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The European potato sector is faced with low prices, high costs, major challenges in the field of plant health and the reduction of environmental impact and, due to corona, for the time ...

From comprehensive ag tech consulting to robotic specialization and support, dealers and industry experts share their vision for how opportunities and objectives will change. Asking dealers to dust of their crystal ball ...

Romagnoli F.lli Spa continues the path of research and innovation with a view to sustainability for the entire potato supply chain, in which the company operates from sowing to marketing and announces its commitment to ...

Farm experts are of the view that rising prices of essential commodities coupled with wage deflation and increasing joblessness are pushing poor households to the point of distress despite the government's relief ...

Outsized wildfires, rising sea levels and disappearing glaciers are dramatic signs of climate change, but not the only ones, scientists say. New research from the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and ...

Coronavirus might be the focus right now for humans, but seed potato farmers are watching a couple of viruses on their own. Entomologists from the University of Idaho are leading ten state ...

Soil alarmists such as Barbara Baarsma, professor of economics and director of Rabobank Amsterdam, argue that dutch soil is doing badly. The Environment Council also takes this view. Anyone who digs a ...

FAO Regional Conference breaks attendance record with more than 540 participants and close to 30,000 following it through digital platforms 21 October 2020, Managua/Santiago/Rome - The 36th Session of FAO's Regional Conference for ...

In Brazil, it is estimated that there are 100 thousand hectares of cultivation spread over several states of the country, generating a production of 3.8 million tons, according to IBGE / 2018 ...

Researchers are gathering samples from farms across the Island as the second season of the Living Laboratories project hits harvest time. The living lab concept brings together scientists, watershed groups and farmers ...

India on Saturday threw open its domestic market for certain agricultural commodities including potatoes from Bhutan. The decision is expected to help a large number of Bhutanese traders as India had stopped ...

Global players and farmers around the world are committed to meeting the needs of growing populations by producing more, using less land and fewer resources, and implementing sustainable agriculture practices. Such practices ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA —Grimmway Farms, the largest carrot producer in the world and the largest organic vegetable producer in the USA, is exhibiting new products and sustainable packaging initiatives this week at the first-ever ...

The Pesticides Initiative calls for a ban on synthetic pesticides in Switzerland and a ban on imports of food produced with pesticides. It will not be put to the vote until next ...

After losing two nights of sleep over shrinking potato yields, Kevin Grass rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. on a late-September morning and began crunching numbers to figure out how he’s ...

POCATELLO — Interest in the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s annual specialty crop program was up considerably this year compared with last year. ISDA has announced it will award a total of ...

The aim of the Plant Protection Implementation Programme is to realise a trend break, in order to arrive at cultivation systems that are less dependent on chemistry. Ten parties, two ministries and ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced last week it is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that have demonstrated benefits on farmland. ...

Potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop to fertilize in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. This is often done by collecting petioles – the parts of the ...

When it comes to farming, becoming more sustainable can also mean becoming more profitable. So it’s only natural that farmers would look to Spartans for help going — and making — green. ...

Judith Nyiraneza, living lab co-lead scientist, says her colleagues at Agriculture Canada are interested in watching the living lab model and the results the work is producing. (Rick Gibbs/CBC) Researchers are gathering samples ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

Three new farm Acts were recently introduced in the country. The most important of these, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is aimed at putting an end ...

Grower-shippers of Red River Valley potatoes offer a selection of consumer packs — most commonly 3- and 5-pounders — in addition to the larger-sized sacks, cartons and totes they ship to retail, wholesale and ...

Major stakeholders in agricultural mechanisation have called for the adoption of a value chain approach to mechanisation as one of the best options towards attaining high productivity in agriculture on the continent. ...