Where irrigation really pays off: 5 economic factors
With the exception of potatoes or soya, the cost of an irrigation system, including technology and pipes, is far from worthwhile in every common arable culture. Tests from several years have ...
With the exception of potatoes or soya, the cost of an irrigation system, including technology and pipes, is far from worthwhile in every common arable culture. Tests from several years have ...
If potato growers decide they no longer want to pay the £42.62 per hectare levy, then the potato part of the AHDB will likely cease.
In addition to sugar beets, the sowing and weeding robot is also suitable for the cultivation of onions and rapeseed.
With genetic markers, it becomes easier for breeders to develop resilient, high-yielding potatoes with the key traits—taste, texture, cooking time—sought by local consumers.
Many Indian agri-tech start-ups like SatSure, CropIn, Niruthi, AgRisk, and government programs help in sowing and crop monitoring
Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans oomycete, is the most important disease of potato cultivation in the world. This disease affects both leaves, stems and tubers, reducing the yield ...
Bj farms is located at Sarabha Village about 25kms from Ludhiana, On Ludhiana Pakhowal Road.
The British potato industry is in talks with the European Union about relaxing the seed potato measure
vegetable growers to monitor their soil moisture conditions to inform irrigation management
Potato plants absorb large quantities of potassium (K) throughout the growing season.
We are leading the way in a number of areas, but I regret to discover that there is no market for that yet.
A variable planting distance in the cultivation of seed potatoes requires better calculation rules. This is evident from the experiences of growers within the National Living Lab for Precision Agriculture (NPPL) ...
We need to bridge the gap between the next generation of landowners and producers. Meet Glen Moeller, an Iowa farmer and landowner who retired in 2015 after 40 years of ...
A group of farmers and researchers has developed an innovative, sustainable method of tackling a pest that threatens to “annihilate” Scotland’s potato industry within 30 years. Potato cyst nematode (PCN) ...
Salinisation of the soil results in a loss of 1,166 euros per hectare during the cultivation of potatoes in the Netherlands. That is 1,781 euros in Denmark. his is shown by ...
A farmer in Manitoba, who experimented with direct seeding and minimal tillage in a potato field, harvested a crop statistically on-par with his conventionally planted fields. An experiment to try ...
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 ...
GRIMME uses a new single-row control system as the basis for Section Control on the cup planters type GL 420 and GL 430. This new development is a cost-effective alternative ...
agrarheute is showing a completely new type of sprayer for the first time: the compact sprayer. It is the link between the mounted and trailed sprayer, combining the advantages of both ...
The University of California at Berkeley will use a field robot this year to investigate the water content of crop leaves in the field and the optimal time for sprinkling ...
The Minister of Agriculture of the Region of Murcia, Antonio Luengo , visited the 'El Mirador' Agricultural Demonstration and Transfer Center this Monday, where he learned about advances in the use of water retaining ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released a new plan involving methods to deal with a microscopic pest in southeastern Idaho that threatens the state’s billion-dollar industry that supplies ...
In the coming year, more and more agents may only be sprayed with nozzles from a high drift reduction category (DRD 90%, 95%, 97.5%). With a conventional sprayer this can lead to ...
Even if irrigation appears to be necessary for plant cultivation, it is only economical if prices are high. Economic success in arable farming depends directly on rainfall. Two years of drought ...