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Among both organic and traditional producers, an increasing number of farmers are seeking greener alternatives for weed and pest management. Heat treatment technologies like propane-powered flame weeding systems and Thermaculture provide a ...

The harvest is ready, it went very smoothly this year. However, the devil was in the tail: During the last days of the beet harvest, winter started temporarily with severe frost and a ...

The European potato sector is faced with low prices, high costs, major challenges in the field of plant health and the reduction of environmental impact and, due to corona, for the time ...

Höxter (wrs) - Yellow and white splashes of colour are currently eye-catching in the landscape: the colored fields are often yellow mustard or white oilradish. Both belong to the so-called intermediate fruits. ...

With the disappearance of chlorprofam, germ inhibition becomes an activity that demands attention again. Learn about the four solutions of germ inhibition, apply Argos and find out what data is available and ...

JAVIER MELENDEZ. From a childhood in the countryside to running the first national potato operator, Potatoes Meléndez A potato factory as the flagship of innovation for an entire sector? "Why not?"» Javier Meléndez, a ...

On Monday in Hanover, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture took stock of this year's harvest. Because 2020 was the third dry year in a row, crop yields were very different regionally, ...

Costa Rican farmers have a new potato variety, dubbed "Palmira", which has optimal characteristics for the market This was announced by agriculture and livestock minister Renato Alvarado on Wednesday in conjunction with ...

Farmer Heinz-Wilhelm Tölkes shows potatoes that come fresh from the ground. Photo: Norbert Prümen Kempen. In the farmers' fields it is becoming empty. Currently, the potato harvest determines the picture. For this purpose, the ...

In Brazil, it is estimated that there are 100 thousand hectares of cultivation spread over several states of the country, generating a production of 3.8 million tons, according to IBGE / 2018 ...

In 2020, Flemish area consumer potatoes remained stable compared to 2019. In 2020 Flanders will have 54,230 hectares of potatoes. In the main production areas (Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the ...

The Sevillian company Intersur 2011 and the Albaceteña company Agromar Hispana have created the Intersur group, which already produces more than 100,000 tons of potatoes to packers who sell them to supermarkets. Currently, the ...

One of the main challenges of the paper industry in Argentina is to meet the growing quality demands of the industry. To help the producer meet these goals, Norwegian company Yara launched the RicaPapa solution, which incorporates novel tools to facilitate ...

In the warehouse, 37-year-old Marijn Uitdewilligen shows his own chip line. With a candlestick, the fries of the ras Agria end up on the band. They go to a 'detonater' who sends ...

Weilach - "People always think that blue or red potatoes are something modern," says Gabriele Karl with a smile. The part-time farmer from Weilach is always willing to provide information about her ...

The potato harvest is nearing completion. Most of the fields have already been dug up, the result pleasing. 2020 is a very good potato year. "The harvest is above average," says Ruedi ...

With a number of dry summers in a row Alternaria has become an annual phenomenon in potatoes. Cro Advisor Sander Uwland of Bayer expects the disease to be a keeper, even if ...

This is the cold desert of the landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where you won't drop the idea of trade as its disease-free potatoes are virtually selling like hotcakes despite the ...

The aim of the Plant Protection Implementation Programme is to realise a trend break, in order to arrive at cultivation systems that are less dependent on chemistry. Ten parties, two ministries and ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

The southern Wetterau is a stronghold for organic and conventional potato cultivation. Farmers from Karben and Bad Vilbel are looking forward to a below-average harvest this year. And the Corona crisis is ...

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) will investigate wild potato varieties for resistance to a wide range of potato diseases and pests. This broad approach makes breeding material available with which disease-free potato ...

Due to the drought problems of recent years and the resulting crop losses in the potato industry, many cultivation companies decided to expand their existing areas. However, the subsequent increase in harvests ...

The Bender clan are potato people. From raising tubers especially for potato chips to the everyday table spud, they are experts in growing America’s most popular root vegetable. Given that, it should ...

During the Seven Years War of the mid-1700s, a French army pharmacist named Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was captured by Prussian soldiers. As a prisoner of war, he was forced to live on rations ...