Weeds

Alter ratios to keep costs down, says specialist POTATO growers feeling the pinch of price pressures this spring could look at simplifying herbicide mixes for more cost-effective pre-emergence options, according...

With the high price and low availability of glyphosate this season, you might benefit from some fresh perspective on how to make the most of whatever supply you have.

Last summer, the Maas flooded the entire company of the Van den Eertwegh partnership. A violent event, the wounds of which are far from healed. “The claims settlement has barely started, but...

“Blue LED light is going to be a normal tool for weed management and it’s going to happen much faster than farmers realize.” “Blue LED light is going to become...

...bottles with weed seeds were then buried in a secret location State University in the fall of 1879.

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 competitive ability of the potato crop. Competition from early season...

The Row-FiX Space builds on the success of the concept with backfilling and mechanical weed control, only with a free passage eighteen centimeters higher than the current Row-Fix

Mechanical weed control in potatoes and beets is possible, but you have to be on top of it all the time.

Many growers experienced an April to rival one of the driest on record (1938 and 1974 both saw less than 15mm of rain on average in the UK). Potato growers...