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The potato plots of the Crop Tour are increasingly in need of precipitation, especially in the south of the country the soil is very dry. The growers of the plots in Cuijk, ...

“When I hear the word sustainability, I think about figuring out a way to survive to be able to get to the next year,” shares fifth generation farmer Jerry Arnold. “There isn’t ...

Despite the serious drop in temperatures and at least 14 inches of snow that fell Tuesday night, some Colorado growers are optimistic about the future of their crops. Tuesday night, the South ...

2020 was a year of extremes. We kicked off with a bone-dry spring, then the crops suffered from hail and extreme showers to be treated to an unprecedented heat wave in August. ...

'The sector has risks, but at the moment they seem to lie mainly with the grower' Potatoes are again harvested en masse in September. But the economic shock of the corona crisis ...

Agricultural enterprises and farmers of the Tambov region have begun harvesting potatoes. This year, “second bread” is present in the crop rotation of 35 commodity producers, who allotted 3 hectares for it. ...

It has been on the wild side, but 2020 has started out well for P.E.I. farmers. Statistics Canada's farm cash receipts report, released Friday, shows sales of $203.6 million for the first ...

Tholen-at the moment they are at Warnez Potatoes making a lot of noise. "However, we are waiting for a little rain to move on. Last week it was quite dry so we ...

EU project "ADAPT" examines how the crop adapts to environmental stressThe potato is one of the most important staple foods in the world. It is also of enormous economic importance as a ...

• The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna coordinates a consortium of 17European leading academic research institutions, potato breeders, a non-profit EUassociation, a government agency and a screening technology ...

As a result of the coronacrisis, Wilhelm Weuthen GmbH, the largest potato trading house in Europe, is not organising a Weuthen Kartoffeltag for the first time in 31 years. However, Ferdi Buffen ...

Arable farmers Henk and Rick Meijer use MH in their potatoes as standard for sprouting inhibition and controlling storage. For long-term storage, they often extend the dormancy by 1.4Sight. Even without Chlorine IPC there ...

To help tackle the challenge of sustainable food production, we are developing a digital agronomy system that aims to increase the precision with which agro-chemicals are applied. The tool we are developing ...

Nutrient uptake curves Nutrients uptake is at its greatest during tuber bulking up (intensive volume increase process). The amount of nutrients removed by a potato crop is closely related to yield. Usually, ...

Potato production is expanding across parts of Africa and Asia. 368 million tons of potatoes were harvested globally in 2019, as people from Vietnam to Kenya, the Peruvian Andes to Rwanda produced ...

Hybrid seeds are key to improving the productivity of smallholder farmers and necessary to meet projected food demands by 2050.Jan 13, 2020 Solynta today announced the grant of U.S. Patent Serial No. ...

The size of Northern Ireland’s retail potato market value has increased by 2.2%, or £1.0m, for the 12 months ending November 30th 2018. The latest Kantar figures show that the market was ...

That the potato harvest this year in Europe was well below average due to extreme weather conditions is well known by now. I this article we present some recent data from Great Britain, The ...

Late last month, the entire potato sector once again gathered en masse at INTERPOM PRIMEURS at Kortrijk Xpo. Despite a 2018-2019 potato season fraught with problems as a result of an exceptional ...

Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left bare until spring planting. Usually, the Loess Plateau fields are plowed, or tilled, after the harvest and left ...

The General Manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, Kevin MacIsaac, released a report on the final potato harvest situation in Canada. Kevin MacIsaac: Unfortunately this has been a very difficult harvest ...

In the 2017/2018 financial year, which ended on 31 July 2018, Avebe achieved a performance price of 85.81 Euros. That is another record and more than 4% higher than the performance price of ...

During the annual potato variety show at Agrico the topic of discussion was not limited to unique varieties on display. The impact of the excessive heat and drought this season on the ...

The total potato harvest in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France in 2018 will be at least 20 percent lower than last year, according to the latest estimates of the North-western European ...

During a meeting of Prince Edward Island’s standing committee on communities, land and environment, Robert Irving - president of potato processor Cavendish Farms - brought attention to the declining numbers of potato ...