Tag: potato planting

Precision agriculture practices involve more precise seeding, irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide use in order to optimize crop production for the ...

Potato pink eye is a disorder that often starts with pink, water-soaked areas around the eyes of the tuber — ...

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

Many practitioners consider using irrigation to protect their crops from drought. Getting started with irrigation is not worth it for every ...

KFC imports potatoes from Egypt. The restaurant says the country observes set standards that improve the potato quality, something the Kenyan farmers don’t ...

Herbicides are an important weed management tool for agriculture. The use of herbicides in multiple crops makes it necessary to ...

The synergy creating the farm’s well-being results from a process of discovery beginning 30 years ago, with Rockey’s uncle.

John Innes Centre team isolated and tested hundreds of strains of Pseudomonas bacteria from the soil of a commercial potato ...

The works, which will contribute to the INIA Potato Genetic Improvement Program, will be carried out by the INIA Remehue ...

Due to the warmer seasons in recent years, arable farmers are more often bothered by pest wireworms. Due to the higher ...

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute - compared to other years, the intensity of winter is less this time.

The global potato market is tight on supply, and farm-level spud prices for Idaho farmers are up substantially. But so are farm ...

Potato is an important crop in the United States, with a value of $4.02 billion (USDA-NASS 2018). Florida produces one-third ...

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

APH Group will supply storage-, grading and washing installations for three new French fries factories.

In 2004, Steve and Bonnie Mackenzie-Grieve thought they were ready to slow down a little. Their two southern Alberta businesses ...

The Indian Council for Agricultural Research’s Central Tuber Crop Research Institute (CTCRI) in Thiruvananthapuram has established frontline demonstration-cum-seed villages for ...

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

Wasse Mechanisatie from Hijken (Dr) has become an importer for the Benelux on behalf of the Danish machine builder MRS ...

The LaJoie family has always been farmers—at least for as many generations as anyone cares to mention. But they haven’t ...

If you decide that the benefits of foliar fertilization are worth the cost, here are a few suggestions:

Herbicides are still the main weeds control option

An effective weed management program takes into account the type of weeds present, crop rotation, cultivation, available herbicides, and the ...

Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and ...

Four and five generations on, August’s descendants now own and operate Heartland Farms, which has become one of the largest ...