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A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

We are once again running at full capacity with our present projects and with many new projects on the order book, it should be an eventful and busy year for us, it’s ...

At a recent meeting of the United Fresh Supply Chain Logistics Council, chairman Kenny Lund asked all in attendance to predict how long it would be before autonomous trucks are accepted in transportation ...

South African potato industry is appealing to stakeholders to form more partnerships to drive growth and transformation

In recent decades, the market for fresh produce – and, in particular, minimally processed, ready-to-eat products like fresh-cut lettuce – has grown substantially. At the same time, outbreaks related to foodborne pathogens, and ...

Edible Packaging: more than just the potato cup

The Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has started a program to help benefit one of Ohio’s largest manufacturing sectors – the design, engineering and construction of food processing equipment. Two of the MEP’s ...

The eleven steam peelers help the business churn out 255 tons of potatoes every hour

Researchers will use artificial intelligence in an attempt to identify nematodes (the destructive kind as well as beneficial) more rapidly and accurately

August 12, 2021Moscow region, Dmitrovsky district, agroprompark "Rogachevo"Organizers:Dokagennye Tekhnologii LLC, PhytoEngineering Research Center LLC, Resistom International Laboratory LLC, Vegetoria LLC, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences On August ...

The produce industry has had its share of food safety challenges in recent years. But it’s not alone. Speaking during an education session at United Fresh 2012 in Texas, Margaret Hardin, Ph.D., ...

Lamb Weston / Meijer is one of the most recognized companies in the global potato industry, with a rich and starched history. The company’s mission - Wellbeing through Potatoes - and their customer-focused modus ...

For more than 100 years, the family-owned Bonduelle company has been devoted to one single and unchanging passion: Vegetables. Today, the French-based company is one of the major food processors worldwide and ...

HIGHER SPEED PIVOTS CAN BE IDEAL FOR CHEMIGATION AS WELL AS WATERING JUST-PLANTED SEEDS.

Franz Grimme, honorary citizen of Damme (Germany) and owner of the GRIMME Group, turns 75 on 3 March this year. In 1970, at the age of 24, he joined GRIMME after successfully ...

“Stay connected –new strategies for the potato sector”, this special edition of the Europatat Congress will explore how the potato sector can benefit the most from digitalisation.

This case study by Intralox at US subsidiary of snack manufacturer Calbee shows how a proper choice of belt type can reduce both cleaning labor and cleaning time.  Calbee is a Japanese ...

why some fertilizers increase the likelihood of bruising and the perfect temperature for potato processing.

ESI Eurosilo, a Dutch engineering and contracting company specialized in storage solutions for non-free flowing bulk solids and large quantities, started 2021 off on a high note as they announced an order for another 88.000 ...

Many Indian agri-tech start-ups like SatSure, CropIn, Niruthi, AgRisk, and government programs help in sowing and crop monitoring

The challenges facing agriculture are becoming bigger, more complex and challenging. To meet them, you need more than a new tractor; you need a partner who enables you to make smart decisions. ...

Crop scientists over the years have learned a great deal about how plants grow above the ground, but much less is known about roots and their soil interactions. Now, a Cornell project ...

Research done by Solinftec showed that U.S. ag retailers’ machines were idle 30% of the time and traveling 35% of the time. That left only 35% of the time for the machine ...

Research from the Department of Food Science at Aarhus University shows that the implementation of controlled traffic farming can benefit the production of organic vegetables. Heavy farm machinery results in soil compaction, ...

Engineers at the University of Texas have created a new type of soil that can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants. According to the university, this self-watering soil ...