Tag: growing

Wholesaler says demand is increasing for domestic product GERMAN potato production is increasing, and shelf life improving, which is leading to the country taking in less imports from France, Italy ...

Sterman Masser, a partner member of Fresh Solutions Network, announced the formation of the Lykens Valley Grain Company through an acquisition by Sterman Masser Potato Farms from Perdue Agribusiness. The purchase includes the Upper ...

Over the last two weeks, most of Northern Europe has received 10 to 40 mm of rain. Buyers are much more relaxed now that there is less concern about early potato ...

Trials day open for UK growers 3 SHIRES Marketing Ltd is holding a potato trials day on July 13th when visitors can go and see its trial plots. New and ...

Lime ammonium nitrate (KAS) now costs 625 euros per ton at the German import ports! So if you thought that fertilizer prices would stop rising - you were wrong. And ...

Potato growers on P.E.I. are turning to technology to help them track spores from late blight and other airborne diseases that could damage their crops.  One of the companies doing ...

Due to the wet spring, the last potatoes were not planted until the end of May.

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 ...

Nicolás Serna is 74 years old and has been growing potatoes all his life.

Demand for chip potatoes in storage has become sluggish, issue of North American Potato Market News (NAPM) says

J. Kings Foodservice Professionals Inc. has been in business since 1974 when it was founded by John King, and has been processing fresh-cut fruits and vegetables for the last nine ...

A scientist. That’s what Terry Miller was. A really, really good plant pathologist.

A cross country check-in on what to expect for potato diseases this growing season.

how to stimulate soil life that is favorable for plant growth

PepsiCo Europe, Sean Westcott, discusses sustainable farming, collaboration and why a greater level of co-operation is required between invested parties to make real change happen.

Thus, there is no replacement to directly speaking to growers to understand what they think. Only then can we can tailor technologies we develop to meet their needs and thus ...

The dry, warmer-than-normal growing season this year presents significant challenges for managing soil and crop residue this fall. Excessively dry soil conditions this season make field preparation and tillage this ...

Jackie Milne, president of the North Farm Training Institute, will be testing a variety of potato seeds next spring to see which ones grow best in the North. (Facebook/Jackie Milne) A ...

Within a year since its launch, Los Angeles-based World Peas™ Brand Peatos™ has become a national sensation, winning over taste buds across the country.For decades, corn and potato snacks have ...