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The San Luis Valley is in south-central Colorado at an elevation of 7,544 feet, making it the largest alpine desert in the world. The area, roughly 60 miles east to west and ...

Learn how to avoid these frustrating and deal-breaking mistakes Yes, recruiting members for your team is extremely difficult. But before you spend your time and energy on that challenge, focus first on ...

The insect monitoring network in potato fields I operate across Washington’s Columbia Basin provides growers information about where and when insect pests are showing up in the region and warns them about ...

Even more than the rest of us, potato growers could be forgiven for wanting to put 2020 in the rear-view mirror. From canceled contracts to processing plant closures, the pandemic had effects ...

Farming in the north-west of Scotland can be tough enough given the somewhat challenging weather conditions, but the right machinery can make things a little easier Mike Martin runs Garguston Farm at ...

Although we are nearing the end of a uniquely testing year, British farmers will have more challenges to face in 2021 says Gary Ford, regional director for the National Farmers' Union (NFU). There are lots ...

The GB potato industry accounts for over 117.46Kha of planted area this year, and is represented by 1,611 growers in 2020. Growers have faced difficult seasons of late. Last season, from a ...

The UK-based Scotts Precision Manufacturing company has seen a surge in demand for its vegetable handling machine from customers in New Zealand. Scotts has sent its fourth Evolution Dirt Remover this month ...

The white areas in this North Dakota field are not snow — they are areas with high salinity, which can ultimately cause low crop yields. Farming requires a high tolerance for dancing ...

A sequenced approach using a liquid nematicide with a new mode of action along with an existing granular product is the best strategy for tackling potato cyst nematode, according to trials carried out ...

Lamb Weston, supported by Art of the Possible Agency and WAA, has smashed the 2020 B2B Marketing Awards this week, taking Gold in the Best Product Launch Campaign and the highly coveted ...

As the holiday season gets closer, demand for Wisconsin potatoes is stronger than last year. “We have a good supply of Wisconsin red and gold potatoes from this year’s crop along with ...

Throughout the past few years, drip and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) have emerged as new opportunities for alfalfa growers looking to conserve water and other resources. The idea of greater water use ...

The farm of Tremonvilliers (Oise) is equipped with a TOMRA 3A to sort its potato and red beet crops. The Tremonvillers farm installed a TOMRA 3A sorter in the Fall of 2020 ...

ason Davenport is still a young man, but he has already accrued at least a career’s worth of experience. He grew up on a family farm in Melba, Idaho, and fully expected to return ...

Weed management, soil health, and the nutritional quality of foods grown organically continue to be high priority research topics for organic producers. Inna Popova, University of Idaho The Organic Farming Research Foundation ...

One of the country’s biggest potato producers is using an innovative app to improve the marketable yield and efficiency of its crops. The Elveden Estate is using the Crop4Sight management tool to improve the ...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would prove to ...

Even during this challenging time, we would like to let your (takeaway and delivery) menu shine! Together with you we would like to surprise your guests. If you are interested to treat ...

Potato harvesting has once again been affected by wet weather, with widespread rainfall in recent weeks hampering grower efforts to get the crop out of the ground. AHDB reported that while 77% ...

Potato marketers say they worry about the damage COVID-19 is doing to the foodservice sector. “Potatoes are now on 84% of restaurant menus, and top potato items preferred away from home include ...

According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the business model for farm supply co-ops has been threatened by challenging fundamentals, disruptive forces and increased competition. It notes reduced input spending by ...

Questions of data replication are now being asked by those concerned about data ownership. Questions around data ownership have been long discussed in and outside the agriculture sector – but are they ...

The harvest is ready, it went very smoothly this year. However, the devil was in the tail: During the last days of the beet harvest, winter started temporarily with severe frost and a ...

With fresh vegetable sales boosted by people cooking more at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many potato fresh packers are stretched to capacity. Some are even turning away work because they are ...