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Four and five generations on, August’s descendants now own and operate Heartland Farms, which has become one of the largest and most innovative potato and vegetable operation in the U.S.

Interview with Dr Markus Demmel, Deputy Director at the Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture, Freising and the Chairman of the Agritechnica Innovation Commission ...

A potato seed multiplication company in Nakuru is providing certified seeds to farmers throughout the year, in an effort to address decline in production of the crop as a result ...

Supply-chain woes and economic inflation are on the minds of many Americans these days, and the effect of those problems hasn’t escaped the potato industry.

Finnish potato processing company Tuorekartano Oy has announced that its premium La Ratte potatoes will now be available in what it claims is recyclable and biodegradable paperboard packaging. According to an article ...

O’Shea Farms from Piltown, Co Kilkenny have joined forces with Meadowfresh Foods in Tallow, Co Waterford to market and supply fresh Irish chipping potatoes.

To experience the effect of a soil scan, we followed this process for more than a year. 

To ensure that there will be no food crisis after the COVID-19 plight, and to mitigate any adverse effect that might escalate food insecurity, the Nigerian federal government representatives recently ...

RESEARCH RESULTS OF DEMO FIELDS PROMISING - ORGANIC SECTOR WANTS TO SWITCH 100% TO ROBUST VARIETIES The robust potato varieties grown on 36 demo fields in Flevoland have withstood the ...

Lime ammonium nitrate (KAS) now costs 625 euros per ton at the German import ports! So if you thought that fertilizer prices would stop rising - you were wrong. And ...

Recently, Agrico presented two new potato varieties during the Meet & Greet event at its breeding and research farm in Bant. In the greenhouse at Agrico Research, fifty varieties were ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 134.4 points in November 2021, up 1.6 points (1.2 percent) from October and 28.8 points (27.3 percent) from November 2020. The latest increase marked the ...

Inagro is setting up two mobile washes for spraying equipment in the last weeks of the year.  Farmers can clean their sprayers there and the residues are also processed free ...

MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based art collective that is known to make bold social statements using products, artwork, photography, and social media, released an extremely limited edition of horse meat, maggot cheese, ...

Farmers in the US believe that high fertilizer prices are also due to market manipulation. They are calling for an investigation by the judiciary. A group of farmers in the US ...

Wanting to prove that chips can be tasty without relying on any artificial flavorings, Yeou Shen, a young graphic designer, invested RM15,000 seed capital to introduce his snack brand, tudòs, ...

From easier cutting and acrylamide mitigation to lower oil uptake and crunchier crisps, pulsed electric field treatment delivers a diverse range of benefits, findsMichelle Knott ELECTROPORATION uses a pulsed electric ...

Drones can help potato growers quickly detect alternaria. This was stated by Ruben van de Vijver of the Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research (ILVO) during the Belgian potato fair ...

One gold medal - 16 silver medals -164 registrations The DLG (German Agricultural Society), organiser of Agritechnica, today announced the winners of the Agritechnica Innovation Awards. With 164 qualifying submissions, ...

Fears have been expressed in the agriculture and fertiliser supply sectors that a global upheaval in prices could lead to food inflation and food shortages.

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their ...

Our Market is a consumer-driven market concept that has come over from France. In the Netherlands, the initiative will soon start with table potatoes in 2 kilo bags in 320 Coop ...

Farming has been recognised for the key role it can play in helping the UK meet its net zero emissions target by 2050, with individual farmers being encouraged to do ...

UPL Ltd. has been ranked by Sustainalytics as the highest performing top-tier global crop protection company for overall sustainability performance in the 2021 ESG Risk Rating. With significant improvements across multiple categories, ...

This article appears in Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Annual issue. Conn Crapo is Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Seed Grower of the Year Conn Crapo of Skyline Farms Seed Grower of the Year.  ...