Tag: soil management

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) scientist Johan Johan Desaeger believes an integrated strategy is the ...

It would seem that the iron wheels in tractors are a relic of the past ... Nothing could be further ...

During the event, one farmer asked: “Can a soil test help determine the need for a fungicide application, and does ...

The results on the main BASF trial field with Allstar confirm the positive results of previous seasons. But the fungicide's benefits ...

Scientists have said that there is a need for effective ways to cope with a deadly disease dubbed “Potato Bacterial Wilt (PBW) ...

For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central ...

The economy is raising more than just prices as farmers question how to manage fertilizer investments in 2022. For Helena ...

Here, you’ll find several precision Ag products that will give you a leg up by providing a deeper look at ...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the ...

The sanitary strategy begins with the soil work and the choice of the potato variety. It is convenient to analyze possible ...

New research on Prince Edward Island is using mustard and arugula to tackle pest problems in potato fields with a side ...

Under the impulse of the Ecological Focus Area, the use of green manure mixtures is now commonplace. Mixtures have advantages in ...

growers to recognize the potential food safety risks associated with the rapidly expanding use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in crop ...

When growing potatoes, the pH of the soil is important. It affects susceptibility to diseases.

Researchers from the University of Groningen planted salt-tolerant seed potatoes on Friday afternoon at the double dike in Bierum in ...

The BioScope FieldScout app has won a golden Dutch Interactive Award 2021 in the Tools category. The election is an initiative ...

many farmers have not yet made adapting to the effects of the climate emergency a priority.

A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

Wageningen University have established critical nutrient levels of young potatoes, beets, onion and cereal leaves, which can be tested against ...

The tests are carried out on two potato plots with sandy and clay soil

Sow, apply drip tape and create an anti-dust cover in one pass

Soil pH affects many aspects of crop production, especially nutrient availability. Most of our main field crops like a neutral ...

Researchers will use artificial intelligence in an attempt to identify nematodes (the destructive kind as well as beneficial) more rapidly ...

Grimme’s machinery, the CS 150 Combi-Star was manufactured in Germany but received by the team at Market Weighton for pre-delivery ...

seed potato cultivation returns to a plot every three years.

Chlorine is ubiquitous in nature and is taken by plants from various sources: fertilizers, soil, precipitation, water used for irrigation

Applying polyacrylamide (PAM) to the soil can improve infiltration and reduce soil erosion.

Klompe Landbouw from Mijnsheerenland (ZH) cultivates all crops on beds as much as possible. The entire machine park is adapted to ...

In the Netherlands, 9.3 million kilos of crop protection products were sold in 2019

The Canadian government is launching a new climate plan for the country’s agriculture sector, the government says in a news ...

“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”

fumigation with chloropicrin is reported to actually increase the population of the fungus Trichoderma spp.

P.E.I. potato growers estimates cost of wireworm damage to crops at $5 million a year

Seed potato growers along the Wadden coast feel their survival is threatened by the plans in the Wadden Agenda. The salinization ...

Canadian growers are experimenting with ways to reduce tillage on their farms

The infection currently costs the industry upwards of £25 million a year

how to stimulate soil life that is favorable for plant growth

What form the basis of the usable soil capacity?

combination of digging and green manure on his farm is enough to keep loose soil

Gypsum as a source of calcium has again come to the fore as a quick way to improve soil structure

Chemigation in drip-irrigated crops allows for the delivery of systemic insecticides through irrigation water directly to the root system.

New sensor technology from Stenon enables soil analysis to be conducted as often as required and with immediate results and ...

On-farm innovation helps put nematicide in the right place

farmers still fear that (part of) their harvest will be lost. "Better give us a lot of snow,"

This is evident from a recent inventory by Eurofins Agro of three crops: maize, grassland and ware potatoes. Too low ...

Several studies and multi-year practical experience have shown that shallow plowing has clear advantages over the usual plowing depth of ...

On average FarmLab saves farmers about 30% of their costs by cheaper sampling costs and reduced fertiliser input

Compared to other agricultural crops, the cultivation of potatoes requires a particularly high level of protection against soil erosion

Fertilizers that nourish the plant while ensuring a healthy soil provide the highest yields.

Grower Jacob Vos from Bant, Flevoland, works in this way and supervises research into shallow tillage from practice.