Authorities Encourage Irish Potato Growers to Pursue Chip Shop Market Opportunity
Irish Food Board (Bord Bia), the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), and the Department ...
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Robotic Farming Systems
Imagine this scenario for the future – labor shortages will turn the recruitment of service personell into a real challenge. ...
Seed Potato Producers of Iran
Iran has a very conducive environment for the production of seed potatoes: Hamadan, Isfahan and Ardebil regions have fertile clay ...
Potato development in Iran
There is an active development of agriculture in Iran, including potatoes. This is confirmed by a visit to seed potato ...
Specialists advise potato growers on crop cleaning prior to storage
Prepping your potatoes for storage depends on smart harvesting and effective cleaning. Engineers at Lockwood Manufacturing in the US say everyone knows ...
To maintain potato yields – irrigation now in use
According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now ...
Snow pack has Idaho, Washington potato growers with enough irrigation water, for now
For potato growers in Idaho and Washington — the two most productive potato-growing states in the country — the lack ...
Canada’s potato crop on the upswing post pandemic
Canada’s potato crop should be larger this year following the pandemic drop
Extreme heat & wind- Barretts’ potato – cover crop
They say everything’s bigger in Texas. But when it comes to potatoes, the state sits just 13th in acres harvested. Only about ...
Seaweed Biostimulant Helps Potato Growers Stay Cool in the Summer Heat
Growers without access to irrigation systems are being encouraged to follow the lead of one Lincolnshire farmer who has embraced ...
Potato Growers Asked What Parts of AHDB’s Work Should Continue
Potato growers are being asked to reveal what they liked about AHDB Potatoes – ahead of it being wound down. ...
US-Mexico potato battle is not over yet
Leaders of the Idaho and US potato industries suspect that the group that represents Mexico’s potato industry could be attempting ...
Ridge in the potato
A good ridge provides a lot of space for tubers produced in the tuberization process, which is why the most ...
Outdoor workers – burning issue of UV sunlight poses risk
Welcome rays of sunshine bring a danger to health for those who work outdoors over prolonged periods
Cost avalanche crushes the farmers: ag costs explode
Farm inputs are becoming more and more expensive for farmers. This also means that the costs of agricultural production are ...
“Spudchat”- PEI Potato board launches new podcast
Prince Edward Island Potato Board is excited to share with potato farmers and industry partners the launch of a new ...
P.E.I. – 4 potato growers honoured for industry contributions
Four potato growers from Prince Edward Island were honoured in March for their contributions to the industry over the years ...
Newfoundland & Labrador looking for potato growers
Newfoundland and Labrador has put out a request for proposals for large-scale potato production on freshly cleared Crown land
P.E.I. exporting potato expertise to Canada’s North
Growing potatoes in the North may not be an endless series of bad news
Bangladesh still handicapped by potato growers’ storage problems
bumper potato harvest has been falling on the growers
Example of longevity of family farms
The Side Delights Network of family-owned farms is vigilantly integrating the next generation into the potato business.
Canadian potato growers – problem starts of the 2021
The pandemic and dry weather have pushed Canadian potato stocks down
Width between rows from 28 to 38″ – how best?
Just how much does the space between your rows affect your potatoes
Working on the next generation
working with his two sons to transfer the family’s potato farm
4-generation farmer – now nation’s top potato lobbyist
National Potato Council elected LaJoie, potato farmer, president of the Washington, D.C.-based interest group
