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Researchers are gathering samples from farms across the Island as the second season of the Living Laboratories project hits harvest time. The living lab concept brings together scientists, watershed groups and farmers ...

The outlook is good for high-quality crops of red and yellow potatoes from North Dakota and Minnesota. Optimistic predictions for an excellent crop of consistent volume of Red River Valley potatoes is ...

Obsession over expenses, old-school work ethic propel Louisiana farmer Sam Ross is the first into the farming fray. Look for the spot where the most work is in progress on the farm, ...

As farmers continue to struggle with labor shortages, technology steps in with innovative tools to help bridge the gap. The United Nations estimates the world’s population will expand to nearly 10 billion ...

The day I became a farmer, I became less important in the eyes of other people and society—and the experience led me to understand the value of telling stories about agriculture as ...

Agriculture is continuing to show resilience in the face of one of the most disruptive crises the world has ever seen. In the first quarter of the financial year ended June 2020, ...

Between August 2019 and April 2020 Solidaridad Mozambique and Solynta executed the first hybrid TPS field trial ever in Mozambique: growing potatoes from true seeds rather than traditional seed potatoes. The seedlings ...

In 2020, Flemish area consumer potatoes remained stable compared to 2019. In 2020 Flanders will have 54,230 hectares of potatoes. In the main production areas (Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA —Grimmway Farms, the largest carrot producer in the world and the largest organic vegetable producer in the USA, is exhibiting new products and sustainable packaging initiatives this week at the first-ever ...

Weilach - "People always think that blue or red potatoes are something modern," says Gabriele Karl with a smile. The part-time farmer from Weilach is always willing to provide information about her ...

The Pesticides Initiative calls for a ban on synthetic pesticides in Switzerland and a ban on imports of food produced with pesticides. It will not be put to the vote until next ...

After losing two nights of sleep over shrinking potato yields, Kevin Grass rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. on a late-September morning and began crunching numbers to figure out how he’s ...

This is the cold desert of the landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where you won't drop the idea of trade as its disease-free potatoes are virtually selling like hotcakes despite the ...

Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease elimination and plant improvement, said Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced last week it is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that have demonstrated benefits on farmland. ...

POTATO SUSTAINABILITY IN WISCONSIN Determining the Sustainability of Practices used by Potato Growers in 2013The Wisconsin potato industry is being proactive in documenting the sustainability of their growers while ensuring grower engagement ...

When it comes to farming, becoming more sustainable can also mean becoming more profitable. So it’s only natural that farmers would look to Spartans for help going — and making — green. ...

Judith Nyiraneza, living lab co-lead scientist, says her colleagues at Agriculture Canada are interested in watching the living lab model and the results the work is producing. (Rick Gibbs/CBC) Researchers are gathering samples ...

Three new farm Acts were recently introduced in the country. The most important of these, the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is aimed at putting an end ...

Farming requires a high tolerance for dancing with nature. That’s especially true for North Dakota producers such as Mark Cheatley. In places, his soil poses a particular challenge: salinity creating chemical reactions ...

Major stakeholders in agricultural mechanisation have called for the adoption of a value chain approach to mechanisation as one of the best options towards attaining high productivity in agriculture on the continent. ...

Nokota Packers Inc. started harvesting red potatoes the week of Sept. 14, says Mike Rerick, vice president of sales. “Everything is going smooth at this point,” he said the third week of ...

The Bender clan are potato people. From raising tubers especially for potato chips to the everyday table spud, they are experts in growing America’s most popular root vegetable. Given that, it should ...

British potato growers who supply McDonald's will receive £1 million in grants to help boost soil quality and optimise water management. The launch of the Sustainable MacFries Fund aims to increase the ...

Did you know that Wisconsin is one of the top potato producing states in the nation? We’re No. 3 to be exact! In 2018 alone, our state produced more than 27 million ...