People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on ...

The outbreak of corona in March 2020 deeply affected many entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. In this series a look back ...

2020 was, together with 2014, the hottest year since at least 1901, the start of the weather measurements. This is reported ...

Even more than the rest of us, potato growers could be forgiven for wanting to put 2020 in the rear-view ...

TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. — The average American eats 100-pounds of potatoes a year. So there's always demand for healthy seed potatoes. ...

URBANA, Ill. – Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness in waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, two of ...

This week, key actors from Georgia’s potato sector convened virtually to discuss ideas to enhance the country’s potato sector.  Called the “Georgia Potato Forum,” ...

The start of the vaccination programs against the coronavirus also creates some optimism in the potato market. The quotations for ...

Digital Field helps farmers reduce production costs through the use of precise planting tools. Researchers are designing comprehensive production approaches ...

A self-propelled potato harvester made by Grimme reduces the amount of people needed for harvest. At Steijn Potato Farms in ...

Drip systems are sensitive and more prone to damage than overhead irrigation. Rodents, weed cutters, laborers, mechanical harvesting equipment and ...

From the tip of Farewell Spit to the very arse end of Stewart Island, there is one delicacy that unites ...

“From field research, a new line of “resilient” potatoes that adapts to climate change and resists disease without chemical residues. ...

Perfect spray conditions are rare and there are so many factors at play that sometimes the basics get overlooked. The ...

The announcement that a trade deal between the UK and the EU had been agreed just days before the end ...

Irish potato grower and packer Meade Potato Company has entered the starch commodity market by extracting starch from surplus potatoes ...

More drought and heat will require more and more irrigation in the future. In Germany, more than 2 million hectares of ...

Irrigation systems are vital for crop germination and are frequently used to distribute fertilizers or chemicals. In colder climates, overhead ...

On new year's eve, we open the offer of the General partner of potato news, this unique offer publication of ...

On November 19, the Xunta announced the lifting of the ban on planting potatoes in nine other municipalities in the ...

BREAKING old cycles and farming in a more unpredictable way is necessary to upset the evolutionary response of weeds, according ...

Snack fans have asked for more customization for years and Frito-Lay is responding in a big way. Frito-Lay today announced ...

Is overhead irrigation a system of the past? We certainly don’t think so! Drip irrigation systems may be highly efficient ...

Wildflowers grown in strips through potato crops could control disease-carrying aphids and may help growers faced with a dwindling number ...

BO Akkerbouw has submitted an application to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality for an extension of its ...

Farming in the north-west of Scotland can be tough enough given the somewhat challenging weather conditions, but the right machinery ...

Scottish farmers and crofters breathed a sigh of relief after a post-Brexit trade deal was agreed just days before the ...

The export of Dutch to overseas destinations may be higher in volume than last year after the dry growing season, ...

Dutch agricultural companies have good access to government financing. Only 2 to 7 percent of the funding demand is not met, ...

The three-row Dino weeding robot from Naïo Technologies has no problem hoeing between the arugula plants on a test field ...

A lot of farm kids—probably a healthy majority—spend a good portion of their youth grumbling about the long hours, the ...

The starting point for Europe's trade relationship with the UK has begun, separately from a trade deal, with "third country ...

The Belgian potato sector wants to be less dependent on the supply of seed potatoes from abroad, especially from the ...

Seed potatoes growers say they are being treated like pawns in a political game with £13.5m of exports in doubt ...

An important trend in the Dutch arable farming sector is the further development of precision agriculture. Precision farming techniques such as ...

Although we are nearing the end of a uniquely testing year, British farmers will have more challenges to face in 2021 says ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report, The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture, prepared in close partnership with the ...

ISLAMABAD: As part of the PepsiCo’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, the company here on Wednesday organised the “Sustainable Farming Programme ...

Farmers and traders say that as crop arrival will increase in coming days, price is likely to fall further. As ...

Wholesale prices for potatoes have decreased sharply over the past week, driving Egypt’s farmers to abandon their crops due to ...

After a difficult year full of hardships for all, Taco Bell knows fans could use the warmth and tradition that ...

Imagine being a repairman sent to weld a patch on a leaky center pivot span in the middle of winter. ...

Rolling catch crops can be an alternative to flail. This is cheaper, but greening requirements must be met. We have tips for ...

Researchers from Rothamsted Research, Bayer Crop Science and Syngenta Crop Protection are collaborating on a Pest Genomics Initiative (PGI). This PGI ...

At Komet we follow our own guiding principle: once we have identified a grower’s needs, we go out of our ...

Northern Ireland’s potato industry (potato Imports) is hoping against hope that a derogation allowing the importation of both ware and ...

Smart irrigation with mobile drip irrigation potato Every year, the Irrigation Association celebrates Smart Irrigation month to promote products, practices ...

It’s only early days, but Tim Heysen is excited about boldly going where no potato grower has gone before. Together ...

McDonald’s is known for delivering free smiles to their customers in Japan but recently, customers weren’t smiling back at them. ...

McCain Foods announces the construction of a second potato processing plant in China to meet the growing demand for its ...