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A well-rounded potato disease management plan is the first step toward a successful season. potato disease management To optimize quality and improve marketable yield, here are 4 tips to start ...

Within the phosphate standards, it is quite possible for arable farmers to meet the phosphate requirements of the crop and to supply enough organic matter. This is the conclusion of researchers ...

Public trust in British farmers has seen a boost during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the public increasingly rely on the UK's 'hard working producers', according to a new study. Consumers ...

View original article Phosphorus in soil is an essential macro-element, required for plant nutrition. It participates in metabolic processes such as photosynthesis, energy transfer and synthesis and breakdown of carbohydrates. ...

Older seed doesn’t have one dominant sprout, but several. It results in more — but smaller — potatoes, an advantage when you have an early harvest or grow varieties that ...

A diagnostic lab had to confirm these potato mop-top virus (PMTV) symptoms. Note concentric arcs that can occur with these viruses. This textbook symptom of spraing can be misleading because ...

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology researchers have designed a portable optical sensor that allows rapid monitoring of plant stress – a new tool to help farmers and plant scientists ...

 Micronutrients tend to fall by the wayside, but their importance should not be overlooked. A comprehensive nutrition plan is paramount. To find out more about what this means for growers, ...

A number of potato growers from Flevoland have set up a study group together with Omnivent, on the storage of chips potatoes. Cor van Maanen and Nik Grubben, Head of Research ...

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. AROUND 10 YEARS AGO, in the fierce heat of the Kansas summer, ...

Researchers from Aarhus University have tested the use of satellite and drone imagery to predict and forecast water and nitrogen status in potatoes grown in Denmark. The first potato tuber ...

Idaho saw great weather throughout their potato harvest this year, which started in August and went through October. “The harvest even wrapped up a bit earlier than usual this year ...

Next year HZPC expects to own the first prototype of a hybrid potato variety. These potatoes will be sown instead of planted, and that offers perspective for the food security ...

With the fifth generation mobile network (5G), a grower can follow the potato from planting to shedding throughout the season. Scouting in the crop and looking for diseased plants can also ...

When it comes to mineral fertilizers, it's not just the ingredients that count, but also the product quality. Proper storage of the fertilizer is essential to maintain its quality. Check off the ...

Calcium plays an important role in in potato quality, production. Cell membrane health is very crucial to the survival and health of the plant cell. The health of the cell ...

Pumping water for irrigation is perhaps the biggest consumer of energy on a farm. This has become a major concern for farmers affected by rapid increases in energy prices. With ...

Emmeloord - Over the past two years, Olaf van Campen from Adama has gained knowledge of an electronic potato. This is an invention of Solentum. We ask Van Campen five questions. Olaf, ...

SolEdits AB is a newly started company with the mission to ​​make the CRISPR “gene scissors” available as a plant-breeding tool for all stakeholders in the potato industry. The company ...

A 4th generation farmer at Wester Braikie Farms, Arbroath, Angus. Farm of about 320 hectares, 40 hectares typically dedicated to potatoes, 60 hectares of barley, 60 hectares of winter oilseed rape ...

The Claas assistance system Cemos in the tractor guides inexperienced drivers through the correct setting of the automatic plow.  Can the clever technology replace years of experience?  Does it help ...

KEY POINTS: Five years after acquiring the technology, Deere’s method of using machine vision and machine learning to identify individual plants will be tested on farms in summer 2021.The goal: ...

The first contours for the 2021 potato season are beginning to emerge. The table potato market is still looking good, at least in terms of volume. The market for chips potatoes looks ...

A fertiliser program for potatoes growing in sandy soils must balance environmental risk with maximising returns. Coastal sands are naturally infertile and require higher rates of nutrients than loams. Efficient ...

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has discovered an unknown variant of wart disease on the agricultural plots in the municipality of Stadskanaal that were recently infected ...