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Apply product when and where you need it at the optimum rate.From a rescue fungicide application to cover crop seeding, sprayer and spreader drones are earning their place on farms. They can ...

George Eustice to address agroecology conference ENVIRONMENT, food and rural affairs secretary of state George Eustice will address delegates at the Soil Association’s Nature, Net Zero and Food Security agroecology conference in London on ...

DLG-Feldtage 2022: More than 320 exhibitors already signed up 14-16 June 2022 at the Kirschgartshausen farm near Mannheim, Germany – High expectations from co-organizers - Comprehensive technical program (DLG). More than 320 exhibitors ...

Danny Murphy once paid $10 for a bag of soybean seed, 18 to 30 cents per gallon for diesel, $200 per ton of urea, $20 per day for hired labor, and $25 ...

During certain stretches of the growing season, potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop on a regular basis to fertilize in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.

Setting up a potato cyst nematode (PCN) trap crop can naturally diminish nematode numbers by up to two-thirds. As chemical methods that once effectively controlled the pest are dwindling, growers are now ...

Irrigation is a really effective mitigation strategy during drought.

Planting a potato cyst nematode (PCN) trap crop can naturally reduce nematode numbers by up to 75%. One group of potato farmers have trialled whether they can be successfully established in the ...

From 14 to 16 June 2022 at the Kirschgartshausen Versuchsgut ‘Experimental Farm’ near Mannheim - extensive information on crop production and plant breeding - Machinery demonstrations attract exhibitors (DLG). Under the guiding theme ...

Aerial imagery aids diagnosis for Nielson, an agronomist for Walters Produce in Newdale, Idaho, making his scouting more efficient.

A life in farming seemed to be preordained for Mike Telford. “I grew up in Utah in Bountiful. My father was what they called a truck farmer, and they grew all the ...

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the appointment of Buffy Hagerman as Marketing Communications Manager. Hagerman is responsible for advertising, public relations, trade show exhibits, and ...

Ukraine: “Sustainable agriculture in Ukraine: synergies between state, business and municipalities” 3 February 2022; 10 a.m. – 1 p.m; English/UkrainianKazakhstan: “Water Resources Management – Best practices from Kazakhstan and abroad” 9 February ...

The impacts of climate change in Idaho will present challenges and opportunities to all sectors of Idaho’s economy — from recreation and tourism to agriculture, energy, human health, infrastructure and land — according to ...

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported last week that, “Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial week of December 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Once again, ...

Savory snack industry association SNAC International will have a new President and CEO next year. Following the conclusion of SNX, the association’s new education and collaboration forum, to be held from March ...

On the bone-dry western flank of Arizona, where the Colorado River Basin meets the Mojave Desert, sit 11,000 acres of alfalfa, sorghum, wheat, and Sudan grass belonging to the Colorado River Indian ...

Due to the recent frosts in Brazil, which affected most of the producing areas, in the first decade of August, the prices of Agata potato variety (washed) were seen around R$91.11 (weighted ...

In the business economics Binternet accounting of Wageningen UR, the percentage of arable farms that irrigate has increased from 25 percent in 2016 to 45 percent in 2019. The figures for 2020 ...

New research on Prince Edward Island is using mustard and arugula to tackle pest problems in potato fields with a side benefit, farmers hope, of making the soil healthier at the same time. And ...

In the past five decades, potato production in India has steadily increased from around 8.3 million tonnes in 1980 to 48.6 million tonnes in 2017, an increase of more than 500 percent. ...

There are two elements about the fresh-cut produce line of the future that we can be sure of: raw product will be received and a finished product will depart. The territory between ...

Cornell-led study shows that global farming productivity is 21% lower than it could have been without climate change

veg and fruit production could fall by two and 17% respectively, with farm labour shortage

Ukrainian Association of Potato Producers have developed a state-funded program for the development of industrial potato growing for 2021-2025,