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Azoles are widely used as fungicides in arable farming.

North Carolina State University researchers continue to track the evolution of different strains of the plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, which set down roots in the ...

Christian Miller feeds thousands of kids a day. As supervisor for central food production within the Unified School District 259 Wichita Public Schools in Kansas, he oversees a kitchen that provides meals ...

On a global scale, the European market accounts for two-thirds of the frozen potatoes exported worldwide, making it the largest processed exporter in the world. According to the latest research, the European ...

IN its newly-released inaugural 2020 Sustainability Report, Corteva Agriscience has set science-based targets for its greenhouse gas emission reductions and highlighted its 2030 goal to increase the resilience of the global food ...

Uganda’s GM potato breeding technology is now being adopted where permitted — in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt and South Africa.

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. ...

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of frozen potato products, McCain, has recently committed to ensuring that every potato grown across its 370,000 acres worldwide is done so using regenerative agricultural practices ...

In an effort to increase agricultural productivity and limit waste, a team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment developed a ...

Some of these new irrigation tech technologies will be showcased in a couple of virtual sessions during Potato Expo 2021.

Kangaroo Island's seed potato industry is still recovering a year-and-a-half on from the bushfires with growers working together to overcome infrastructure shortfalls. All six of the Island's seed potato producers were hit ...

The small European country of Belgium is the undisputed king of french fries worldwide. In just under 30 years, the sector grew by 1,000%. If it is up to french fries producer ...

Pieper Farms has spent 75 years forging one of the strongest reputations for high-quality seed in the world.

There does not seem to be an end to the rise in fertilizer prices

We are once again running at full capacity with our present projects and with many new projects on the order book, it should be an eventful and busy year for us, it’s ...

Belgium is already the world’s largest exporter of pre-fried potato products.

During April 2021 we experienced cold dry conditions which haven’t been seen in some years. Moving into May much of the country has received, or is about to receive, some much needed ...

demonstrate the tolerance of some varieties after having subjected them to a water deficit

In a strategic move to strengthen and diversify its water treatment brand portfolio, Aquion announced that it is acquiring Plano, Texas-based Procam Controls, including the OptiPure line of commercial foodservice products. Since its founding in ...

Lamb Weston teams up with The Sausage Man to inspire operators with innovative, celebratory dishes for the coming summer months. And Chef Philli Armitage-Mattin, Master Chef the Professionals 2020 Finalist, has joined ...

Lamb Weston is pleased to announce the arrival of Lamb Weston branded french fries in Mercosur. This was made possible through a joint venture with Sociedad Comercial del Plata in Argentina, called ...

TOMRA Sorting has appointed Thomas Molnar to the new position of Global Sales and Marketing Communications Director for its food sorting business. In his new role, Molnar will oversee all marketing communications and ...

The eleven steam peelers help the business churn out 255 tons of potatoes every hour

Peeling yield loss, is a term that relates to the good flesh and good useable potato that is wasted during the peeling process.

However, that ex-farm fell the most sharply.