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Business-minded growers looking to push yields and move beyond status quo potato production are increasingly turning to plant growth regulators (PGRs), but not the PGRs you might first guess. Most growers think of plant growth regulators (PGRs)…
Weed pressure was low this year and damage from nematodes was not too bad. Next year, the roles may be reversed again, and then it is important to take a good look at the nematode problem. The time…
Start the sowing campaign of potato in Spain and one of the doubts recurring each year is: What variety of seed grow?. As we have mentioned on previous occasions, there are a lot of varieties suited to the national territory,…
A potato seed multiplication company in Nakuru is providing certified seeds to farmers throughout the year, in an effort to address decline in production of the crop as a result of the use of uncertified seeds. Agrico…
Canadian growers harvested a record potato crop in 2021, as production rose 18.2% year over year to 123.1 million hundredweight, on account of increases in both seeded area and yield, according to a report released by Statistics Canada today. New Brunswick (+58.3% to 18.2 million…
To experience the effect of a soil scan, we followed this process for more than a year.
Speaking at BP2021, Eric Anderson, of Scottish Agronomy, warned growers in the Scottish seed potato sector about the challenges presented in 2021 – emphasising that minimising the handling and damage of the seed in grading pre-treatment is…
RESEARCH RESULTS OF DEMO FIELDS PROMISING - ORGANIC SECTOR WANTS TO SWITCH 100% TO ROBUST VARIETIES The robust potato varieties grown on 36 demo fields in Flevoland have withstood the Phytophthora year well, according to the research…
A recent Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) report shows that in Europe, the seed trade is in full swing, with large volumes moving at higher rates than a year ago. Trading started two weeks earlier than usual, yet…
If potato producers could snap their fingers to solve the most costly and frustrating production challenge they face, almost all would snap away early die complex. Widely considered the most important yield-limiting disease in processing potatoes, early…
A recent USDA grant will provide USD500,000 for developing potato varieties that are more resistant to changing weather and other conditions that could cause smaller potato crops, defects in the potatoes, or potato decay. According to NECN,…
With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the West.
