USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced last week it is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that have demonstrated benefits ...
Potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop to fertilize in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. This is often done by collecting petioles – the parts ...
Tens of millimeters of rain in a short time. Today is the day in North Holland. Up to and including next weekend, 100-150 mm of rain may fall along the ...
On the plot in Middenmeer (North Holland) the grubbing-up was completed last week fairly smoothly. The weather conditions were good, although the grower had to irrigate before he could harvest. ...
Farmers who want to keep marestail and other winter annuals like henbit and purple dead nettle from overrunning their 2021 fields can get a head start this fall. “Marestail is ...
When it comes to farming, becoming more sustainable can also mean becoming more profitable. So it’s only natural that farmers would look to Spartans for help going — and making ...
ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails ...
The southern Wetterau is a stronghold for organic and conventional potato cultivation. Farmers from Karben and Bad Vilbel are looking forward to a below-average harvest this year. And the Corona ...
Farming requires a high tolerance for dancing with nature. That’s especially true for North Dakota producers such as Mark Cheatley. In places, his soil poses a particular challenge: salinity creating ...
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) will investigate wild potato varieties for resistance to a wide range of potato diseases and pests. This broad approach makes breeding material available with which ...
Two research scientists on P.E.I. have spent their summer trying to grow a better potato, more resistant to scab and greening, which are both costly problems for potato growers. "Common ...
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 ...
Due to the drought problems of recent years and the resulting crop losses in the potato industry, many cultivation companies decided to expand their existing areas. However, the subsequent increase ...
Once again, the weather conditions have not allied with the farmers,in this case, with those who grow potatoes. Now that the time of collection has also arrived the rains and that prevents the task from ...
The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress and food policy. The history of crop domestication offers many ...
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, ...
British potato growers who supply McDonald's will receive £1 million in grants to help boost soil quality and optimise water management. The launch of the Sustainable MacFries Fund aims to ...
When you talk ‘ag,’ as in agriculture in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, you’re not talking ‘small potatoes.’ Just the opposite. In ‘the Valley,’ there’s no such thing. Potatoes of any ...
FAISALABAD-The agriculture experts advised the growers to start cultivation of autumn crop of potatoes immediately and complete it by mid of October to get bumper yield. A spokesman of the ...
● Melendez potato experience in distribution will help expand Sun & Vegs in the center of the peninsula. ● Agromediterranea thus guarantees the freshness, quality and service of its products ...
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This trans-disciplinary CAP project addresses three legislatively mandated areas; research in plant breeding and genetics of disease resistance; efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases; and ...
It’s no secret that farming has become increasingly high-tech, but a partnership between The Ohio State University and an Ohio agribusiness is taking things even further with new field scouting ...
Welcome to four hours of rat hell and a hunt like no other. Bones break and blood spills across a farm yard, in unison with a frenzied cacophony of guttural ...
Potato foliage must be removed before harvesting to prevent blight infection of the tubers, facilitate the passage of the harvester, and remove weeds. After this year, farmers can no longer ...