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A farmer in Manitoba, who experimented with direct seeding and minimal tillage in a potato field, harvested a crop statistically on-par with his conventionally planted fields. An experiment to try out using direct ...

The San Luis Valley is in south-central Colorado at an elevation of 7,544 feet, making it the largest alpine desert in the world. The area, roughly 60 miles east to west and ...

The outbreak of corona in March 2020 deeply affected many entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. In this series a look back at the past year with entrepreneurs who were previously in the picture ...

After years of planning, sketching, discussing and finally quoting prices, Dennis Ivers and his family finally built their “dream” workshop. The third-generation corn and soybean farmer and his brother had ‘made do’ ...

Mickelsen Farms was founded in 1988 by brothers Lynn and Dale Mickelsen and Lynn’s son, Mark, but the family’s potato-farming history in southeastern Idaho goes back further than that. “We’ve been in ...

Digital Field helps farmers reduce production costs through the use of precise planting tools. Researchers are designing comprehensive production approaches using innovative equipment, which is offered to Ukrainian farmers. The Ukrainian technological ...

“From field research, a new line of “resilient” potatoes that adapts to climate change and resists disease without chemical residues. For an agriculture that is increasingly respectful of the soil and the ...

Farming in the north-west of Scotland can be tough enough given the somewhat challenging weather conditions, but the right machinery can make things a little easier Mike Martin runs Garguston Farm at ...

Dutch agricultural companies have good access to government financing. Only 2 to 7 percent of the funding demand is not met, which is much lower than in most other European countries. Minister Schouten writes ...

A lot of farm kids—probably a healthy majority—spend a good portion of their youth grumbling about the long hours, the low wages, the heat, the cold. They get the work done, and ...

Seed potatoes growers say they are being treated like pawns in a political game with £13.5m of exports in doubt after the end of the Brexit transition period. Growers have been working ...

An important trend in the Dutch arable farming sector is the further development of precision agriculture. Precision farming techniques such as GPS, soil scans and site-specific application of fertilizers and crop protection allow ...

ISLAMABAD: As part of the PepsiCo’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, the company here on Wednesday organised the “Sustainable Farming Programme Road Show” to promote sustainable farming practices for its potato farmers located ...

It’s only early days, but Tim Heysen is excited about boldly going where no potato grower has gone before. Together with growers in the south east, southern Murraylands and the Mallee regions ...

McCain Foods announces the construction of a second potato processing plant in China to meet the growing demand for its potato products. The new plant will require an investment of US $200 million ...

In order to develop agricultural activity, the private company in conjunction with producers and with the support of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), has been promoting technologies for the ...

“Siberian Tiger” is designed to monitor crops and soil conditions, using a set of cameras and sensors. Siberian Tiger, a new Russian agricultural robot by Agrirobot, is expected to begin field trials ...

The Andean Initiative Bayer and CIP is the meeting point of the efforts, a program that seeks to transform small-scale agriculture to promote the sustainable use of agrobiodiversity, effective climate action and ...

Within the phosphate standards, it is quite possible for arable farmers to meet the phosphate requirements of the crop and to supply enough organic matter. This is the conclusion of researchers Wieke Vervuurt ...

Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has a new product, Hazel Root, that’s designed to protect the quality of potatoes in storage by preventing sprouting. Like other Hazel Technologies’ products that prolong the shelf life of ...

The first-ever virtual Potato Expo is on tap for Jan. 5-7 and the event has plenty to offer the industry, National Potato Council leaders say. The Packer’s Tom Karst visited Dec. 15 with Kam Quarles, CEO of ...

Drip system maintenance lengthens drip life and improves farm profitability. Don Anthony, Anthony Land Company, Lexington, NE Farmers are investing in drip irrigation equipment, especially subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), to increase yields, reduce ...

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. AROUND 10 YEARS AGO, in the fierce heat of the Kansas summer, many of ...

Researchers from Aarhus University have tested the use of satellite and drone imagery to predict and forecast water and nitrogen status in potatoes grown in Denmark. The first potato tuber in Denmark ...

McCrum grows trust In July 2020 McCrum (Belfast, Maine, US) started up their new Coated French Fries production line with a capacity of 8 tons finished product an hour. The company, founded in ...