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According to operational data collected from agricultural organizations and farms, 590 thousand hectares of agricultural land have been sown with various crops.Including grain crops sown on an area of ​​418.2 thousand hectares; ...

More than 23 million hectares was the total sown area in 2022. This was announced by Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeev, Kazinform correspondent reports. “The total sown area amounted to 23.1 million ...

Several video clips showing many areas across China where potatoes and other crops are “grown” on cement floors or even on basketball courts, have been making the rounds on the Internet lately. ...

This year, Sakhalin farmers plan to sow about 900 hectares of potatoes, open field vegetables and fodder crops in the region. And this is about 160 hectares more than in 2021. Thus, ...

Understanding the complexity of the situation and the responsibility for food security, the region's farmers work around the clock.Sowing of spring grain crops, including corn for grain, was carried out on 400 ...

Field work continues in the fields of the Pskov region. This was reported to the Internet portal Vluki.ru in the press service of the Administration of the Pskov region. Currently, agricultural organizations ...

New vegetable stores in the Moscow region will increase the volume of vegetable storage by 150,000 tons, thanks to which additional reserves will be created, said Andrey Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow ...

Diversity not always key when it comes to cover crops When it comes to cover crops, the claims of what they can do for your fields are wide and varied. However, those ...

Phosphorus fertilizer could become scarce in the future. The fossil reserves are exhausted. Russia as an important supplier is absent. In this way, the existing phosphorus in the soil can be better utilized. White lupins ...

Setting up a potato cyst nematode (PCN) trap crop can naturally diminish nematode numbers by up to two-thirds. As chemical methods that once effectively controlled the pest are dwindling, growers are now ...

Through four experimental studies in two production cycles, for the first time it was possible to develop the "critical dilution curves" of calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sulfur (S) in cultivars (several ...

British potato growers can create a clean start to crops by switching the foundation of their broadleaved weed control plans to Shark (carfentrazone-ethyl). But, as with diquat, timing is key to success.  Capable of ...

Mallorcan potato farmers have managed to save their crop from the deep freeze when temperatures fell below zero last month. The spud growers went out in all weathers and cleared the frost ...

Herbicides are an important weed management tool for agriculture. The use of herbicides in multiple crops makes it necessary to track what has been applied to crops in rotation with potatoes to ...

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 ...

‘SpudChat‘ is a podcast initiative of the Prince Edward Potato Board in Canada. The podcast focusses on potato production in Prince Edward Island, primarily discussing research and agronomy topics with farmers, agronomists, ...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop ...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop ...

The transition from old crop to new crop potatoes is taking place right now, and two potato industry observers report that expected reduced fresh shipments during the 2021-22 marketing year should provide ...

The four-year research program called TuberSense has been awarded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) nearly GBP675,000. The project aims to detect diseases and defects in potato crops, using volatile biomarkers and ...

Cover crops are not free, but they don’t have to be a cost. In fact, they can save farmers money. Researchers and farmers talked about the benefits during a recent session hosted ...

Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick Canadian provinces are announcing excellent potato crops developments. According to the latest United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) report, growing conditions across the country seem ...

Both chemical fertilizers and cover crops can help build the nitrogen content in soil. But cover crops come with many other benefits, like improving soil structure and boosting beneficial microbes. Researchers at Cornell University ...

Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward Island. She and a team of colleagues conducted a two-year research study to evaluate the effects of ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato crops using photographs of its leaves. The research led by Dr. Srikant ...