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The Sevillian company Intersur 2011 and the Albaceteña company Agromar Hispana have created the Intersur group, which already produces more than 100,000 tons of potatoes to packers who sell them to supermarkets. Currently, the ...

Turn 'crap', raw material residues that no one knows how to use, into a "more than optimal" fertilizer for our fields. This is the arduous mission carried out by the Spanish company Fertinagro Biotech. "Everything no ...

Weilach - "People always think that blue or red potatoes are something modern," says Gabriele Karl with a smile. The part-time farmer from Weilach is always willing to provide information about her ...

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 ...

The southern Wetterau is a stronghold for organic and conventional potato cultivation. Farmers from Karben and Bad Vilbel are looking forward to a below-average harvest this year. And the Corona crisis is ...

The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notifications of the change of plant protection product (PPPs) approval status within the European Union (UE). Of particular interest is the non-renewal of approval of 2 ...

The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress and food policy. The history of crop domestication offers many examples of ...

Potato foliage must be removed before harvesting to prevent blight infection of the tubers, facilitate the passage of the harvester, and remove weeds. After this year, farmers can no longer  use Diquat, ...

During the Seven Years War of the mid-1700s, a French army pharmacist named Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was captured by Prussian soldiers. As a prisoner of war, he was forced to live on rations ...

The Dutch potato processors processed 278,700 tonnes of potatoes in August to 119,200 tonnes of pre-baked product and 24,800 tonnes of other products. In line from April that's another slight plus. Potato ...

Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that has been primarily used in medicine until now. This discovery was made by scientists from Martin Luther University ...

"There is currently a moderate demand for potatoes on the French market. However, market participants have been stuck on contracts since the start of the harvest and consumption levels in France were ...

CIPC has been banned in the European Union since 1 January 2020. The expiry date for, among other things, the storage of potatoes with CIPC, among others, has been set for 8 ...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket report Fiwap/PCA: Early industrial potatoes: the last batches are partly passed on to industry and partly to animal feed.Storage varieties: in addition to the demand ...

Without this tMRL, for which the entire European potato chain has worked, the situation for most potato sheds would have been dramatic. Belpotato.be reminds the potato sector of the importance of staying ...

European Physical MarketsPrice Overview (source: NEPG): BelgiumMarket Report Fiwap/PCA:Early industrial potatoes: the season is coming to an end and this limits the overall supply. Demand is also small, as contracts remain the ...

Since 2000/01 potatoes accounted for approximately 45% of total vegetable crops produced in South Africa and contribute around R8.5 billion to the economy.  These numbers, however, are under threat due to a ...

Two companies one story SOLANUZ and AGROVER https://youtu.be/zJvtgObaOfE AGROVER  “Agrover” LLC and group of companies, which produces mainly potato and other agricultural products, is dynamically developing, vertically and horizontally integrated holding in ...

CALS Researcher Leads National Project The University of Idaho will lead a $3.2 million project to combat microscopic worms that threaten potato production. The project, which focuses on the pale cyst nematode ...

Agritech Startup Agricx Is Helping Farmers Get A Fair Price By Grading And Certifying Their Produce With Its AI-Based SaaS Solution About 58% of India’s enormous 1.3 Bn population depends on agriculture to eke ...

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 ...

“Understanding the mechanism of tuber initiation in potato provides a new strategy to increase yields of a crop that is absolutely pivotal for global food security.”

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 ...

The Board of Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is pleased to announce the appointment of Berta Redondo Benito as the new Secretary General of the association, with effect as of today, ...

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 ...