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In pivot or subsurface irrigated systems, we have noted a 9% to 12% increase in net returns over a six-year average for a wheat cover crops compared to no-till or conventional tillage ...

5G-NR is set to transform water management as it is a much faster technology. Monitoring infrastructure and irrigation water consumption in agriculture will become commonplace in the coming years. Remote metering and ...

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The impacts of climate change in Idaho will present challenges and opportunities to all sectors of Idaho’s economy — from recreation and tourism to agriculture, energy, human health, infrastructure and land — according to ...

An effective weed management program takes into account the type of weeds present, crop rotation, cultivation, available herbicides, and the competitive ability of the potato crop. Competition from early season weeds will ...

Four and five generations on, August’s descendants now own and operate Heartland Farms, which has become one of the largest and most innovative potato and vegetable operation in the U.S.

Two potato producers in neighbouring provinces experienced very different years in 2021 but shared a similar desire to help others in need. It was a tough year for potato growers in some ...

To ensure that there will be no food crisis after the COVID-19 plight, and to mitigate any adverse effect that might escalate food insecurity, the Nigerian federal government representatives recently said that ...

Founded in 1955 by Leroy Thom and J. G. Love, T-L Irrigation had already become an established manufacturer of gravity irrigation systems and grain dryers by the time the first center pivot ...

With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the West.

For Matt Friend, monitoring 4,500 acres with 45 center-pivot irrigation systems keeps him moving during the growing season. With irrigated corn, along with various vegetables under irrigation, the Mason County, Illinois, producer spends ...

One gold medal - 16 silver medals -164 registrations The DLG (German Agricultural Society), organiser of Agritechnica, today announced the winners of the Agritechnica Innovation Awards. With 164 qualifying submissions, the leading ...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in Canada are always interested in and wanting to try out new varieties ...

Three keys to making the plan work

The World Potato Congress is very pleased to announce the resumption of its webinar series and its first Fall webinar with Yechiam Gets, Crop Model Agronomist with Netafim on November 11, 2021 ...

World Potato Congress Inc. Webinar - November 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with Netafim's Yechiam Gets, Crop Model Agronomist Presenting "Basics of irrigation for processing potatoes and irrigation scheduling" ...

Europatat is part of an international consortium involved in the research project ADAPT (“Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato”), which aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging ...

Weather patterns have continued to influence the outlook for the Canadian potato crop the past couple of weeks, says Kevin MacIsaac in the latest report issued by the United Potato Growers of ...

On the bone-dry western flank of Arizona, where the Colorado River Basin meets the Mojave Desert, sit 11,000 acres of alfalfa, sorghum, wheat, and Sudan grass belonging to the Colorado River Indian ...

Given that most potato areas will not see harvest reach full capacity until the third week of September, the Canadian growers hope that any potential early frosts hold off and allow the ...

The toll that hot dry weather took on the Red River Valley 2021 potato crop won’t be visible until harvest begins in a few weeks, but it’s already clear it has affected ...

To ensure his business gets its timing right, GoldenGrow owner Graeme Jarvie employs a ‘less is more’ approach, where the business stays well within its capabilities and so runs smoothly.

Proper season-long soil moisture is the key to maximizing tuber yield, quality and grower return. 

In the business economics Binternet accounting of Wageningen UR, the percentage of arable farms that irrigate has increased from 25 percent in 2016 to 45 percent in 2019. The figures for 2020 ...

According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now being irrigated in order to maintain yields. Wilson's Country agronomist Stuart Meredith ...