Tag: crop rotation

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does ...

Three keys to making the plan work

To ensure his business gets its timing right, GoldenGrow owner Graeme Jarvie employs a ‘less is more’ approach, where the ...

New research on Prince Edward Island is using mustard and arugula to tackle pest problems in potato fields with a side ...

Under the impulse of the Ecological Focus Area, the use of green manure mixtures is now commonplace. Mixtures have advantages in ...

A rotation is more than not getting sick of a crop, it is also about keeping the soil healthy gezond

Researchers from the University of Groningen planted salt-tolerant seed potatoes on Friday afternoon at the double dike in Bierum in ...

Homburg Holland, in collaboration with Garford, has developed a spraying machine that tackles potato storage in a targeted manner. The SpotSprayer ...

Due to (global) logistics problems in the supply of raw materials, the supply of various crop protection products is becoming ...

planting courses on the Ivetta's (Europlant) plot for the table potato market

We want to know which conditions ensure the growth of populations of insects, such as bean spider mites, so that ...

This is evident from twenty years of research into different types of organic fertilizers.

seed potato cultivation returns to a plot every three years.

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

Potatoes are a great crop to have in a field unless they pop up in years when they aren’t supposed ...

Green manures are used to the maximum. A building plan with potatoes, onions

The Canadian government is launching a new climate plan for the country’s agriculture sector, the government says in a news ...

farmers Kees and Anco van der Bos and Jan Idsardi have almost twenty years of experience with circular agriculture

“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”

special project is the cultivation of seed potatoes together with facelia, Persian clover, buckwheat, flax and summer vetch

cultivate for a long time on fertile clay soil without supplying organic and artificial fertilizers from outside

red clover affects nitrogen levels in soil and water during a crop rotation

Green manures can be used, among other things, to combat certain types of nematodes.

Nyiraneza and Oyster Cove Farms of Hamilton, P.E.I., recently completed a two-year study that tested the performance of cover crops ...

Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions ...

Dilip from Odisha learnt an innovative method to potato growing using agro-waste, to put an end to stubble burning.

export to 2020 was 786 million, today it does so in more than 7,000 million dollars and takes 11.6% of ...

With the exception of potatoes or soya, the cost of an irrigation system, including technology and pipes, is far from ...

agroforestry project is taking shape in a field of 15 hectares

Through the Innovative Farmers programme, four farmers located in Shropshire and Lancashire are looking at an alternative control method that ...

Even if irrigation appears to be necessary for plant cultivation, it is only economical if prices are high. Economic success ...

Good nematodes can suppress plant parasitic nematodes. It's worth stimulating the good nematodes instead of just paying attention to the bad ...

Digital Field helps farmers reduce production costs through the use of precise planting tools. Researchers are designing comprehensive production approaches ...

BREAKING old cycles and farming in a more unpredictable way is necessary to upset the evolutionary response of weeds, according ...

The three-row Dino weeding robot from Naïo Technologies has no problem hoeing between the arugula plants on a test field ...

Rolling catch crops can be an alternative to flail. This is cheaper, but greening requirements must be met. We have tips for ...

Research from the Department of Food Science at Aarhus University shows that the implementation of controlled traffic farming can benefit ...

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

The white areas in this North Dakota field are not snow — they are areas with high salinity, which can ...

With last year's harvest just off the field, it is also time to look at the coming growing season. An important ...

A database has been developed for nematode and fungus control within the European Best4soil network, of which WUR is also ...

Growers can lend a helping hand to soil life in favor of the crop. With the combination of crop plan, green ...

There are a variety of nematodes that damage Florida potatoes. These plant-parasitic nematodes are small, microscopic roundworms that feed on ...

Sowing wildflowers into potato crops could reduce aphid-carried viruses and offer an alternative to declining access to insecticides for growers. ...

Lucrative as it is, potato industry is yet to achieve its full potential. At present, the average potato yield in ...