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The National Potato Council and KFC in Kenya have identified the Markies potato variety as a suitable variety that farmers in that country can now grow to supply the US-based fast-food chain with locally ...

Heerenveen, January 2022 – APH Group, a distributor of farm equipment, has acquired Agri2.0 CIS B.V. (hereinafter: Agri 2.0) including its activities in Russia and Ukraine as of the 1st ofJanuary 2022. ...

The shortage of water in the reservoirs spaniards during the last months of 2021 marked the first weeks of the current campaign seed. Few records lows that caused a lot of uncertainty in ...

A potato seed multiplication company in Nakuru is providing certified seeds to farmers throughout the year, in an effort to address decline in production of the crop as a result of the ...

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their needs, and ...

Single Phytophthora-resistant potato varieties in particular did not have an easy time this year. The fungal pressure was so high and long this season that the disease was difficult to control. Multiple resistances offer ...

During the Potato Variety Days 2021 from November 3-5, breeding companies and seed potato trading houses present their most promising varieties. Modern potato varieties form a solid foundation for the future of ...

In an attempt to help the potato growers move away from the tubers that are susceptible to blight – a disease that can quickly devastate entire potato crops – key UK retailers ...

More than 100 friers and trade suppliers travelled to Ely for the chip shop industry’s first event since the start of the pandemic. The eighth annual Isle of Ely Produce & Chippy ...

A group of leading potato industry stakeholders has drawn up tentative proposals for a new representative body, provisionally called GB Potatoes, reports Nancy Nicolson for The Courier. The ten respected professionals,  including Agrico UK executive director Archie Gibson ...

Tomorrow marks the return of Potatoes in Practice (PiP), the UK’s largest annual field event for the industry. The Scotsman reports that the event offers growers the opportunity to catch up on the latest in ...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the field. There are virtually no chemicals left for this pest. Klaas Froma of ...

We've been irrigation the potatoes intensively for several weeks now, with increasingly tight shifts

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties.

Sow, apply drip tape and create an anti-dust cover in one pass

With the exception of the southwest, the start of the potato growing season is late. But the soil structure is fine, unlike last year. On the South Holland islands, three quarters of the ...

Phytophthora? Who isn’t familiar with it! A well-known potato disease throughout the world. Controlling it, is essential to maintain a healthy crop and obtain a good yield. Since 2016 Agrico offers potato ...

This week, a start was made in Lelystad on the development of the potato demo fields for PotatoEurope 2021

What are the costs, revenues and subsidies organic farming?

An important trend in the Dutch arable farming sector is the further development of precision agriculture. Precision farming techniques such as GPS, soil scans and site-specific application of fertilizers and crop protection allow ...

To equip farmers with this critical knowledge, at the Isinya forum, farmers were taken through crop husbandry practices that guarantees high yields. Potato farming has traditionally been done in areas with high ...

Ortofrutticola Parma has been operating a TOMRA sorting machine since 2008 on its potato selection line, where it has processed about 180,000 tons of the company’s flagship product every year. When the time ...

The northern clay area along the Wadden Sea is the breeding ground for Dutch seed potato cultivation. This area should not be sacrificed for nature development. This is the statement of the Dutch Arable ...

Videogame technology will be used to help develop the perfect potato as part of a ground-breaking new project involving Abertay University and a major potato seed supplier. The University has entered into ...

Measurements on organic arable, wine and fruit-growing areas in Switzerland show that pesticides are transported for kilometers through the air. This also applies to hardly volatile substances. Plant protection products (PPPs) applied to ...