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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced last week it is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that have demonstrated benefits on farmland. ...

Three new farm Acts were recently introduced in the country. The most important of these, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is aimed at putting an end ...

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 Bender clan are potato people. From raising tubers especially for potato chips to the everyday table spud, they are experts in growing America’s most popular root vegetable. Given that, it should ...

Did you know that Wisconsin is one of the top potato producing states in the nation? We’re No. 3 to be exact! In 2018 alone, our state produced more than 27 million ...

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 ...

Fast food giant working with McCain and Prince's Countryside Trust to help farmers improve soil health and boost resilience to climate change and Brexit McDonald's has teamed up with frozen potato firm ...

BOONE, Iowa — Data collected from personal information has been called one of the most valuable commodities in the world. With the advent of precision agriculture and advances in farm equipment technology, ...

“We love what we do and our passion is in growing the finest quality potatoes for our customers” Castlecor Potatoes was established in 1974. Back then we were as passionate about growing ...

Trusted advisors play an important role in farming today. ( United Soybean Board & Soybean Checkoff ) Farming is expensive, and it’s unlikely to get cheaper. Everything comes with a price tag. ...

Last week, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) association announced their harvest estimate for the 2020/2021 season. They reckon potato yields will be between 27 and 27,3 million tons. That's for the ...

Angus growers Jim Wilson and Robert Ramsay are improving potato production and reducing waste with their Tuberzone CropCast forecasting tool – and it’s now running worldwide. The pair run SoilEssentials, a precision ...

The use of drones in Indian agriculture has been an issue rife with debate, and the past decade has seen an equal measure of views emanating from endorsing and censuring camps. The ...

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 ...

Profitability and productivity are key components to the survival of a farm operation, and efficiency is a key variable in calculating how profitable and productive an operation is. To perform those calculations, ...

WANATAH, Ind. — If you’re interested in using chemigation on your farm, it’s important to do your homework first and then follow label guidelines carefully. “Chemigation is the process of putting a ...

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 ...

TRV is one of two viruses causing spraing in potato that is most commonly associated with tuber internal blemishing (see also PMTV). These defects are significant and cause rejections of both ware ...

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 ...

Agricultural enterprises and farmers of the Tambov region have begun harvesting potatoes. This year, “second bread” is present in the crop rotation of 35 commodity producers, who allotted 3 hectares for it. ...

Potato growers have been warned of an increased risk of virus and disease in crops following the loss of diquat as a desiccant. Levy body AHDB said trials had shown the slower ...

Prince Edward Island potato farmer John Visser is expecting a shortfall this growing season. The reason: no rain. "The bills will not get paid," he says. His family grows over 445 hectares ...

Tholen-at the moment they are at Warnez Potatoes making a lot of noise. "However, we are waiting for a little rain to move on. Last week it was quite dry so we ...

As a result of the coronacrisis, Wilhelm Weuthen GmbH, the largest potato trading house in Europe, is not organising a Weuthen Kartoffeltag for the first time in 31 years. However, Ferdi Buffen ...

Nutrient uptake curves Nutrients uptake is at its greatest during tuber bulking up (intensive volume increase process). The amount of nutrients removed by a potato crop is closely related to yield. Usually, ...