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Today, McDonald’s Canada and McCain Foods Limited announce a new partnership to create the ‘Future of Potato Farming Fund‘ by investing $1M in education, demonstration, and cost-sharing grants to support potato farmer adoption of regenerative practices ...

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre recently published the “Drought in Europe – July 2022” report, an assessment of Europe’s drought situation based on the European Drought Observatory. The analysis of the evolution ...

Farmers in the UK are warning about the crops of potatoes, onions, carrots, and lettuce due to the dry weather. As Maria Daisy reports for Nokia News, conditions are having an impact on already planted ...

When businesses behave with sustainability, it’s not only society that benefits – this can also help bring in new business. Stefaan Kennis, Director of Strategy, Market Intelligence and Sustainability at TOMRA Food, explains ...

Students in tank tops with sunscreen-dotted noses walked down the rows of a potato field, frequently bending over to pluck leaves for sample boxes headed to the MSU potato lab. Between sample ...

INTRODUCTION An industry of value, Agriculture sets the livelihood of 65% of the population of India, directly or indirectly. The vitality of the Agricultural Industry is so deep-rooted in our systems that ...

Kazakhstan needs to engage in its own production of phosphate and potash fertilizers. This will reduce their imports from abroad, including from Russia. This was announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at an ...

The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is an important parameter to reflect relative chlorophyll content and nitrogen level of crops, but NDVI’s ability to estimate nitrogen nutrition is affected by varieties and ...

Many may not be aware that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) network, managed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), works to address a range of regional ...

When entomologist Andy Jensen visits with potato growers about insects and diseases that can cause significant damage to their crops, he focuses on essential information to help them avoid trouble in the ...

The sowing campaign is coming to an end in Kolomna City District. One of the main tasks of this season is to increase arable land and reduce dependence on imports. How are ...

McCain Foods Limited has unveiled plans for a second Farms of the Future in South Africa, as part of its drive to cut carbon emissions and tackle the impacts of climate change.McCain ...

The global agri-food system has been struggling with a series of disruptions caused by various events, including drastic climate variabilities, the global pandemic of Covid-19 outburst, and the recent among them is ...

The global processed potato products market is predicted to increase at a volume CAGR of 4.9% over the forecast period (2022-2032). Packaging is critical in persuading customers to purchase a product. A ...

It's all about the weather. But in the profile department they do not lose hope and promise to make up for lost time. According to Konstantin Demidov, director of the department, the ...

A team of researchers in Manitoba have found success using mustard biofumigation to rid fields of Verticillium wilt. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  A field of ...

In another hickup of the global supply chain for frozen potato products / french fries, KFC Singapore said on Thursday April 28 that it is not offering French fries for now but ...

New Brunswick agricultural technology company, Picketa Systems, closed their CAD 300,000 pre-seed investment round to deploy their innovative plant nutrient analysis and decision support system to the Atlantic Canadian potato industry. Growers ...

Over the past two decades in the Midwest, neonicotinoid insecticides have been the most commonly used management tool for the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).  The relative ease of applying neonicotinoids at ...

You get exactly one chance to start your crop well. Whether what emerges is a perfectly placed, highly productive potato plantstand or an inconsistently spaced, struggling, inefficient crop depends on your seed ...

In recent weeks, the first new potato harvests in Seville have begun timidly (mainly of the early Colomba variety), which promises a very good quality and demand. But it is this week ...

The past months have shown that Russia is successfully resisting the sanctions. Not a single program for the development of higher education has been stopped, the construction of world-class campuses continues, and ...

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super pest” that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New research finds ...

Soil moisture levels can have a huge effect on how your potato yield and quality.

We are actively joining farmers in the real fight against the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB), bringing the most effective tool for preventing and monitoring this pest, now with a special layer which works like ...