potato production News
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Webinar: Fertility Considerations for Optimal Potato Production
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Dr. Brian Levene, AgroLiquid Specialty Crops Researcher, will join Steve Holland, owner and operator of Holland Agricultural Services, for a free webinar on optimizing potato production for the 2014 season and beyond. With more than two decades experience between them, Levene and Holland, will offer producers insight gained from experience and the industry’s ...
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Increasing potato production
Despite sophisticated nutrient management of potato crops, quality and yield still see wide variability. Although nutrients are already well understood, the influence of other environmental factors remains understudied. A research team from Michigan State University conducted a study to determine how the chemical and physical properties of soil, along with the light waves the plant absorbs and ...
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Potato professionals from all over the world at PotatoEurope 2014
Around 10,000 visitors from more than 60 countries at the Rittergut Bockerode estate near Hanover - One in three visitors was international - Impressive showcase for technological advances in potato production - International discussion platform for market participants. (DLG). PotatoEurope 2014 took place on 3 and 4 September on the Rittergut Bockerode estate in Springe-Mittelrode near Hanover, ...
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We invite you to China Potato Expo 2017
Lumex Instruments is going to participate in China Potato Expo 2017, an international annual event dedicated to new technologies and innovations in potato production industry. This exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China and will be held in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing on 30th – 31st of March. We invite you to visit our Booth No. A094, where ...
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We invite you to China Potato Expo 2017
Lumex Instruments is going to participate in China Potato Expo 2017, an international annual event dedicated to new technologies and innovations in potato production industry. This exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China and will be held in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing on 30th – 31st of March. We invite you to visit our Booth No. A094, where ...
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China Potato Expo 2017
Specialists of Lumex Instruments for the second time took part in China Potato Expo, which was held from 30 to 31 of March in National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing. This annual event is dedicated to potato and its products, agricultural machinery, potato breeding and production technology and it is considered as the only international Chinese exhibition in the ...
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China - Netherlands cooperation on improvement of China potato production
Raising China potato production is of utmost importance. In the coming years a great effort is to be made to meet the increasing demand of potatoes for fresh consumption and for industry. In a joined R&D program Chinese and Dutch research institutes and companies investigated opportunities for improvement on the main topics of potato production. ‘Progress Report China Potato GAP ...
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The Coca-Cola company and H.J. Heinz company to announce innovative sustainability partnership
ATLANTA and PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21 /CSRwire/ - The Coca-Cola Company (KO) and H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ) will announce a significant new partnership as part of their ongoing commitment to sustainability at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) annual conference in Boca Raton, Florida. WHAT: Joint announcement by The Coca-Cola Company and H.J. Heinz Company WHO: Muhtar Kent, Chairman and ...
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Second Sino - EU Potato workshop planned for 2016
From 22 - 24 July, 2015, a first workshop on sustainable potato production and processing in China was held. The workshop was organized by Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Science (HAAS), Strategic Alliance for Industrial Technology Innovation of Potato (SAITIP) and Wageningen UR, with support from various parties. It was decided that a second workshop will be held during 2016 in Zhangjiakou ...
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Oregon Potato Company pays EPA penalty for failing to report ammonia release
Oregon Potato Company failed to report an anhydrous ammonia release at their facility in Warden, Washington and will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $66,235 penalty. On July 2, 2009, the facility released approximately 300 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the environment, according to the EPA settlement. The facility, located at 1900 First Avenue West in Warden, Washington, ...
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Improving the productivity of tropical potato cultivation
Potatoes thrive in tropical highlands. The tubers are healthier than rice, banana or cassava, and can play an important role in food security. Production is, however, often very low due to various diseases and farmers can struggle to generate sufficient added value. This is where Wageningen comes in.Potato specialist Anton Haverkort travels the world giving advice on how to bring cultivation and ...
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Potatoes more environmentally sustainable than pasta, rice
International researchers have shown that potatoes are good for the environment, with a recently published paper indicating that potato production is more environmentally sustainable than pasta and rice. The paper, conducted by researchers from Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, England and published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, considered both greenhouse gas emissions and water ...
By AUSVEG
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Exciting Farming Projects Benefit from £18M Government Funding
There were some exciting announcements in farming this week as Defra revealed 15 agri-tech projects that are due to receive a share of £18 million from the Government and industry to help speed up agriculture innovation and their commercial viability. According to Farmers Guardian, they are the first industrial research awards to be funded by the £70 million Agri-Tech Catalyst, which ...
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CLAAS supports German-Zambian agricultural training centre
On the sidelines of the International Green Week (IGW), which took place in Berlin in January, Federal Minister of Agriculture Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich and his Zambian counterpart Robert Sichinga signed an agreement to establish a German-Zambian agricultural training and knowledge centre. Together with other German companies, the agricultural technology company CLAAS is supporting the ...
By CLAAS Group
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Bayer CropScience and Farm Frites jointly implement sustainable practices in European potato cultivation
Bayer CropScience and Farm Frites recently started a Food Chain Partnership initiative designed to implement sustainable agricultural practices in potato cultivation in the Netherlands and Belgium. The goal of the partnership is to support a bottom-up approach with potato farmers addressing value-adding sustainable potato-growing practices at individual farm level. This is intended to minimize ...
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UF/IFAS study: Sweet potato crop shows promise as feed and fuel
As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found that sweet potato vines, usually thrown out during harvest, can serve well as livestock feed while the roots are an ideal source for biofuel. This could be a key finding for the agriculture industry in Florida ...
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AHDB develop soil health scorecard
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have developed a way to quantify the health of your soil. In 2016, AHDB and BBRO funded the five-year Soil Biology and Soil Health Partnership. With its focus on soil health, one ambition was to produce a toolkit to assist with its measurement and management. One of the first tasks was to review what could be measured and how practical ...
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Offering integrated solutions and driving partnerships to promote sustainability in potatoes
At the 9th World Potato Congress, Bayer CropScience is showcasing its latest innovations and contributions for sustainable potato production. Under the theme ‘Innovating Together for Sustainable Potatoes’ experts from the company will present recent product novelties and new approaches that underline the role of Bayer CropScience as the innovation leader in its field. The 9th World ...
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Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture
The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) is presenting itself to the outside world as ‘the world's award-winning sustainable agriculture event’. With 40 ministerial delegations and numerous top figures from the agrifood world, this trade fair and conference is guaranteed to feature many innovations in a wide range of fields. As an innovation partner, Wageningen UR is ...
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Growers can increase efficiency with single crop focus
Vegetable growers are able to benefit from increased productivity by focusing their growing operations on producing a single commodity, with efficiencies created by investing in labour that is specialised for a single crop. This is one of the outcomes from an Economic Discussion Paper produced by vegetable grower body AUSVEG, using data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource ...
By AUSVEG
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