Description: Potato Cyst Nematode is a serious pest that affects potato plants. This article provides an in-depth look at the nematode, its symptoms, and how to prevent and control it. ...
Potato farmers from across Washington state will travel to Olympia, Wash., to celebrate Potato Day on Feb. 21, as The Packer reports. Staff from the Washington State Potato Commission will accompany ...
Potato growers have been told they are massively underestimating the economic significance of their sector which could be as high as £4.5 billion rather than the commonly-used estimate of £765 ...
Even as South Africa’s potato industry feels the weight of adverse production conditions, high input costs and rolling blackouts, producers have reason for optimism, reports Glenneis Kriel in a news article for Farmers ...
Farmers have been left outraged as Sainsbury’s, among other UK supermarkets, has discounted the price of potatoes in the run up to Christmas, according to a report by Grocery Gazette. As ...
Jacob Beaton reaped a bounty of Ozette potatoes from his Tea Creek Farm in Kitwanga in northwest B.C. last week – but they aren’t the kind of potatoes you’d find at the supermarket. ...
Hurricane Fiona couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato farmers who were about to begin harvesting. Lifting is progressing for ...
According to recent warnings from experts, climate change may cause potatoes to no longer grow in Scottish soil over the next several years. In certain areas of the country, farmers ...
Farmers in a small town perched on a northern Lebanese mountain have long refused to accept defeat even as the government abandoned them to a life off the grid. Harf ...
Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) has sought federal government support to implement its rolling plan which targets mass potato production. The association had launched production manual earlier this year ...
Just 10% of Mexico’s dams are now full, with many seeing levels drop below half or lower, according to official data, as Jose Luis Gonzalez reports for Reuters. July was the second hottest ...
Farmers in the UK are warning about the crops of potatoes, onions, carrots, and lettuce due to the dry weather. As Maria Daisy reports for Nokia News, conditions are having an impact on ...
Due to the "indentation" of land in the country, almost half of the agricultural land remains uncultivated. The government offers farmers to cooperate, promising to cover 50% of the cost ...
Farmers on the Australian island of Tasmania have rejected a second price offer for their potato crop this season from food manufacturer Simplot. They claim that the extra USD105 per ...
Improving the reliability of trap cropping to help farmers overcome potato cyst nematode (PCN) pressure, is being investigated as part of a new feasibility study, funded by Defra and Innovate ...
OVER the last decade, the Innovative Farmers group has launched more than 120 field labs and awarded more than £450,000 in grants to groups of growers and farmers, supporting them ...
Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent weeks, potato farmers said that they will also take action ...
As reports for The Globe and Mail, after potato wart was detected in two Prince Edward Island fields last fall, Canada quickly shut down most shipments of the province’s potatoes to the ...
The International Potato Center (CIP), the globally active Dutch seed potato company HZPC, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) announce the launch of a second, five-year phase of ...
Potato farmers are warning that growers will walk away from the industry as cost pressures make the staple crop unviable in Australia. Unlike most vegetables, potatoes are not traded on ...
Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40% of crops globally, and farmers in developing countries are especially vulnerable to that destruction because they often aren’t sure what is affecting ...
Field professional Leo Rösel has a few tips on how a farmer can save diesel with little tricks.
Danny Murphy once paid $10 for a bag of soybean seed, 18 to 30 cents per gallon for diesel, $200 per ton of urea, $20 per day for hired labor, ...
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 ...
Mallorcan potato farmers have managed to save their crop from the deep freeze when temperatures fell below zero last month. The spud growers went out in all weathers and cleared ...
The National Potato Council and KFC in Kenya have identified the Markies potato variety as a suitable variety that farmers in that country can now grow to supply the US-based fast-food chain ...
An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration. The agri-tech innovation hopes to give farmers a ...
Uncertainty in the Dutch agricultural sector has a major impact on the future plans of Dutch farmers. A trend study by LTO member magazine Nieuwe Oogst shows that one in five ...
The winners of the CeresAwards 2021 are optimistic about the new year.
There are no statistics on the richest farmers in Germany. And they didn't make it onto Forbes magazine's list of the richest people in the world. Even with other official statistics ...
After 20 years of successful management, potato wart has closed the U.S. border again. P.E.I. farmers are five days into a suspension of trade for their potatoes into the U.S. ...
In 2019, PepsiCo partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative to empower women in agriculture and help build a ...
Rural Canada needs more people. Towns need support workers at the seniors’ home, a parts manager for the Case IH dealership, a shift leader at the Dairy Queen, truck drivers ...
In an op-ed written by NCGA CEO Jon Doggett, he says fertilizer executives are bringing in climbing profits at the expense of farmers, referring to those fertilizer companies as the ...
Growing shortages of crop protection and sharply rising prices are signs of the next supply crisis.
Mary Brown’s is showing it’s buds with those who make spuds, with a new campaign that champions Manitoba farmers. According to a news story by Christopher Lombardo for Strategy, the fast food restaurant brand is launching ...
The 'Part-time job at the farmer' campaign aims to make young people enthusiastic about a part-time job at an agricultural company, such as an arable farm. The campaign is an initiative ...
The fertilizers prices have not been so high for many years. But while grain prices are falling again, the arable farmers have to spend more and more money on fertilizer. Read why ...
Farmers could be offered exit payments of up to £100,000 to help them leave the industry as part of a government drive to attract "new talent" onto the fields.
As a historic drought ravages farms and ranches throughout the Klamath Basin on the California-Oregon border there are visible signs of the calamity everywhere. Fields lie fallow. There are dust ...
The Canadian government is providing up to $21.4 million to cover about 2,000 youth jobs in agriculture, the federal government says in a news release on May 5. The funding ...
Instead of his traditional Pieper competition, Harry Schreuder of arable farm Harrys Farm in Swifterbant, Flevoland, is organizing a Pieper quiz this year.
Harvest season is well underway for some crops, but there is growing concern not all those crops will make it to market. The problem stems from a lack of truck drivers. The California Farm Bureau's Ag ...
One veteran potato farmer welcomes Wednesday's potato boost, but questions whether the new land can get up to speed by the province's self-imposed deadline next year. "It's not just a ...
Are they broadening their diet and taking a bite out your potato profits? Ground squirrels and voles cause yield losses in crops.
Rising commodity prices offer the potential for higher revenues and greater profits. It may also bring increasing costs if prices remain at a high level. This is common with inputs ...
we are facing serious challenges in the use of our land and the distribution of space
entire cohort of growers has not been recognised by the Covid support schemes put in place for the potato sector
The pandemic and dry weather have pushed Canadian potato stocks down
US phosphate industry has been materially injured by imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia
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