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Temperatures in the South West region of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reached 40 degrees Celsius last week, putting a strain on potato crops that are not irrigated. The dry weather ...

Author: Dr. Eugenia Banks, Potato Specialist with the Ontario Potato Board. Article reviewed by Dr. Jiwan Palta.Published here with permission. Dr Jiwan Palta, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, is a recognized ...

It is not for nothing that Belarus is called a zone of risky farming: cold May gave way to hot June, and in the first days of July, the thermometers rise above ...

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has developed a subprogram for vegetable breeding and seed production, aimed at creating domestic varieties, hybrids and technologies. It is planned to allocate more ...

British potato growers should switch to new Syngenta 3D ninety nozzles to ensure more timely blight applications this season – and achieve the best possible results, advocates the company’s application specialist, Harry Fordham. He ...

In order to prevent water loss, concrete lining of 20 irrigation canals will be carried out in Azerbaijan, Zakir Guliyev, deputy chairman of the Melioration and Water Management of Azerbaijan OJSC, said.He ...

The crop was planted on more than 3.4 thousand hectares of fields, which is 100 hectares more than last year's result. Photo: tambov.gov.ruAgrarians of the Tambov region have completed the planting of ...

First Vice-Governor - First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Food and Processing Industry of the Orenburg Region Sergey Balykin in the village. Gorodishche held a meeting on the sowing ...

Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world's croplands by 2050, according to a new study in the AGU journal Earth's Future.

Potato growers may need to rethink their usual reliance on pre-emergence herbicides this year after a period of dry weather. While planting has progressed well thanks to favourable conditions, the dry soils ...

The American company Champion Foods intends to supply Pavlodar potatoes to foreign markets. The company is also considering the possibility of creating an enterprise for processing agricultural products on the territory of ...

Traveling irrigation system manufacturer Kifco and CODA Farm Technologies have formed a partnership to bring CODA’s FarmHQ retrofit cellular device and mobile app that provide real-time remote monitoring and control, including automatic ...

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 ...

US beverage and snack giant PepsiCo has tapped Israeli drip irrigation company N-Drip for a new partnership aimed at helping farmers who grow crops for Pepsi’s range of brands adopt drip irrigation ...

During the past several years, irrigation equipment manufacturers have been busy reinventing sprinkler systems to serve more as "hired hands" than just an efficient way to water crops. From running self-diagnostics to ...

Irrigation is a really effective mitigation strategy during drought.

Polysulphate research from Dr. Carl Rosen shows an increase in total AND marketable yields when compared to grower standard practice Despite its vital role in optimum crop performance, sulfur has not always ...

For a successful potato industry that will bring about impact at household and national levels, a continuous production and storage of potatoes is indispensable. This will enable availability of potatoes for fresh ...

Precision agriculture practices involve more precise seeding, irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide use in order to optimize crop production for the purpose of increasing grower revenue and reducing the impact of agriculture on ...

Over the last several years, agricultural producers have been pulled in multiple directions: improve water use efficiency, maintain profitability in the face of rising input prices, and improve sustainability and soil health

Brent Bydevaate has taken over the family potato farm and is now running it himself. Growing up Brent Bydevaate always knew what he wanted to do — farm. He grew up working ...

Many practitioners consider using irrigation to protect their crops from drought. Getting started with irrigation is not worth it for every farm. In dry summers, sprinkling can save yields. However, getting started is not for every ...

There is a rift tearing farming families apart. Dogmatic views are causing fissures at dinner tables all across America. People are closing their minds to alternative views of their neighbors and building ...

 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey delivered his final State of the State to a joint session of the Arizona Legislature. While recapping successes of the administration over the past seven years, Ducey set an ambitious ...

Planting a hectare of potatoes means investing around 800 euros more than in the campaign a year ago The potato sector is assailed by doubts and the producers, who at this time ...