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Wasse Mechanisatie from Hijken (Dr) has become an importer for the Benelux on behalf of the Danish machine builder MRS Plant Technology, which produces machines for potato cultivation. The Opti Weeder and the ...

Article by Roger J. Stirnimann, Dipl.-Ing. agr., Dipl.-Ing. Wirtsch., Executive MBA, University of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, Zollikofen (DLG). Agritechnica is regarded as the world's most important platform for innovations in ...

The winners of the CeresAwards 2021 are optimistic about the new year.

Soil and plant additives are considered bearers of hope when mineral fertilizer prices are unaffordable and chemical agents are no longer available. These new bioproducts will be on the market for the first ...

Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and his management of it within a potato rotation. Farming 368ha of arable ...

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 ...

The Row-FiX Space builds on the success of the concept with backfilling and mechanical weed control, only with a free passage eighteen centimeters higher than the current Row-Fix

To experience the effect of a soil scan, we followed this process for more than a year. 

Today’s high fertilizer prices are hardly a secret. The underlying reasons for the cost of these critical products, however, are multiple, and ultimately determined by a complex interplay of domestic and international ...

The economy is raising more than just prices as farmers question how to manage fertilizer investments in 2022. For Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, the answer lies beneath the surface. Soil health is one ...

The ideal plant for cultivation in space would provide as many nutrients from as few inputs as possible. Here, we discuss how biotechnology could be used to produce a potato cultivar suitable ...

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 ...

Agronomists interested in finding out more about biostimulants and the effect they can have on UK crops are being encouraged to contact one of Europe’s leading brands of natural fertilisers. The UK ...

The four countries of North-Western European Potato Growers (Germany, Belgium, France, and The Netherlands) are facing a decline of potato planting areas totalizing -4.7%, with France accounting -3.0% out of the total. ...

New: Irrigation Show & Conference - Event held at 2700-hectare potato seed farm – farm owner reports 20 percent increase in yield using precision farming(DLG). Last week, the second edition of “Ukrainian ...

Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with foliar feeding. Potato shows a varied (within quite wide limits) demand in relation to ...

The potato is one of the plants with a high potassium demand. This element is taken up in significant amounts, affecting both the size and quality of tubers, and increasing plant disease resistance. ...

Potatoes are ready to become super food thanks to the increase in the magnesium value

When growing potatoes, the pH of the soil is important. It affects susceptibility to diseases.

varieties are differentiated by their morphological characteristics and their genetic material (DNA), duration of the productive cycle, resistance to diseases, nutritional requirements, agronomic characteristics and type of commercial use.

Sesotec has launched its new metal detection technology, INTUITY. With multi-variable-simultaneous-frequency technology, INTUITY delivers detection sensitivity that is up to 50 percent higher than in other systems on the market, according to the company. INTUITY ...

Anselm Claassen in Vierhuizen (Gr.) is using a new planter this season for the variable planting of part of his seed potatoes.

The precise application of (leaf) fertilization is important for arable farmer Hans Stegeman from Biddinghuizen in order to adjust the growth of his crops

mancozeb also contains manganese and zinc as an extra added value on top of the fungicidal effect

Growers without access to irrigation systems are being encouraged to follow the lead of one Lincolnshire farmer who has embraced seaweed to help his crop fend off the effects of heat stress. ...