Food waste, soil erosion, deforestation and, yes, methane from cows feature in a major Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on land. Farmers emerge not only as contributors to climate change, but […]
The Oregon Potato Co. plans to close a plant in Stayton next month and lay off all 485 employees who work there, beginning at the end of October, The Oregonian reports. Farmers […]
Potato farmers are asking U.S. agricultural officials for support in expanding export trade into Mexico, writes Noi Mahoney in Freight Waves. Currently, American potato farmers and exporters are mostly barred from selling […]
Since Tong Engineering launched the option of integrated optical sorting within its market leading grading machine, the Caretaker, in 2016, the inclusion of advanced optical sorting on dirty grading systems has proved […]
The future of copper for dealing with blight on potatoes in Britain is uncertain. In 2019 there was no authorisation for its use. During an Organic Potato Workshop, organized by the Soil […]
Scotts Precision Manufacturing is aiming to finish its record-breaking year in style with its largest-ever presence at British Potato 2019. The Lincolnshire manufacturer of vegetable harvesting equipment will have two stands at […]
Researchers on Prince Edward Island on Canada’s east coast are studying brown mustard seed to see if the plant can do double duty in the potato crop rotation — preventing both disease and […]
Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council (NPC) in the US spoke Aug. 30 at the Idaho Grower Shippers Association convention, outlining policy work on trade and nutrition this year. According […]
Agronomy group Hutchinsons in the UK would like to welcome you to Friesland Farm, Burnt Fen, near Littleport (IP28 8EQ ), to view its ongoing development work in potatoes in 2019. At […]
Dr Alison Lees, a research leader for AHDB-funded research into late blight at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee speaks to Heather Briggs about this year’s Fight Against Blight. “We have currently […]
With the 2019 potato harvest under way as of August in the earlier fields, the Idaho Potato Commission is projecting that the state will harvest just under 309,000 acres of potatoes this […]
Black Gold Farms, and the Halverson family have announced the appointment of Doug Kling as a member to its Board of Directors to fulfill a new slot designated to a non-family member. […]
TOMRA Food has introduced the TOMRA 3A sensor-based sorting machine for freshly harvested root crops, offering potato growers unrivalled sorting capabilities, dependability, and affordability. The TOMRA 3A is shown publicly for the first […]
Today, the new technology of gene editing is emerging as a real option in facing some of our world’s biggest challenges in food production, medicine, conservation and climate change, according to the […]
The German government aims to phase out herbicides containing glyphosate by the end of 2023, a move that could generate further headwinds for German drug and chemical giant Bayer AG. As part […]
An Idaho potato farmer believes he can cut back on his use of fumigation by raising two specific commercial crops — oriental mustard and a promising new spud variety called Clearwater Russet. […]
The President of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), Prof Jadwiga Śliwka, invites you on behalf of the Organizing Committee, to attend the 21st Triennial Conference of the EAPR. The meeting […]
