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Lamb Weston / Meijer has acquired a majority stake in its joint venture with the Russian Belaya Dacha Group. The joint venture has started a study into further expansion of the production capacity. ...

If you talk to a group of potato growers, one issue is almost certain to come up: how to find seed potatoes free of disease. The U.S. potato seed industry can be ...

Control. Efficiency. Sustainability. Technology. All are shaping the future of production agriculture. With low margins, shrinking water resources and increasing regulation, the future is, in fact, here.This combination of forces has dramatically ...

A Norfolk potato grower has urged shoppers to support their local retailers, restaurants and caterers to revive the food trade and help sell the surplus generated by the second lockdown. Tim Briscoe, manager ...

Exclusive patent licensed from University of Idaho.Mustard-derived fumigation of stored food – targeting vegetables and potatoes.Leading agrochemical for sprout suppression – chlorpropham – banned by European Union on Oct. 8, 2020.Appointment of Scientific Advisor ...

COVID-19 has changed the way Australians eat and shop for the long term. Continued restrictions mean fewer shopping trips, bigger basket sizes, more local shopping, and a significant shift toward buying groceries ...

Weed management, soil health, and the nutritional quality of foods grown organically continue to be high priority research topics for organic producers. Inna Popova, University of Idaho The Organic Farming Research Foundation ...

Soil health plays a key role in the prevention and management of soilborne potato diseases. Robert Larkin, a USDA-ARS research plant pathologist based in Maine, discussed the different ways crops can lower ...

Participants in the webinar about agricultural robots want to work together in a new ecosystem to play a key role worldwide. It is precisely the robot builders who collaborated with industrial suppliers at ...

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 losses, at ...

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 and good ...

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 rate of ...

Above and Beyond Award The Above and Beyond Award is for an individual recognised for making an ‘above and beyond’ contribution to the British potato industry. The recipient is Andrew Francis from Elveden Farms, ...

Affordable agricultural robots are on the horizon according to Robotriks, part of a cluster of technology companies based at Plymouth University. As analysts predict the agricultural technology market will reach $22.5 billion ...

This holiday season family gatherings will look a little different than past years. A survey conducted by the research firm Morning Consult found that 47% of families say they will cancel holiday get-togethers. Almost ...

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 ...

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% ...

Potato crisp manufacturing is a competitive industry, one where efficiency is a crucial factor in staying ahead of the competition. Wyma’s Vege-Polisher™ system combines both polishing and peeling technology in a unique package to ...

 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 ...

Videogame technology will be used to help develop the perfect potato as part of a ground-breaking new project involving Abertay University and a major potato seed supplier. The University has entered into ...

Although metam fumigants—metam sodium and metam potassium—have proven to be extremely reliable for suppressing weeds, disease and nematodes in potato fields for more than four decades, recent discoveries have confirmed that there ...

Let’s take a look at steam peeling of fruits and vegetables with TOMRA Food, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of solutions for sorting and peeling. Vacuum-sealed peeled vegetables have long ceased to ...

MANUFACTURER Martin's has begun distributing its full line of world-famous potato rolls and bread products to 13 Publix retail stores in Birmingham in the north central region of the US state of ...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato industry gathered together virtually for Dutch potato breeder HZPC’s Potato Days Live ...