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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 ...

Farmers in the US believe that high fertilizer prices are also due to market manipulation. They are calling for an investigation by the judiciary. A group of farmers in the US has apparently asked the ...

Supporting growers worldwide to farm more sustainably and carbon-efficientSupplementing BASF’s sustainability in agriculture commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% per ton of crop by 2030Program to be launched in phases starting ...

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 Prince Edward Island Potato Board is shocked by the decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to suspend the certification of exports of all potatoes from Prince Edward Island to the ...

The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is extremely pleased to announce W.D. Potato Limited as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: "The World Potato Congress Inc. is very proud to welcome W.D. ...

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 ...

This article appears in the December 2021 issue of Potato Grower SouthWind Farms has been around for 21 years, but brothers Robert and Jerry Tominaga and their partner Rod Lake have all been involved in the potato ...

Diseases such as black dot and silver scurf often are not visible at harvest or early storage; they typically show up one to three months after tubers were placed in storage.

Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced measures to prevent the spread of potato wart from Prince Edward Island (PEI). Potato wart, a fungus that has been present in some continents for over ...

The University of Maine has received $510,104 in federal funding to conduct research on potato breeding in Maine to make the crop more heat-tolerant and resistant to pests. The funding was awarded ...

THE UK Soil Health Initiative (UKSHi) has produced a series of guides for growers seeking advice on soil health. The guides focus on the key practical points farmers can do to improve soil ...

It was the closure of an existing John Deere dealership nearly 10 years ago that set Kenny Quaile on his present course of running a now thriving machinery dealership at Skerries in ...

Finding successful marketing concepts is a constant concern of direct marketers. One way to reach customers is the online farm shop Bauernbox by CeresAward finalist Annika Ahlers. But your project could soon face competition ...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some were not even predictable.

Simon Lee and Charlie Rich were recently appointed as joint sales directors for vegetable handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering, in line with its ongoing business growth objectives. In this respect, Edward Tong, ...

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does healthy soil correlate with less need for fungicide?” Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal ...

When it comes to reporting about potato virus Y (PVY), it’s a good news, bad news kind of story.

Scientists have said that there is a need for effective ways to cope with a deadly disease dubbed “Potato Bacterial Wilt (PBW) Disease” that continues to affect Irish Potato farmers. According to the researcher, ...

For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central element of the state’s agricultural economy. Over the past year, the focus ...

More in Across Regions: Carbon farming and the regenerative revolution in foodNovember 15, 2021Is this the largest potato in the world?October 30, 2021The ‘potato custodians’ in the Andes who are safeguarding this ...

The US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s chip potato industry absorbs annually almost 83,000 tons of primarily white spuds, locally produced. To keep that flow, the farmers rely on the potato research program at ...

Tasteful Selections® and RPE, its exclusive sales and marketing partner, have formed a new entity: Tasteful Partners. As part of the arrangement, Tasteful Partners is acquiring RPE and closed on the sale last ...

Growing shortages of crop protection and sharply rising prices are signs of the next supply crisis.

Baby potato category leader Tasteful Selections and RPE, its exclusive sales and marketing partner since Tasteful Selections planted its first potato in 2010, announced the formation of a new entity, Tasteful Partners. ...