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With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the West.

After 20 years of successful management, potato wart has closed the U.S. border again. P.E.I. farmers are five days into a suspension of trade for their potatoes into the U.S. market and ...

Businesses and residents in Kensington, P.E.I., are already starting to feel the effects of the U.S. border being closed to fresh Island potatoes. Kensington, P.E.I., located in the heart of a big ...

Set for a limited initial run of 250,000 bags, Mackie’s of Scotland Potato Crisps will launch a spicy chips flavor ahead of the festive season under the name of Boxing Day Curry. ...

UK crops are likely to be in higher demand after floods affected European growers, with supplies for frozen chips particularly affected, said Lynx Purchasing experts in their Summer 2021 report. On the ...

They’ve come a long way, baby. Drying foods like grapes, apricots, dates, figs and plums in the air and sun is one of the oldest ways of preserving food – and especially ...

entire cohort of growers has not been recognised by the Covid support schemes put in place for the potato sector

Of course, we can compliment each other every day. But on international compliment day we do our best! We present a nice initiative to showcase our employees. From Monday 1 March there ...

The potato processing industry presents its potato growers with contracts with lower prices than last year

farmers still fear that (part of) their harvest will be lost. "Better give us a lot of snow,"

Ireland’s seed potato sector looks set to get a Brexit shot in the arm.

As the dust settles on the Brexit trade deal, the seed potato sector is coming to terms with its mixed fortunes. The news that ware potatoes have been awarded third country listed ...

Potato seed provider HZPC is looking at how to embed more sustainability in its supply chain. But that is not all: CEO Gerard Backx tells us the company is also trying to breed better potatoes. How ...

"PlanetProof helps us to protect the market against parties that would otherwise be dumped on this market

agrarheute is showing a completely new type of sprayer for the first time: the compact sprayer. It is the link between the mounted and trailed sprayer, combining the advantages of both variants. Shortly ...

The outbreak of corona in March 2020 deeply affected many entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. In this series a look back at the past year with entrepreneurs who were previously in the picture ...

The start of the vaccination programs against the coronavirus also creates some optimism in the potato market. The quotations for chips potatoes on the potato futures market are rising in this week ...

The announcement that a trade deal between the UK and the EU had been agreed just days before the end of the transition period was hailed as a great relief to Scotland’s ...

Scottish farmers and crofters breathed a sigh of relief after a post-Brexit trade deal was agreed just days before the end of the transition period. Farmers’ union NFU Scotland (NFUS), which has long warned ...

The starting point for Europe's trade relationship with the UK has begun, separately from a trade deal, with "third country status" vital to keep agricultural goods flowing across the English Channel and ...

Within the phosphate standards, it is quite possible for arable farmers to meet the phosphate requirements of the crop and to supply enough organic matter. This is the conclusion of researchers Wieke Vervuurt ...

Public trust in British farmers has seen a boost during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the public increasingly rely on the UK's 'hard working producers', according to a new study. Consumers are more ...

Of all the equipment on the farm, planter winter are generally the most carefully protected and maintained, and usually the first to get coveted indoor storage space. I understand farmers’ attachment and ...

Idaho saw great weather throughout their potato harvest this year, which started in August and went through October. “The harvest even wrapped up a bit earlier than usual this year due to ...

The GB potato industry accounts for over 117.46Kha of planted area this year, and is represented by 1,611 growers in 2020. Growers have faced difficult seasons of late. Last season, from a ...