Potatoes irrigated by drip line or center pivot – testing “SunRain Variety” in 2020
In the spring of 2020, SunRain installed Netafim drip line on a four-acre section of a field
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Understand your breakeven point
This is more so relevant in potatoes than most other UK crops because of the domestic nature of potato markets ...
AHDB to release results from its Strategic Potato farm network project
AHDB will present the latest results from its Strategic Potato (SPot) farm
PepsiCo: technology, collaboration and policy focus – building a greener food system
PepsiCo Europe, Sean Westcott, discusses sustainable farming, collaboration and why a greater level of co-operation is required between invested parties ...
As ballot looms, will our potato growers give the AHDB a roasting?
If potato growers decide they no longer want to pay the £42.62 per hectare levy, then the potato part of ...
How digitization is moving Indian agriculture in the wake of COVID-19
Many Indian agri-tech start-ups like SatSure, CropIn, Niruthi, AgRisk, and government programs help in sowing and crop monitoring
Agroforestry: growing trees and crops on one plot
agroforestry project is taking shape in a field of 15 hectares
Irrigation yielded an extra 3000 kilos of starch per hectare in 2020
experimental fields with irrigation yielded 3000 kilos of extra starch per hectare
Better calculation rules needed for variable planting distance
A variable planting distance in the cultivation of seed potatoes requires better calculation rules. This is evident from the experiences of ...
Next generation – retired farmer shares top concerns
We need to bridge the gap between the next generation of landowners and producers. Meet Glen Moeller, an Iowa farmer ...
