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If rapeseed follows, cruciferous vegetables are not allowed in the cover crop mix. But what should come before grain or as a mixture for feeding? Here are our eight tips. Catch crops fulfill a ...

Videogame technology will be used to help develop the perfect potato as part of a ground-breaking new project involving Abertay University and a major potato seed supplier. The University has entered into ...

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 ...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato industry gathered together virtually for Dutch potato breeder HZPC’s Potato Days Live ...

What nurse crops assist potato production? An AAFC team investigates nurse crops that boost seedling success and yields. As with any field crop, young potato plants face many threats. Erosion, wind, drought ...

In the season 2020 a trial was carried out with biostimulant 'BeneSTIM Recovery' on Potatoes in the United Kingdom. There was hardly any rain in the UK and the potatoes where visibly ...

In connection with inquiries regarding the dates of the fall application of fertilizers - the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would like to remind you that in exceptional situations it is ...

Potato farmers from the Belén Settlement in the district of Tacuaras, Ñeembucú, received inputs and advice on seed production and sanitation. For the current harvest, the seeds had been provided by the ...

BLACKVILLE – Irrigation is an important tool that likely has been used in agriculture for about as long as humans have been cultivating plants, but just how much water is enough? Researchers ...

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. ...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have decided to ...

The smaller package of resources and the drought of recent years mean that the pressure of wireworms is increasing rapidly. The problem is, among other things, in potato cultivation on torn grassland or ...

As farmers continue to struggle with labor shortages, technology steps in with innovative tools to help bridge the gap. The United Nations estimates the world’s population will expand to nearly 10 billion ...

Between August 2019 and April 2020 Solidaridad Mozambique and Solynta executed the first hybrid TPS field trial ever in Mozambique: growing potatoes from true seeds rather than traditional seed potatoes. The seedlings ...

In 2020, Flemish area consumer potatoes remained stable compared to 2019. In 2020 Flanders will have 54,230 hectares of potatoes. In the main production areas (Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the ...

With a number of dry summers in a row Alternaria has become an annual phenomenon in potatoes. Cro Advisor Sander Uwland of Bayer expects the disease to be a keeper, even if ...

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 far behind ...

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 crisis is ...

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 in harvests ...

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 examples of ...

BOONE, Iowa — Data collected from personal information has been called one of the most valuable commodities in the world. With the advent of precision agriculture and advances in farm equipment technology, ...

As the first day of fall arrives, the potato crop in Canada is in varying stages of growth and/or harvest.The production outlook is mixed after parts of Eastern Canada experienced one of ...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket report Fiwap/PCA: Early industrial potatoes: the last batches are partly passed on to industry and partly to animal feed.Storage varieties: in addition to the demand ...

Avebe's starch campaign has got off to a good start this year. Both the potato and starch yields have achieved good results in the first weeks of the campaign, although there are ...

The potato harvest is in full swing in Carinthia. After two years of failures due to beetle plague and drought, the camps are well filled again. Instead of imported apples from Israel ...