Tag: Potato growers

Sean Ryan, IFA’s National Potato Chairman, recently described the EUR3 million seed potato plan as a “positive first step.” IFA met with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine ...

In the fields, the sowing campaign is in full swing, despite the cold May. The Ozery agricultural enterprise grows a borscht set for residents of Moscow and the Moscow region. ...

For a long time, potatoes have been known as the most valuable human food product. In addition, it is one of the productive field crops grown for technical and fodder ...

Andrew Cummings has been growing potatoes his whole life, but he isn’t farming the same land his parents did.

Zero VAT regime for vegetable oil, meat and potatoes extended until the end of the yearPresident Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a law amending and supplementing the Tax Code, the Justice Ministry ...

You get exactly one chance to start your crop well. Whether what emerges is a perfectly placed, highly productive potato plantstand or an inconsistently spaced, struggling, inefficient crop depends on ...

The beginning of May is the traditional time for planting potatoes in Belarus. How not to make a mistake with the variety and get a tasty and rich harvest, they ...

95% of its cost is compensated by the regional budget. In accordance with the main directions of development that the head of the region Sergey Sitnikov determined for the agrarian ...

Residents of the Vologda Region have grown 117,000 tons of potatoes per year in private farms. Photo: VKontakte group "Department of Agriculture of the Vologda Region"Over 117 thousand tons of ...

The government will expand measures to support producers of potatoes and other vegetables. Subsidies under the new federal project "Development of vegetable and potato growing" will be able to count ...

Demand for potatoes is high, while supply remains low. That could be good news for Florida producers hoping to take advantage this spring, said John Toaspern, chief marketing officer for Potatoes ...

Techniques of Potato Farming, Planting Methods, Harvesting Today, we discuss the topic of potato farming techniques, tips, and ideas. This article also covers the plant care of potato and harvesting tips. The Soil type is ...

The Potato System previously wrote on plans for the construction of a research and production agrotechnopark. Its creation in Chuvashia will increase potato production by 2,5 times. It is also planned ...

Together, potato producers can gather, analyze and react to market data. Only by this process can supply be matched to demand to achieve fair prices.

Marketing Since the district Jeldu, where Guta lives has other seed producers, it is known to many as a seed potato source. Public organizations, NGOS (national and international), private sector ...

Agriculture outside politicsAgriculture is the oldest and most peaceful industry on earth. People engaged in this field provide food for the entire population of the planet. Agricultural business has always ...

The importance of studying 3. Farm management & crop production techniques Guta practices crop rotation by renting land from others. He uses the recommended spacing and applies recommended fertilizer rates. ...

Grimme UK is taking to the road next month to showcase its latest version of the GL 420 Exacta potato planter, which now offers four-row planting in 90cm row widths ...

Since we have already discussed the projections of increased producer costs, the question that remains is, Will these cost increases necessarily imply lower profits?

100,000 potato growers have already installed the mobile app and are the first to receive news about potatoes. Our geography is the whole world our 102 languages about potatoes! Install ...

Potato trading house HZPC presents this week a forecast price of 33.10 euros per 100 kilos for seed potatoes from the 2021 harvest. This price is 2.30 euros higher than ...

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 ...

Farmers in the central county of Nyandarua, which produces 32% of potatoes consumed in Kenya, recently declared to Xinhua that they have benefited from China-built infrastructure projects, including the Mombasa-Nairobi ...

The Spanish countryside has been fighting for many months in search of the recognition and respect it deserves. A fight that aims to value their work and enforce their rights. Fair potatoes ...

Brent Bydevaate has taken over the family potato farm and is now running it himself. Growing up Brent Bydevaate always knew what he wanted to do — farm. He grew ...

Aerial imagery aids diagnosis for Nielson, an agronomist for Walters Produce in Newdale, Idaho, making his scouting more efficient.

A life in farming seemed to be preordained for Mike Telford. “I grew up in Utah in Bountiful. My father was what they called a truck farmer, and they grew ...

Until the 19th century, most potato varieties being grown in North America had been imported from Europe with little attention being paid to specific varieties.

Direct import of Dutch seed potatoes by arable farmers in England and Wales is possible. This is the conclusion of the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) after a ...

MPs have written to the UK government and the EU urging both sides to remove barriers regarding the export of Scottish seed potatoes to the bloc. The SNP MPs have ...

supermarket chain only imports potatoes from October or November to April or May, "and once we have exhausted the volume of Spanish production."

About 80 percent of their potato harvest goes to Peak with the remainder to Simplot Canada and McCain Foods.

The Great Depression was becoming history, and the United States was poised to enter World War II when Idaho’s potato marketing order first went into effect on Sept. 3, 1941. ...

The global potato market is tight on supply, and farm-level spud prices for Idaho farmers are up substantially. But so are farm input costs and, with prices for other Idaho crops also up significantly, ...

Potatoes are one of the two main staple crops in Flagler County and farmers are busy preparing the ground and planting the seed.

He wanted to get the most out of the crop with drip irrigation- 15 potato tubers per plant

Mack Farms is a member of Fresh Solutions Network, which has helped not only to expand the reach of their business, but to share with others in the potato industry ...

Two potato producers in neighbouring provinces experienced very different years in 2021 but shared a similar desire to help others in need. It was a tough year for potato growers ...

O’Shea Farms from Piltown, Co Kilkenny have joined forces with Meadowfresh Foods in Tallow, Co Waterford to market and supply fresh Irish chipping potatoes.

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not one of them, however. Corey started his namesake operation — Daniel ...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in Canada are always interested in and wanting to try out ...

Our Market is a consumer-driven market concept that has come over from France. In the Netherlands, the initiative will soon start with table potatoes in 2 kilo bags in 320 Coop ...

This article appears in the December 2021 issue of Potato Grower SouthWind Farms has been around for 21 years, but brothers Robert and Jerry Tominaga and their partner Rod Lake have all been involved in ...

This article appears in Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Annual issue. Conn Crapo is Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Seed Grower of the Year Conn Crapo of Skyline Farms Seed Grower of the Year.  ...

Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently shut down border to P.E.I. fresh potatoes exports Two P.E.I. potato producers say measures taken before the goods are shipped anywhere make it almost impossible for ...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some were not even predictable.

Businesses and residents in Kensington, P.E.I., are already starting to feel the effects of the U.S. border being closed to fresh Island potatoes. The town, located in the heart of ...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

After one of the wettest summers in recent decades, potato crop conditions at the end of the harvest period were not always easy in most countries. France was the exception with ...

Scientists have said that there is a need for effective ways to cope with a deadly disease dubbed “Potato Bacterial Wilt (PBW) Disease” that continues to affect Irish Potato farmers. According to ...