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“Vantacor insect control is an example of FMC using its formulation expertise to shrink our environmental footprint while still delivering reliable insect control,” says John McCool, FMC insecticides product manager. Besides being ...

The recent finalisation of a takeover of Thomas Foods International’s potato business and a spike in demand through the coronavirus pandemic has cemented Mitolo Group as the Australia’s largest fresh spud producer. ...

Some 300 producers have lost their seedings to the unexpected natural phenomenon; the locals will ascend to the hill of San Martín to beg for the storm rainfall. "Naqantatawa (everything burned)", laments ...

The Mansholt family is a household name in North Groningen. For generations they have been growing seed potatoes, grain, beets and onions in their fields.  Jochum Mansholt is the youngest member of the ...

In the first part of the 20th century, Fred Gumz left his native Germany to seek his fortune in America. He eventually made his way to Indiana, where he set to chasing the American dream in the ...

Although metam fumigants—metam sodium and metam potassium—have proven to be extremely reliable for suppressing weeds, disease and nematodes in potato fields for more than four decades, recent discoveries have confirmed that there ...

With a view to the elimination of chlorpropham, Agrifirm has conducted proactive research in recent years into alternative solutions for sprouting inhibition in potatoes. The starting point is an environmentally conscious solution with ...

An influx of European potato fries into New Zealand has already impacted on domestic growers, with less product planned for growing and staff job losses. Hewson Farms, in Mid Canterbury, grows on ...

In practice, there are no indications that arable farmers are opting on a large scale for a smaller potato area in 2021. The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) recently called on potato ...

It is the dawn of a new era in the sustainable packaging sector: Sorma Group is introducing fruit and vegetable packaging that is 100% paper-based and therefore completely recyclable. The designed models, ...

Managing plant health and strict water monitoring have paved the way to success for AL 3 Boerdery in Dendron, Limpopo. CT van der Merwe spoke to Lindi Botha about the production practices ...

over crops, also referred to as green manure crops, are crops planted as a break between commercial crops. They are grown and incorporated back into the soil rather than for products that ...

Potatoes with purple tubers have been available on the domestic market for some time . After getting acquainted with the place of their origin, indicated on the shop label, we learn that these are not ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Santiago Bertoni, said that the peasants, like the medical workers, are "heroes" who during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic have not stopped producing and supplying the markets. ...

The Sevillian company Intersur 2011 and the Albaceteña company Agromar Hispana have created the Intersur group, which already produces more than 100,000 tons of potatoes to packers who sell them to supermarkets. Currently, the ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA —Grimmway Farms, the largest carrot producer in the world and the largest organic vegetable producer in the USA, is exhibiting new products and sustainable packaging initiatives this week at the first-ever ...

Dutch Potato Packer Leo de Kock Gets Complete Box Emptying LineOct 13, 2020 VHM Machinery has installed several machines at Leo de Kock. This company is VHM Machinery's fruit and vegetable retailer ...

POCATELLO — Interest in the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s annual specialty crop program was up considerably this year compared with last year. ISDA has announced it will award a total of ...

The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notifications of the change of plant protection product (PPPs) approval status within the European Union (UE). Of particular interest is the non-renewal of approval of 2 ...

The Bender clan are potato people. From raising tubers especially for potato chips to the everyday table spud, they are experts in growing America’s most popular root vegetable. Given that, it should ...

Trust in potatoes In 1920 Kees (Cornelis) Meijer established his company.  He traded in potatoes and onions. He built a better life for his family and himself. Kees turned out to be ...

What if you were told in a sales meeting not to make a profit by the CEO, president or company owners? What if your boss said, “We’re making too much money. Cut ...

Supplying potatoes to the foodservice industry, and specifically frying potatoes for operators making fresh-cut fries, is “the strength of our company,” stated Nick Proia, chief operating officer of Kingston Fresh in Idaho ...

2020 was a year of extremes. We kicked off with a bone-dry spring, then the crops suffered from hail and extreme showers to be treated to an unprecedented heat wave in August. ...

Wim Le Grand is employed as manager at a vof in which two independent arable companies have housed their machines. Mutual trust and common sense form the basis for cooperation. There is ...