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It is established that good market access is a driver of a sustainable potato production. To have a permanent market for a continuous potato supply, linking farmers to traders, big supermarkets, hotels, ...

Potatoes demand adequate sulfur levels for nitrogen uptake, chlorophyll production, tuber development, stress and pest resistance, carbohydrate generation, amino acid formation and vitamin synthesis

The closure of the US border to PEI table stock potatoes and restriction of movement of all seed potato by the Canadian Minister of Agriculture has left the Islanders with more than ...

Gerald Maters (26) from Niekerk (De Marne), brand new chairman of the Gronings Agrarische Youth Contact (GrAJK) was elected 5 years ago. Due to the cold, wet spring, the machines cannot go on ...

Part of Saudi potato farmers’ produce could be exported shortly, according to the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture. Local manufacturers who purchase the produce from farmers after concluding contracts with them ...

Maine researchers are in the testing phase of cross-pollinating potatoes in the hopes of creating a heat-resistant variety. Even so, experts say that this is a very long process that typically takes ...

For a successful potato industry that will bring about impact at household and national levels, a continuous production and storage of potatoes is indispensable. This will enable availability of potatoes for fresh ...

Part of Agritechncia digital program held online on w w w. DLG-Connect – Experts and farmers from Australia, Argentina, Canada, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Germany discuss strategies for efficient water resources management – Events support DLG’s knowledge-sharing aim (DLG). A ...

Growers invited to join trialling UK GROWERS are being invited to take part in a wire worm survey and trial by not-for-profit membership network Innovative Farmers. Are you a field scale potato grower ...

Planting a potato cyst nematode (PCN) trap crop can naturally reduce nematode numbers by up to 75%. One group of potato farmers have trialled whether they can be successfully established in the ...

The North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) representatives recently raised a flag regarding the costs of renting a hectare of land that not only goes up but “potato land” is sometimes impossible to ...

The genetic potential of high yielding varieties can be achieved only if quality seed is used together with good agricultural practices (GAP). Research in several SSA countries has developed agronomic packages that ...

With the cost of doing business skyrocketing, producers need a seed regulatory system that delivers faster access to innovative varieties that are also affordable. If there’s one word that defines a modern ...

Farmers in the central county of Nyandarua, which produces 32% of potatoes consumed in Kenya, recently declared to Xinhua that they have benefited from China-built infrastructure projects, including the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge ...

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada today issued the following statement: “Prince Edward Island (PEI) farmers put everything that they have into their crops and many families’ livelihoods depend ...

The invention of fertilizers filled the gap in the cycle and ended the impoverishment of land in the Netherlands.

Arable farmer and contractor Willie Houbraken uses AgroExact's weather station and soil moisture sensor to irrigate and spray on time. Like crop advisor Berit Herman of Alliance, he is enthusiastic about the local ...

ICL Speciality Fertilizers in the UK recently launched a new knowledge hub online to help growers understand the different types of efficiency fertilisers and benefits. The company says in a news post: “precision nutrition is ...

A Belarusian potash miner that accounts for a major chunk of global supply has declared force majeure, shaking up a market that’s already contending with soaring prices. JSC Belaruskali said around Feb. 16 that it ...

Supply and demand may actually become an issue through March and April, which may drive further price rises.

A ground frost that struck the southern Israeli fields in January is the latest in a series of challenging events impacting potato export supply coming up to the 2022 season. Mivtachim, Israel ...

Looking to achieve a greater access to european markets, as well as to develop global strategies to increase the market share The Spanish company leader in its sector, Potatoes Meléndez, has closed ...

Coming off of a hard growing season and with increasing production costs, European potato acreage may fall in 2022. It’s been a challenging few years for potato growers in Europe. Between the ...

Lay’s recently announced that the company’s creative team formulated the limited-edition line of Lay’s Golden Grounds chips by pulling soil directly from NFL stadiums and fields across the country. “Under the careful ...

Critical shortage of quality seed of productive and adaptive varieties is probably the major constraint to potato production in SSA countries. The yield and quality of potato produced is dependent on the ...