The latest Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre (UNPT) forecasts for the 2022-2023 potato campaign show that the attractiveness and profitability of the cultivar crop are still in question. To rectify the situation, UNPT’s experts…
A BAN on potato exports from Prince Edward Island to the US because of potato wart is likely to continue long into the new year, according to the island's Agriculture Minister. Bloyce Thompson told a news conference…
McDonald's is struggling with a shortage of fries in Japan and is currently unable to serve large portions to customers. Shortages are also reported in other countries at various fast food chains. In our country we will not be…
Combine harvesters - more automation and IT applications Prof. agr. Thomas Rademacher, Life Sciences and Engineering, Technical University in Bingen, Germany (DLG). The manufacturers of technologies for threshing crop harvesting have primarily submitted Agritechnica innovations for an…
Wasse Mechanisatie from Hijken (Dr) has become an importer for the Benelux on behalf of the Danish machine builder MRS Plant Technology, which produces machines for potato cultivation. The Opti Weeder and the Crown Crusher enable mechanical weed…
Article by Roger J. Stirnimann, Dipl.-Ing. agr., Dipl.-Ing. Wirtsch., Executive MBA, University of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, Zollikofen (DLG). Agritechnica is regarded as the world's most important platform for innovations in agricultural machinery, not least because…
A NEW practical field, farm and lab guide for monitoring soil carbon has been launched to answer key questions for robust on-farm field monitoring of soil carbon and associated indicators of soil health. The guide has been…
According to experts from the market, the Russian capacity for processing potatoes is set to increase by 50% in 2022, combined with the production of tubers on personal subsidiary plots, and a fall in yields may generate…
SPEAKERS at the recent CropTec Show in Peterborough explored the latest thinking on soil health, crop nutrition and crop protection and these seminars are now available to view on demand. Chair of the crop protection seminar, NFU senior…
MP Richard Thomson, representing the constituency of Gordon in the House of Commons, has again pressed the UK Government on the export of Scottish seed potatoes – currently banned – to Northern Ireland and the EU. The SNP MP…
Soil and plant additives are considered bearers of hope when mineral fertilizer prices are unaffordable and chemical agents are no longer available. These new bioproducts will be on the market for the first time in 2022. agrarheute says what…