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Incorporating a cover crop into commercially grown potatoes could help with soil health and pest pressures. Research is being conducted in Michigan's northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas. I recently attended the Aug. ...

The northern clay area along the Wadden Sea is the breeding ground for Dutch seed potato cultivation. This area should not be sacrificed for nature development. This is the statement of the Dutch Arable ...

For more than 100 years, the fertilizer industry – and agriculture at large – has benefited off the work of science and technology. Starting in 1918, with the Haber Bosch process, which ...

Colorado farmer Brendon Rockey, who grows ware and seed potatoes at 7,600ft, will tell the conference how he has met the challenges of growing crops at high altitude with less than six ...

With friendly weather lots of fertilizer is being applied to farm fields. Our part time help has returned to work on the ‘honey-do’ list. Dad and I have slipped in a couple ...

Does absence from the potato farm make the heart grow fonder? In talking to young potato and vegetable growers, most were encouraged to find their own paths before deciding on a career ...

Potato growers can now apply a liquid nematicide using a conventional boom sprayer, after it gained approval. Velum Prime, the liquid nematicide from Bayer containing fluopyram, has received on-label approval for application ...

The 2020 lifting window has come with its own challenges, but relative to 2019 it’s certainly been more straightforward for most. As at 10 November 2020, it was estimated that just 2% ...

If rapeseed follows, cruciferous vegetables are not allowed in the cover crop mix. But what should come before grain or as a mixture for feeding? Here are our eight tips. Catch crops fulfill a ...

 Farmobile LLC, Agriculture’s Independent Data Company™, today announced that The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), the leading voice of the fertilizer industry, is supporting through outreach the advancement of agronomic and machine-collected data for ag ...

The Top Sector Agri & Food has approved four new research proposals from BO Akkerbouw. It concerns research and knowledge dissemination about soil, fertilization, stem nematodes and crop residues. BO Akkerbouw's total investment ...

Cover crops are crops which are not sown to be harvested but rather to be incorporated in the soil at some point in their growth. In potato farming, cover crops can be ...

One of the country’s biggest potato producers is using an innovative app to improve the marketable yield and efficiency of its crops. The Elveden Estate is using the Crop4Sight management tool to improve the ...

The company BBLeap has developed a sprayer that steers and sprays at plant level. The first machine was tested on potatoes last summer. The experiences are good. The two faces behind BBLeap are Peter ...

Written by Silusapho Nyanda A 28-year-old Eastern Cape man is ploughing ahead on his mission to become a top potato farmer, thanks to a partnership with Potatoes South Africa. Yonela Ndzoboyi from ...

Consumer buying habits have a significant impact in how much water is used in agriculture Modern agriculture puts an enormous emphasis on efficiency — from the resources used to grow crops to ...

Much is still unknown about the effect of crop protection products in agriculture on people and the environment. So says Violette Geissen, professor of Soil Physics and Land Management at Wageningen UR. She heads ...

At the start of the 20th century, German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a method for taking nitrogen from the air and melding it with hydrogen. It would prove to ...

In order to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilization, stabilized fertilizers can be worthwhile. We say what is possible in dry conditions and in normal years. The conditions for optimal nitrogen fertilization are ...

Research has found that the presence of pollinators and beneficial insects contribute to yields, which in turn contribute to profit, while treed areas and grassy spots store carbon. Wetlands provide habitat and ...

he price of the HZPC share certificate has been set at 118.15 euros. In 2017, the certificate was at the highest level with 200 euros. However, the value fell by almost 82 euros in ...

AUSVEG and the EnviroVeg Program have joined a collaboration of horticulture industry groups in a new project investigating the use of remote monitoring, to support vegetable producers automate the collection of data ...

With each herbicide checked off the list, the power of waterhemp grows stronger. It has confirmed resistance to six modes of action — and its resistance will only grow stronger if proper ...

Purdue University scientist is looking for farmers to participate in two projects aimed at improving fertilizer and seeding rates in a variety of crops. Davide Cammarano, an associate professor of agronomy, will utilize remote ...

Announced today, Canadian telecom company Telus launches Telus Agriculture. With a footprint in more than 50 countries, the new business is aiming to bring a new level of digitization to agriculture and connect ...