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1.1 The plant - how to grow potato The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an herbaceous annual that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall and produces tubers, which are botanically thickened stems ...

Potato growers are at risk of virus and disease threat if they do not follow an integrated approach to new desiccation regimes, say experts working on the third year of desiccation trials ...

Pumping water for irrigation is perhaps the biggest consumer of energy on a farm. This has become a major concern for farmers affected by rapid increases in energy prices. With unpredictable rainfall ...

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That the potato harvest this year in Europe was well below average due to extreme weather conditions is well known by now. I this article we present some recent data from Great Britain, The ...

The total potato harvest in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France in 2018 will be at least 20 percent lower than last year, according to the latest estimates of the North-western European ...

During a meeting of Prince Edward Island’s standing committee on communities, land and environment, Robert Irving - president of potato processor Cavendish Farms - brought attention to the declining numbers of potato ...

In Germany the harvest of organic potatoes is completed nationwide. Individual farms still have some tubers for processing in the ground or were unable to clear them due to the continuing drought. ...

In this exclusive interview with Marc Van Herreweghe, the new Chairman of Belgapom and CEO of Mydibel, we discuss the role and challenges that the Association faces going forward, as well as ...

VTA has carried out a test/trial harvest in mid-September under its members according to a set protocol. This yield measurement has been taking place since 2001 and is always carried out at ...

The potato price in Turkey was a major point of discussion in June when the price of one kilogram of potatoes went up as high as 1.25 USD. However with the start ...

Peru expects to produce 4.77 million tons of potatoes in the 2018/2019 campaign, which runs from August 2018 to July 2019, more than the 4.45 million tons it produced In the previous ...

Nearly one-third of the world’s farms have adopted more environmentally friendly practices while continuing to be productive, according to a global assessment by 17 scientists in five countries. The researchers analyzed farms ...

The warm and dry weather of recent months has caused a commotion in the potato sector in Northern Europe.Many growers suffered damages due to the heat and dry weather, resulting in plots ...

Each year, the Potato Industry injects more than $1 billion into the economy of the Canadian province Alberta, according to industry professionals. Terence Hochstein, executive director with the Potato Growers of Alberta: ...

The General Manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, Kevin MacIsaac, released a report earlier this month on the potato crop situation in Canada by province. Prince Edward Island The summer is ...

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) report that by now it is clear that the potato production this year in North-Western Europe will be much lower than average and that quality issues ...

RD Offutt, the largest potato producer in Minnesota, is backing away from a controversial expansion in the State just south of the Mississippi River headwaters after state regulators insisted on an environmental ...

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) estimates that the total area in Great Britain planted with potatoes is 119,000 hectares(ha), a fall of three per cent on the previous year. This ...

Cavendish Farms announced today that they will be focusing on the frozen potato processing business on Prince Edward Island due to the limited availability of raw product (potatoes). The decision will result ...

Due to the long ongoing drought and heat wave, the potato harvest in Germany and Europe will be significantly reduced in quantity, as well as quality compared to the previous year. This ...

Based upon the latest NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) calculations the consumption potato area in the combined 5 North-Western European countries is 595.587 ha, an increase of 1% compared to last season. ...

Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World Potato Congress (WPC) and the 28th Congress of the Latin American Potato ...

Potatoes may, in many ways, be the perfect candidate for precision agriculture.They’re a high-volume, high-value and high-input crop and the industry has already invested more than other sectors in soil and drainage ...

A five year research project to develop precision agriculture ('smart') technologies for the use of inputs in potato farming at the University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering received ...