labor reform. The ...

CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin, the largest ever citizen research project in Flanders into heat and drought, is now also installing 500 smart sensors or 'field daggers' in various potato fields throughout Flanders ...

The area of ​​seed potatoes indicated for the inspection is 41,711 hectares. This means that the number of hectares has again decreased slightly compared to the previous year. By far the largest variety remains ...

IN its newly-released inaugural 2020 Sustainability Report, Corteva Agriscience has set science-based targets for its greenhouse gas emission reductions and highlighted its 2030 goal to increase the resilience of the global food ...

rable farmers are increasingly and earlier encountering the Colorado potato beetle in potato plants.

The use of drones in the agriculture industry is allows agronomists, agricultural engineers, and farmers to help streamline their operations, using robust data analytics to gain effective insights into their crops.

The United States, Europe and Bolivia are the main destinations for Peruvian potato exports, which this year are expected to reach 18,000 tons, despite the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, official sources ...

Investment of 145 million euro in 2nd production line in Lipetsk LWM RUS, the leading producer of frozen potato products in Russia, has signed an investment agreement with the governor of the ...

Patatas Meléndez, vallisoletana the leading company in the field of potato fresh, closed last year with a turnover of 104 million euros, representing an increase of 17% over the previous year.

The BioScope FieldScout app has won a golden Dutch Interactive Award 2021 in the Tools category. The election is an initiative of Emerce, the platform for digital marketing and e-business. The Interactive Awards ...

One of the challenges of farming lies in the fact that by the time plants appear to be diseased or otherwise stressed, it may already be too late to address the problem. ...

South Africa is currently experiencing a sharp rise in potato prices after extremely cold weather conditions in the northern parts of the country affected potato harvests. Last week, the average price for a ...

The potato farming sector in the Region of Murcia is reported by the COAG farmer’s union to be facing its worst crisis in a decade, with agriculturalists unable to sell their crops ...

Practical aspects of mixing pesticides with fertilizers

Potato cultivation has seen tremendous success in Sudan when productivity in some areas reached 28 tons an acre, like in the Alarqam Project of Western Omdurman here, or the Meroe Dam Project ...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication that gives science-based solutions for plant propagation, disease elimination and plant improvement. The Pakistan Agricultural Research Center (PARC) is seeking the ...

Potato growers are being asked to reveal what they liked about AHDB Potatoes – ahead of it being wound down. Earlier this year, levy payers voted on whether they wanted the levy-funded ...

French potato producer PARMENTINE has equipped its new line in Samazan with two optical sorters from TOMRA Food – one the TOMRA 5A, the other the Sentinel II. SA PARMENTINE processes 180,000 ...