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The PEI potato industry welcomed the final report of an International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Potato Wart that was presented to industry and government on January 16, 2023. The panel was convened by ...

Last year, 6.6 billion rubles of subsidies were allocated to Russian farmers for land reclamation activities. Financing increased by 27% compared to 2021. Thanks to state support, agricultural producers carried out irrigation ...

The Plant Protection Environmental Indicator (MIG) will be available for use in 2024. This allows farmers and gardeners to monitor and reduce the environmental impact of plant protection products. This is reported ...

Currently, chip potatoes are grown by twelve partners of SIA "Orkla Latvija", including three Lithuanian and three Estonian owners. Latvia's largest potato grower ZS "Briezkalni" in Ligatne is also specialized in the ...

For thousands of years, crops have been shaped by domestication processes. Farmers cross-breed and select new varieties, adapted to constantly changing environments. Although efficient, this process is time consuming. Moreover, the desired ...

The last remaining granular nematicide for potato cyst nematode (PCN) control, Nemathorin (fosthiazate) faces an uncertain future on UK farms, as Mike Abram reports for Farmers Weekly. While its approval holder, ISK, and marketer Syngenta ...

Throughout 2022, potato growers in the EU were impacted by higher production costs, largely from energy, fertiliser and transportation. As Alice Witchalls reports in a news story for Mintec, higher costs are weighing ...

Statistics say that potato growing areas in the country have decreased in the last ten years from 51 000 ha in 2000. up to 16,000 ha in 2021. annum. But exactly 2022. ...

Haith, a leading manufacturer of vegetable handling solutions in the UK, will be promoting its innovative mobile optical sorter at the Fruit Logistica event next month (8-10 February). The PRO-Sort optical sorter was developed ...

An Australia-wide shortage has led some cafés and restaurants to temporarily substitute frozen potato chips with sweet potato, or take it off the menu altogether, while one major supermarket has introduced limits on ...

In a press release issued today, the North Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) organization says lower yields per hectare (-6,3%) resulted in an overall production decline for its member countries (-5,3% or 1,2 million ...

Across Europe, the potato demand for the holiday period improved, according to the latest Irish Farmers’ Association report. The document reveals that the potato export demand was reported to be reduced during ...

The Ecuadorian growers hope to maintain the native potato cultivars yana shungo (black heart) and puca shungo (red heart) through chip production. These cultivars have been grown for years in places like ...

In India, introduced a new agricultural drone based on a gasoline engine. This was reported on the website ixbt.com. Starting in 2022, Indian farmers have been allowed to receive loans to purchase ...

Legume plants do not depend on externally supplied nitrogen, because they can form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, called rhizobia. The plants recognize the nitrogen-fixing bacteria and allow them to colonize specially formed ...

A research team led by the University of Idaho (U of I) has been given a USD6.8m USDA grant to create novel diagnostic tools, management techniques, and technologies for potato cyst nematode ...

Farmers in India have been allowed to receive loans to buy drones that can be used to spray fertilizer on agricultural fields. The Anna University-backed drone startup has developed the DH-AG-HI agricultural ...

Future field tests at the University of Idaho’s (U of I) Aberdeen Research and Extension Center could enable Eastern Idaho farmers who grow quinoa, a grain that fits well into potato crop ...

Traditionally, potato growers prepare their potato beds for the following spring in the late autumn, when their other crops require less attention. The time-tested method provides advantages, but it also raises issues, ...

Breeders of the Research Institute of Vegetable, Melon and Potatoes under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan have created an early variety of potatoes "Tashkent Fairy Tale", suitable for ...

“You have to know what you want to improve and keep an eye on where your company has potential. When farmers start doing precision farming, they often choose machinery first, but don’t ...

Research scientist and part-time PhD student at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands Steven van der Wiek has developed a new innovative method for using an agricultural drone to measure, monitor ...

Dutch potato processors used just under 4 million tons of potatoes in all of 2022.The total consumption of potatoes to supply raw materials to the Dutch industry is 3.97 million tons. Of ...

From February 15 to February 17, the XI international agricultural exhibition AgroExpoCrimea 2023 will be held in the Crimean capital. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of ...

Russian agriculture is currently going through an active stage of digital transformation. This was reported by the press service of Skymec and the portal sfera.fm. It should be noted that the increased ...