Tag: soil management

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.

shallow plowing in spring on heavy clay can be beneficial, provided this is combined with a green cover.

vegetable growers to monitor their soil moisture conditions to inform irrigation management

Salinisation of the soil results in a loss of 1,166 euros per hectare during the cultivation of potatoes in the ...