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Drs. Paul Bethke and Shelley Jansky are researchers in the Agricultural Research Service's Vegetable Crop Research Unit located in Madison, WI. Their research encapsulates efforts to improve the breeding, cultivation, and marketability ...

Videogame technology will be used to help develop the perfect potato as part of a ground-breaking new project involving Abertay University and a major potato seed supplier. The University has entered into ...

The northern Norwegian production of potatoes, vegetables and berries is the northernmost in the world. Every year, tons of potatoes, berries and vegetables are produced in Troms and Finnmark. According to the ...

Written by Silusapho Nyanda A 28-year-old Eastern Cape man is ploughing ahead on his mission to become a top potato farmer, thanks to a partnership with Potatoes South Africa. Yonela Ndzoboyi from ...

In light of on-going developments with COVID-19 and after thoughtful discussions with our Executive Committee and supporting companies, and through feedback via attendee surveys, we have decided to hold the Potato Expo ...

One of the most prominent challenges facing Africa is providing food security for its citizens. While many farmers still rely on traditional techniques to coax a living from the land, there are ...

Can intelligent technology help ensure value chains can continue to function uninterrupted in the face of a future pandemic? How can we cost-effectively collect and utilize soil data to automate variable rate ...

“How can we increase farmer adoption of new innovations?” A question that continues to challenge policy-makers, technology developers and the research community, and probably the one the Agri-TechE team is asked most ...

As produce growers struggle to improve food safety practices and mandatory reporting, one possible link attributed to foodborne illness outbreaks in leafy greens in the past decade is being addressed in a ...

JAVIER MELENDEZ. From a childhood in the countryside to running the first national potato operator, Potatoes Meléndez A potato factory as the flagship of innovation for an entire sector? "Why not?"» Javier Meléndez, a ...

Obsession over expenses, old-school work ethic propel Louisiana farmer Sam Ross is the first into the farming fray. Look for the spot where the most work is in progress on the farm, ...

Agriculture is continuing to show resilience in the face of one of the most disruptive crises the world has ever seen. In the first quarter of the financial year ended June 2020, ...

Global players and farmers around the world are committed to meeting the needs of growing populations by producing more, using less land and fewer resources, and implementing sustainable agriculture practices. Such practices ...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease elimination and plant improvement, said Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

GRACE — Gage Stoddard woke up around 5 a.m. on Thursday morning. He hopped out of bed, laced his new shoes, got into his 1995 Chevy Silverado and drove into the darkness ...

If you buy potatoes from the grocery store or get a side of fries when out to eat, there is a good chance you’ve tasted potatoes grown at Teddy C. Smiarowski Farm in ...

From plant to customer. The world was a very different place back in 1963 when NEDATO (Dutch potato growers organisation) was founded. The scale of agriculture was just taking its first big ...

Castilla y León is the community with the largest area dedicated to this crop, more than 19,000 hectares, and with the highest production, 930,000 tons in the last campaign The Director of ...

With the advent of precision agriculture, a bevy of data is readily available for farmers from satellites and drones, but too much information can be overwhelming. That’s why it’s important to work ...

Summer is the potato harvesting season in Castile and Leon, the region with the most area of tuber cultivation nationwide. Patatas Melendez, a company based in Medina Del Campo, is a leader ...

Under the theme ‘The Changing World of the Potato, the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) will take place in Dublin (Ireland) from 31st May to 3rd June 2021. WPC Inc. and the Local Organising Committee ...

POTATOES’ PANDEMIC RECOVERY: our industry’s role in New Zealand’s economic and social recovery, building on our strengths and playing a critical role.  The 2020 global pandemic crisis saw a rapid change to ...

In a Twitter tweet today, the Ronald McDonald House Charities says: “We are truly grateful for the support of McCain Foods, an @RMHCCanada National Partner, and an incredible supporter of our mission to help ...

We have all bought snacks in shops and vending machines. But soon there may be additional options... Yesterday, Pepsico introduced the the Hello Goodness Snackbot, an autonomous robot made by Robby Technologies fully stocked with ...