In the section 'The trading house' we highlight a (relatively small) trading house in each edition. What is the raison d'être of these companies? What vision and strategy do they follow? How do ...
New advice for in-furrow application of Amistar during potato planting will achieve a more complete zone of protection around the mother tuber when using modern high-speed belt planters, advises Syngenta ...
Polysulphate research from Dr. Carl Rosen shows an increase in total AND marketable yields when compared to grower standard practice Despite its vital role in optimum crop performance, sulfur has ...
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 ...
Weed pressure was low this year and damage from nematodes was not too bad. Next year, the roles may be reversed again, and then it is important to take a good ...
Your fields may be covered in snow right now, but we all know that a potato grower’s work never truly ends. Like it or not, planting season will be upon ...
Arable farm Mesken from Appelscha is focusing on capacity with a Dezeure TransMax, so that significant growth can be achieved in five years. The high-loader, driven on three axles, with a ...
Allan Equipment has taken a new spin on the potato harvester by making an electric model. When Trent Cousins and Daniel van Schalkwyk bought Allan Equipment in 2013, they knew ...
It was the closure of an existing John Deere dealership nearly 10 years ago that set Kenny Quaile on his present course of running a now thriving machinery dealership at ...
The results on the main BASF trial field with Allstar confirm the positive results of previous seasons. But the fungicide's benefits go beyond fighting rhizoctonia. “Actually, the results were better than ...
Engie's new energy-positive drying and storage process is already yielding good results in the Netherlands and Germany.
In the space of five years, Sencrop has grown into a major supplier of weather stations for so-called connected networks in Europe. The weather stations provide local and accurate weather data. By ...
Giving exactly the input your crop needs is the key to the best harvest.
Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology as other application equipment, making them less effective in the ...
Dutch Pack's new mono materials are made from one type of raw material and are therefore optimally recyclable.
Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) is still the number one insect pest of potatoes around the world. It’s a formidable enemy; left uncontrolled it can decimate a crop, but it can ...
Biostimulants, used in the right way, make the crop more resilient. How? In the last Newsletter we told you what abiotic factors are (including heat and drought) and that they can cause stress ...
“The damage of Alternaria in potatoes is – certainly in recent years – greater than that of Phytophthora. Most growers have a strong focus on Phytophthora. But the consequences of Alternaria are ...
CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin, the largest ever citizen research project in Flanders into heat and drought, is now also installing 500 smart sensors or 'field daggers' in various potato fields ...
The world’s leading manufacturer of hygienic stainless-steel components, the Danish companyNGI, are turning its attention on two typical weak spots in the hygienic chain; castors andbearing houses For more than ...
Blight is the bane of potato growing and experts warn that, long-term, pressure in the UK is only set to rise.
Yes, that’s phosphite, not phosphate. While it’s chemically similar to the widely used and essential phosphate — the ‘P’ in the NPK fertilizer mnemonic — phosphite (PO3) is a ‘reduced ...
The precise application of (leaf) fertilization is important for arable farmer Hans Stegeman from Biddinghuizen in order to adjust the growth of his crops
In the presence of Phytophthora infestation in a potato crop, a stop spraying can be carried out at a short interval with at least two times PROXANIL plus a partner ...
mancozeb also contains manganese and zinc as an extra added value on top of the fungicidal effect
The BioScope FieldScout app has won a golden Dutch Interactive Award 2021 in the Tools category. The election is an initiative of Emerce, the platform for digital marketing and e-business. The ...
FAZOR® inhibits germination, reduces sprouting and volunteer potatoes in the following crop. Also in onions ...
Some of these new irrigation tech technologies will be showcased in a couple of virtual sessions during Potato Expo 2021.
Rising temperatures resulting from climate change is exposing more potato crops to the damaging extremes of heat stress more frequently.
"We want to use everything we use in terms of resources as balance and efficiently as possible."
Homburg Holland, in collaboration with Garford, has developed a spraying machine that tackles potato storage in a targeted manner. The SpotSprayer works plant-specific and kills more than 90 percent of unwanted ...
Colruyt Group goes very far when it comes to improving the quality of potatoes.
There is significant opportunity for growers to increase farm profits and conserve water by quickly detecting and correcting common drip irrigation issues like plugs, leaks and pressure issues.
Coming back to the Skagit Valley, there are so many problems we can solve here to make people’s lives better,
planting courses on the Ivetta's (Europlant) plot for the table potato market
new digital tool helps to improve the biological performance of crop protection products in grain, maize, rapeseed, beet and potatoes
From our plant in PEI on Canada’s east coast, we supply customers across the country and export products to the United States.
Ways fixation might occur naturally or industrially
released a study quantifying the extent and impact of drip irrigation issues in agriculture.
We know that during this difficult period, many people reduce their marketing budgets and look for new sales channels. Our project was created in order to collect the best information ...
Grimme’s machinery, the CS 150 Combi-Star was manufactured in Germany but received by the team at Market Weighton for pre-delivery inspection and customising to MH Poskitt’s exact requirements
The West Flemish family business Jolie recently purchased two belt unloaders from Van der Peet in Nieuwkoop. Jolie trades potatoes. The company therefore uses the belt trailers to transport potatoes to potato ...
Chlorine is ubiquitous in nature and is taken by plants from various sources: fertilizers, soil, precipitation, water used for irrigation
The first annual figures of the Syngenta Group, which was established in June 2020, come to a turnover of 23.1 billion US dollars
Tackling the virus in seed potato cultivation requires a system approach
Klompe Landbouw from Mijnsheerenland (ZH) cultivates all crops on beds as much as possible. The entire machine park is adapted to this. Last purchase is a John Deere 6155, as an extension. ...
new bio-stimulant shown to be effective in helping potato crops cope with heat stress is available for use this season
potato growers need to be aware of the value of inputs now
P.E.I. potato growers estimates cost of wireworm damage to crops at $5 million a year
pay more attention to the quality of the storage process at the growers
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