Tag: Potato growers

Three keys to making the plan work

The thinktank Frej hosted an event on the 27th of September where farmers, politicians, organizations and students joined to share ...

A combination of adequate water supplies, the long, sunny, summer growing season, and winters too cold for most insect pests ...

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland, Senator Pippa Hackett, has welcomed ...

As reported on the official website of the HZPC company: "The future begins with the earthTogether with our clients, we ...

Irish Food Board (Bord Bia), the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), and the Department ...

Imagine this scenario for the future – labor shortages will turn the recruitment of service personell into a real challenge. ...

Iran has a very conducive environment for the production of seed potatoes: Hamadan, Isfahan and Ardebil regions have fertile clay ...

There is an active development of agriculture in Iran, including potatoes. This is confirmed by a visit to seed potato ...

Prepping your potatoes for storage depends on smart harvesting and effective cleaning. Engineers at Lockwood Manufacturing in the US say everyone knows ...

According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now ...

For potato growers in Idaho and Washington — the two most productive potato-growing states in the country — the lack ...

Canada’s potato crop should be larger this year following the pandemic drop

They say everything’s bigger in Texas. But when it comes to potatoes, the state sits just 13th in acres harvested. Only about ...

Growers without access to irrigation systems are being encouraged to follow the lead of one Lincolnshire farmer who has embraced ...

Potato growers are being asked to reveal what they liked about AHDB Potatoes – ahead of it being wound down. ...

Leaders of the Idaho and US potato industries suspect that the group that represents Mexico’s potato industry could be attempting ...

A good ridge provides a lot of space for tubers produced in the tuberization process, which is why the most ...

Welcome rays of sunshine bring a danger to health for those who work outdoors over prolonged periods

Farm inputs are becoming more and more expensive for farmers. This also means that the costs of agricultural production are ...

Prince Edward Island Potato Board is excited to share with potato farmers and industry partners the launch of a new ...

Four potato growers from Prince Edward Island were honoured in March for their contributions to the industry over the years ...

Newfoundland and Labrador has put out a request for proposals for large-scale potato production on freshly cleared Crown land

Growing potatoes in the North may not be an endless series of bad news

bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers

The Side Delights Network of family-owned farms is vigilantly integrating the next generation into the potato business.

The pandemic and dry weather have pushed Canadian potato stocks down

Just how much does the space between your rows affect your potatoes

working with his two sons to transfer the family’s potato farm

National Potato Council elected LaJoie, potato farmer, president of the Washington, D.C.-based interest group

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We wouldn’t still be farming, however, without skilled employees,

We have never planted this early

Arable farmers and other growers are also directly affected by problems with sales opportunities to Great Britain

verticillium wilt is a serious disease that diminishes quality and causes significant yield loss by reducing tuber size.

Ukrainian Association of Potato Producers have developed a state-funded program for the development of industrial potato growing for 2021-2025,

Due to growth in domestic prices and problems in potato warehouses Russia may increase potato imports from Egypt

Contract cut had a major impact on their operation but added that this year’s drought hurt them even more

Ard-Jan and Diny have a contracting company and grow different crops. Yet there is another trade: The Potato Hut. The ...

In the export figures for Dutch seed potatoes, Belgium is causing a major shift compared to last year.

The obligation to introduce barriers in ridge cultivation stands in the way of integrated cultivation of seed potatoes. That is ...

This is more so relevant in potatoes than most other UK crops because of the domestic nature of potato markets ...

AHDB will present the latest results from its Strategic Potato (SPot) farm

"PlanetProof helps us to protect the market against parties that would otherwise be dumped on this market

It is common to think that food crops are going to suffer negative effects due to the increase in global ...

The first-ever virtual Potato Expo is on tap for Jan. 5-7 and the event has plenty to offer the industry, National Potato Council leaders say. ...

In favorable weather it is perfectly possible to spray seed potatoes with Spotlight Plus and Quickdown, according to tests in ...

The first field inspection of seed potatoes is no longer indicative of viruses from the 2021 cultivation season. Seed potato growers ...

The farmers whose crops were left unharvested were waiting for rain to soften the dirt lumps so they wouldn’t bruise ...

Potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop to fertilize in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. ...