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Potato weed control goes digital
Some new high tech tools will soon give farmers a way to keep weeds down, cut costs and herbicide use dramatically and work around...
Is There a Best Way to Manage Nitrogen?
Researchers are evaluating three of the 4Rs to optimize nitrogen fertilizer management for improved yield, quality and profitability in irrigated potato production.
A major project...
Brexit: Jersey Royal potatoes ‘could be left rotting in fields’ due to lack of EU workers
The largest producer of Jersey Royal potatoes has warned crops may be left to rot in the fields because foreign workers have left ahead of Brexit.
Polish workers – who had...
Reaping Rewards of Processing Plant Expansion
After years of stagnant growth, the potato processing industry in North America is on the rise. Numerous processors have expanded or opened plants in...
When pests graze certain potatoes, yields double
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When some Colombian potato varieties are lightly grazed by a pest, the plants respond by growing larger tubers, at times doubling their yields. Although...
Presque Isle, Maine considering bringing harvest into the classroom
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For generations, high school students in northern Maine have taken a three-week break from classes every fall to harvest potatoes. But the acreage has...
Potato weed control goes digital
Some new high tech tools will soon give farmers a way to keep weeds down, cut costs and herbicide use dramatically and work around...
Is There a Best Way to Manage Nitrogen?
Researchers are evaluating three of the 4Rs to optimize nitrogen fertilizer management for improved yield, quality and profitability in irrigated potato production.
A major project...
Brexit: Jersey Royal potatoes ‘could be left rotting in fields’ due to lack of EU workers
The largest producer of Jersey Royal potatoes has warned crops may be left to rot in the fields because foreign workers have left ahead of Brexit.
Polish workers – who had...
Reaping Rewards of Processing Plant Expansion
After years of stagnant growth, the potato processing industry in North America is on the rise. Numerous processors have expanded or opened plants in...
When pests graze certain potatoes, yields double
Staff -
When some Colombian potato varieties are lightly grazed by a pest, the plants respond by growing larger tubers, at times doubling their yields. Although...
Presque Isle, Maine considering bringing harvest into the classroom
Staff -
For generations, high school students in northern Maine have taken a three-week break from classes every fall to harvest potatoes. But the acreage has...
