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Black Gold Farms is one of the U.S.’s large geographically diverse potato producers. They grow chipping potatoes and sweet potatoes on hundreds of fields in 8 states, with more than 600 employees ...

Pathogen. The scab bacterium is a common soil inhabitant that survives for long periods of time, even in the absence of potatoes. The strains of the bacterium thatcause common scab produce a ...

Agreements on plans for 2023 were reached during a meeting held in the format of a video conference. First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Chuvashia Inna Volkova and Head of the International ...

To support the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic, JSC "Regional Leasing Company of the Republic of Crimea" provides Crimean agricultural producers with preferential conditions for the acquisition of ...

Pathogen. The powdery scab fungus may survive many years in the soil as resting spores. It attacks roots, stolons, young shoots and tubers. The fungus is spread by planting infected seed tubers, ...

PepsiCo is the largest potato processor of potatoes in Venezuela, with around 2,400 tons per year. PepsiCo Alimentos Venezuela recently launched its ‘Agro with Purpose’ program, hoping to learn new techniques to ...

When plants are healthy, they emit red light that is nearly impossible to see with the naked eye, but with a new instrument developed at York University, it's now possible to measure ...

Personal subsidiary plots continue to be the main producers of potatoes in Russia. "Private traders" are significantly ahead of agricultural producers in the organized sector. Such conclusions can be drawn based on ...

Across Europe, on the fresh markets, growers have been pushing for a movement to avoid storage costs. Prices have been virtually unchanged but a small increase has been seen for the very ...

Late blight has the potential to be an extremely destructive disease of potatoes. The fungus attacks all parts of the plant. High moisture and night temperatures of 10–15°C and day temperatures of ...

Variable precipitation had an impact on this year’s potato crop in southwestern Ontario province in Canada, especially if the operator didn’t have irrigation. At Brenn-B Farms in Waterdown, co-owner Shawn Brenn reported that ...

The USDA has published a draft report for public consultation assessing pathways of introduction for potato wart from Canada into the United States. This report evaluates the likelihood of introduction of potato wart ...

Drone technology saves time, improves production Trial-and-error research is a time-honored tradition, but with the global population now at 7.9 billion – and expected to top 9.7 billion by 2050 – time ...

Growers in Ireland continue to harvest where possible, with some progress being made in the last week but conditions were very difficult, according to information published in the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) ...

Occasionally, the two spotted spider mite infests potato fields. Mites are tiny, eight-legged creatures less than 1 mm long. They are difficult to see without a hand lens. Mites prefer to feed ...

Life stages: Eggs, larvae, pupae, adults.Adults are occasionally found feeding on potato foliage and may also be found on a wide variety of plant species, including grapevine. Their peak numbers usually occur ...

Among the 11,082 samples processed from Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) fields between July 1, 2022, and the end of September 30, 2022, inspectors from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) discovered yet ...

Northern Ireland’s potato lovers can look forward to an ongoing treat over the coming months, such is the quality of the 2022 harvest. Wilson’s Country managing director Lewis Cunningham takes up the ...

University of Idaho Extension has published a new bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial ring rot (BRR) and protect their operations from this devastating potato crop disease.   Idaho hasn’t had ...

On October 14, USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service released a comprehensive report on the current status of the potato wart crisis on Prince Edward Island, Canada, stating that PEI’s potato wart infestation is ...

Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles.The larvae of June beetles are the most important white grubs attacking potatoes. White grubs prefer sandy soils and are rarely pests in heavy, poorly drained ...

Сельское хозяйство — старейшая отрасль в мире, и довольно неочевидная цель для инноваций. Но сейчас она испытывает особенное давление из-за изменения климата и динамики цен. Кроме того, сельское хозяйство создает треть мировых ...

According to a report by BBC News, the humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned. Scotland’s fields grow a quarter ...

Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles.Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles. Female click beetles lay eggs in late spring in fields of hay, forage legumes such as red and sweet ...

As increasing heat makes fire seasons longer and more intense, a team of scientists is looking to this U.S. state to see what might happen to potato yields – and their findings ...