Agronomy

Agronomy

PMRA to Conduct New Mancozeb Re-Evaluation

August 19, 2018—After a June 2018 decision to restrict the use of Mancozeb on a wide variety of food and feed crops, including tomatoes,...

Late Blight Detected Near Alliston, Ont.

On August 18, results of spore trap filter analysis were positive for late blight for the Alliston, Ont., area, says Eugenia Banks, a potato...

Fall Cover Crops: Funding Available

It’s not too early to start thinking about your cover crop plans this fall. Are you planning to plough or Synkro/Lemken in late August...

North-Western European Potato Growers Ring the Alarm Bell for Next Potato Harvest

Throughout North-Western Europe the NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) reports that it is obvious that the next potato crop will be much lower and...

Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin and Illinois, August 9, 2018

The US-23 genotype of Phytophthora infestans (the causal agent of late blight) was detected on commercial potatoes in Adams and Marquette Counties in Wisconsin...

Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into...

PMRA to Conduct New Mancozeb Re-Evaluation

August 19, 2018—After a June 2018 decision to restrict the use of Mancozeb on a wide variety of food and feed crops, including tomatoes,...

Late Blight Detected Near Alliston, Ont.

On August 18, results of spore trap filter analysis were positive for late blight for the Alliston, Ont., area, says Eugenia Banks, a potato...

Fall Cover Crops: Funding Available

It’s not too early to start thinking about your cover crop plans this fall. Are you planning to plough or Synkro/Lemken in late August...

North-Western European Potato Growers Ring the Alarm Bell for Next Potato Harvest

Throughout North-Western Europe the NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) reports that it is obvious that the next potato crop will be much lower and...

Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin and Illinois, August 9, 2018

The US-23 genotype of Phytophthora infestans (the causal agent of late blight) was detected on commercial potatoes in Adams and Marquette Counties in Wisconsin...

Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into...