SolEdits AB is a newly started company with the mission to make the CRISPR “gene scissors” available as a plant-breeding tool for all stakeholders in the potato industry. The company ...
During the corona crisis, the PlanetProof quality mark proves its worth. Agrico claims this on the basis of its own experiences in recent months. Without this quality mark, the supermarkets would have ...
KEY POINTS: Five years after acquiring the technology, Deere’s method of using machine vision and machine learning to identify individual plants will be tested on farms in summer 2021.The goal: ...
A fertiliser program for potatoes growing in sandy soils must balance environmental risk with maximising returns. Coastal sands are naturally infertile and require higher rates of nutrients than loams. Efficient ...
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has discovered an unknown variant of wart disease on the agricultural plots in the municipality of Stadskanaal that were recently infected ...
To equip farmers with this critical knowledge, at the Isinya forum, farmers were taken through crop husbandry practices that guarantees high yields. Potato farming has traditionally been done in areas ...
Two researchers at the University of Maine have partnered with a team of plant geneticists and breeders to develop tools which will help Maine scientists and farmers become more efficient ...
Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have ...
Potato tubers are the result of the plant genetics and the environmental conditions in which they are grown. Potato varieties are selected carefully for tubers that have desirable appearance to ...
Potato processors will contract approximately 20 percent fewer potatoes for the 2021 harvest than this year. The contract price falls by approximately 10 percent. Remo-Frit, the Belgian market leader in freshly peeled ...
Boulder Canyon recently announced the launch of their new Thin & Crispy potato chips, its first non-kettle chip offering. These classically thin-cut potato chips are cooked in avocado oil and feature ...
The first field inspection of seed potatoes is no longer indicative of viruses from the 2021 cultivation season. Seed potato growers are strongly divided about the importance of this, according to ...
Hollow heart is an internal disorder where a 'lens' or 'star'-shaped cavity forms in the potato tuber. Some varieties are more susceptible than others but, under predisposing conditions, most varieties can be ...
The Valladolid company is committed to the “Agria” and “Yellow Lady” varieties to continue offering Spanish and Castilla y León potatoes to consumers With the potato campaign completed in Castilla ...
It took some effort to get table and French fries potatoes going. Arable farmer Jan Voordendag still achieves an average yield. The grower expects that picking up demand after the winter will ...
Farming. If you live in Sherburne County, Minn., and your last name is Wingard, that’s most likely what you do for a living. Wingards have been farming in the areas’ sandy soils ...
We are awaiting the publication of the new strategy document to map a path for the Irish agricultural industry as it heads towards 2030. While it is still in development, ...
Natalie Kaiser’s love for plants started as a child growing up around her parents’ organic greenhouse business in upstate New York. She did her undergrad studies in plant science with ...
Under the scorching sun of the Andes, Nazario Quispe plunges the plow into his potato field. But he is not sure he will be able to harvest them in 2021 after ...
The latest in bed planting technology has arrived in Australia, enabling certified potato seed growers to produce a more uniform crop while conserving water and increasing nutrient uptake. In this ...
It is still unclear whether variable planting of seed and ware potatoes results in a higher financial return. The plants are more even and with this planting method there is a ...
No potato producer wants to find deep, rough and pitted lesions on the skin of their potatoes. Common scab disease is a widespread issue that can lead to major economic ...
Although it wasn’t an immediate success, the ‘Russet Burbank’ cultivar now accounts for about 40% of the U.S. potato acreage. It originates from a seed collected from an ‘Early Rose’ ...
In the early 19th century, German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm made a name for themselves by putting pen to paper to create heroes who utilized a mix of courage, magic ...
You cannot use what’s happening above ground as a guide to what’s happening below, according to new research into alternative desiccants. A key finding from the work is that the ...