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Results are in from the 2020 field-scale trial, which hoped to create a side-by-side comparison of conventional spring tillage and direct seeded potatoes.

As in many potato-growing parts of the world, late blight disease stifles production and earnings. In China, the story is no different as smallholder potato farmers lose millions of tons of potato and hundreds of millions of dollars annually in potential income due to this pathogen‘s ...

A Commission composed (as from 1/1/2021 onwards) out of 10 persons, of which 5 active in the potatoes trade and 5 in the potato processing industry, quotes on a weekly basis on ...

The Danish company MSR Plant Technology markets a potato killing machine that destroys the potato stalks at the base and covers them with soil.

On average FarmLab saves farmers about 30% of their costs by cheaper sampling costs and reduced fertiliser input

The city of Memphis eats more Idahoan Mashed Potatoes than any other in America, enjoying more than 8.5 million servings in the past year alone.* To salute Memphians for this achievement, Idahoan ...

A correct balance between yield and cost is important for the perspective of potato cultivation. This is the conclusion of arable farm managers Mathieu Vrancken of the Boerenbond in Belgium and Hendrik ...

Rauch develops a pneumatic fertilizer spreader for three-point attachment. Instead of using centrifugal discs, it distributes fertilizer or seeds using its rods.

In the quest for affordable equipment capable of precision fertiliser application, opportunities for smaller or medium-sized growers exist in both new and retrofit designs.

ESI Eurosilo, a Dutch engineering and contracting company specialized in storage solutions for non-free flowing bulk solids and large quantities, started 2021 off on a high note as they announced an order for another 88.000 ...

In the spring of 2020, SunRain installed Netafim drip line on a four-acre section of a field

Grower Jacob Vos from Bant, Flevoland, works in this way and supervises research into shallow tillage from practice.

The number of arable farms with a successor is highest in Flevoland.

PepsiCo Europe, Sean Westcott, discusses sustainable farming, collaboration and why a greater level of co-operation is required between invested parties to make real change happen.

To the untrained eye (and mouth), a Cheetos Snack is a Cheetos Snack. But even die-hard snack lovers might not realize the lengths to which engineers go to ensure each bite has ...

contract is concluded and to actually see these potatoes as free potatoes.

DEVELOPED WITH THE FARMER, FROM THE GROUND UP.

Potato seed provider HZPC is looking at how to embed more sustainability in its supply chain. But that is not all: CEO Gerard Backx tells us the company is also trying to breed better potatoes. How ...

In addition to sugar beets, the sowing and weeding robot is also suitable for the cultivation of onions and rapeseed.

The challenges facing agriculture are becoming bigger, more complex and challenging. To meet them, you need more than a new tractor; you need a partner who enables you to make smart decisions. ...

The British potato industry is in talks with the European Union about relaxing the seed potato measure

high-precision application systems for crop protection products.

We started out very small

A variable planting distance in the cultivation of seed potatoes requires better calculation rules. This is evident from the experiences of growers within the National Living Lab for Precision Agriculture (NPPL) project. NPPL ...

A group of farmers and researchers has developed an innovative, sustainable method of tackling a pest that threatens to “annihilate” Scotland’s potato industry within 30 years. Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is increasing ...