News on Potato Cultivation from Europe

Potato growers in the UK could save money, boost yields and help the environment through a new irrigation benchmarking tool.

Scottish arable farmers who have up until now had a range of pesticides to deal with crop disease and pest problems now have greatly reduced resources as a result of European Union legislation.

Irrigate with the right amount of water, at the right time, in the right place, growers were urged by Dr Jerry Knox at the well-attended Potato Council East of England day (September 1, Tuddenham, Bury St Edmunds). Improved water efficiency may not ne...

The rising cost of irrigation was one of the topics discussed at the East of England Potato Day in Suffolk last week. The cost of applying water to potato crops is rising fast and has doubled since 2005, according to Jerry Knox of Cranfield University...

Aardappel met Rhizoctonia Al jarenlang is Moncereen (met als werkzame stof pencycuron) hét belangrijkste knolbehandelingsmiddel ter bestrijding van Rhizoctonia. Moncereen Pro bevat naast het vertrouwde pencycuron ook prothi...

In the future, plant breeders may be able to develop potato varieties that are better able to withstand long drought spells than the currently grown varieties.

Fenland farmer Richard Lee will parade a giant potato harvester through the heart of London next weekend.

Biopesticides for use in oilseed rape and potatoes to help control diseases and promote crop growth could be on the market [in the UK] within five years

De toepassing van sensortechniek bij het doodspuiten van aardappelloof is niet alleen goed voor het milieu maar levert akkerbouwers ook geld op.

At the Potato Europe exhibition on 8 and 9 September (Stand C06 Z) Mantis exhibits a new version of the MAFEX devices for the treatment of potatoes with germination inhibitors, fungicides and seed dressings.

Potato growers are continuing to rethink their weed control strategies following the loss, or restriction in use, of some key active ingredients in the last few years and are finding new ways of using the remaining herbicide tools they have. The loss ...

Up to a sixth of the UK's potato production could be lost as a result of an EU directive on pesticides, an expert said yesterday.Rob Clayton, of the Potato Council, based his warning on the effects of removing several chemicals essential in keeping pe...

For years, healthful-food advocates have said organic food is more nutritious than conventionally grown. But that claim — trumpeted on the Web sites of organizations ranging from the national Organic Trade Association to the Seattle-based PCC Natural ...

A deal on two pieces of EU legislation banning a number of highly toxic chemicals within pesticides and reducing pesticide use has been reached between MEPs and representatives of European Union member states.Under the first, according to the agreement...