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Potato anthracnose is a fungal disease that affects potatoes, causing yield losses and reduced crop quality. This article will provide farmers, agronomists, agricultural engineers, farm owners, and scientists with essential information on ...

A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its efforts to preserve rare, threatened, and important wild plants. As of March ...

#Conn'sPurchaseOfMikeSell'sChips #PotatoChips #BrandLicensing #FoodIndustry Conn’s Start Production of Mike Sell’s Chips After Purchasing its Brand Licensing Conn's Potato Chips has recently acquired the brand licensing of Mike Sell's potato chips and has ...

High soil and tuber temperatures cause heat necrosis.It occurs when a period of slow tuber growth is followed by active tuber growth at high temperatures. Light to dark brown necrotic spots or ...

Brown center is associated with cool, wet soil conditions during early tuber development.Brown centers in small tubers may disappear if tuber growth is uniform during maturation. The size and shape of the ...

For Boyd Rose of East Point Potatoes and Ray Keenan of Rollo Bay Holdings in Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) province, the impacts of having the Canada-US border closed to exports of ...

Intralox announced the expansion of its U.S. operations with its move to a new built-to-suit 310,000-sq-ft (28,800-sq-m) facility at Tradepoint Atlantic, the 3,300-acre (13.4 sq km) global logistics center in Sparrows Point, ...

Until the 19th century, most potato varieties being grown in North America had been imported from Europe with little attention being paid to specific varieties.

The Government of Canada is committed to restoring market access for PEI fresh potatoes to the United States and supporting PEI farmers impacted by trade disruptions. To that end, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture ...

They reduce sheet and rill soil erosion, decrease ephemeral gully erosion, manage water flow, stabilize steep slopes, and trap sediment.

Potato is an important crop in the United States, with a value of $4.02 billion (USDA-NASS 2018). Florida produces one-third of the winter/spring crop in the nation and is ranked the 7th ...

Part of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), the U.S. Potato Genebank has for more than six decades collected and maintained a massive collection of potato genetics.

Agronomists interested in finding out more about biostimulants and the effect they can have on UK crops are being encouraged to contact one of Europe’s leading brands of natural fertilisers. The UK ...

Massive losses in the United States' number one vegetable crop, potatoes, aren't only due to pests or drought, they’re due to damage in the handling and storage of potatoes over the nine ...

Two years ago, a team of potato scientists and researchers from across Canada launched a comprehensive study aimed at reducing the impact of Potato Early Dying (PED) disease — a long-established yield ...

Growers without access to irrigation systems are being encouraged to follow the lead of one Lincolnshire farmer who has embraced seaweed to help his crop fend off the effects of heat stress. ...

P.E.I. will 'be back to a more normal year in terms of numbers,' of temporary foreign workers

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

A cross country check-in on what to expect for potato diseases this growing season.

FarmProgress: The Suez crisis is buoying natural gas prices in Europe, delaying wind farms in Asia and could soon hit your instant coffee.

Exports of U.S. seed potatoes to Morocco with these varieties could take place as early as the end of 2021

Heat during the growing season is causing disease problems for potato growers

Today the Government of Canada announced CAD 5 million financial support for the implementation of the new potato specialty line planned at the McCain Foods Grand Falls facility.

Nyiraneza and Oyster Cove Farms of Hamilton, P.E.I., recently completed a two-year study that tested the performance of cover crops planted following the potato harvest.

Contract cut had a major impact on their operation but added that this year’s drought hurt them even more