New research finds that more than 90% of foodservice operators use frozen foods in their menus, with the healthcare, convenience store and fast casual categories reporting the greatest increase in use ...
Life stages: eggs, nymphs, adults.Feeding by adults does not cause significant damage to potato plants. However, the nymphs inject a toxin that causes “psyllid yellows.”❚ Adults. Adults are about 2 ...
The ADAPT project aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future. Similarly, variety testing needs new strategies to identify and understand the ...
Toronto-based EarthFresh is thrilled to be back in person at the IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show in Orlando this week. “We are excited to show our customers, suppliers and industry friends our full ...
Potatoes are the most widely grown and consumed vegetable in the United States. Potatoes’ popularity is a result of their versatility and affordability, as well as being a tasty and ...
Potato harvest is in the final stages across Canada, reports Victoria Stamper, General Manager of the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) in the final Crop Update for the season. Most provinces ...
#PotatoVarieties #AgriculturalInnovation #Nutrition #RwandaAgriculture #FoodSecurity #SustainableFarming #DiverseCultivation #Agronomy #ChildNutrition #InternationalCollaboration In a pivotal meeting at the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) center in Rubirizi, Kicukiro District, experts from the International Potato ...
Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult beetles.Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles. Female click beetles lay eggs in late spring in fields of hay, forage legumes such as red ...
Potato yields have declined year on year by approximately 10 to 15% in 2022, Teagasc has confirmed. Looking back on National Potato Day (Friday, October 7) on the 2022 growing season there ...
Life stages: eggs, larvae, pupae, adult moths.Female moths lay eggs from August to September on grassy weeds in and around potato fields. These overwintering eggs begin to hatch in late ...
The foxglove aphid is seldom abundant in Ontario.IdentificationWingless forms. They have a pear-shaped body with prominent, almost parallel, straight-sided antennal tubercles. The body is light yellow-green to dark green or ...
In Ontario, the potato aphid is the first to infest the crop in the growing season. It is also the largest aphid that infests potatoes in the province. This aphid ...
The green peach aphid is the most important vector of potato viruses.Although it prefers to feed on the lower leaves of potato plants, the green peach aphid will feed on ...
This year’s snapshot finds that the savoury snacks industry across Europe has continued to deliver a solid performance. It's a feat that’s especially impressive in the face of a combination ...
Life stages: eggs, nymphs, adults.The tarnished plant bug is a common pest of many vegetable and fruit crops. Adults overwinter in protected areas: in debris found in fencerows, in woods, ...
Life stages: eggs, nymphs and adults.Aster leafhoppers infesting potatoes in Ontario originate from two sources: overwintering eggs laid in winter cereals and adults carried from the southern United States by ...
The Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Center (CMCDC) is looking for ways to reduce the labor involved in removing green potato vines in the fall. The practice is marketed as a way ...
Ethiopia has given the green light to carry out observation field trials for genetically modified potatoes that are said to be resistant to blight, a move seen as a further ...
KP Snacks rolled out the Tyrrells potato chips Christmas packaging, available in sharing bags of the top five flavors beginning in October: Lightly Sea Salted, Mature Cheddar & Chive, Sea ...
Researchers at the Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (CMCDC) are looking for ideas that would lessen the labour of removing green potato vines in the fall, as Alexis Stockford reports for Manitoba Co-operator. The ...
Farmers in a small town perched on a northern Lebanese mountain have long refused to accept defeat even as the government abandoned them to a life off the grid. Harf ...
A Suffolk potato and onion grower is facing eye-watering costs to dry and store his harvested vegetables over winter, as Sarah Chambers reports for the East Anglian Daily Times. Woodbridge farmer James Foskett grows ...
Members of the Global Culinary Innovators Association (GCIA) learned about potato trends and witnessed a culinary demonstration at the Potatoes USA Spud Lab in late August. According to the industry ...
Farmers’ rights activists say the PepsiCo India court case over its registration of a potato variety used to make its Lay’s potato chips, shows how companies which have registered plant ...
ZASSO and AGXTEND present, for the first time in the field, the XPower XPR Concept, an electric weeding solution for row crops. Official market launch expected for the 2024 season. ...