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Less cultivating equipment required by cleverly combining field and machine data.

Smart potato farming: AVR and Dacom combine field and machine data

August 28, 2020
Less cultivating equipment required by cleverly combining field and machine data. This data is displayed on the digital platform AVR Connect, offering the farmer improved, real time insights into what is going on inside the machine, how it is operating, and how the process can be made more efficient.
Javier Rinza. Jonas Wittern and Jesus Zamalloa during tubers harvesting of potato minicore trial at CIP experimental station in Lima-Peru.

New study on photosynthesis efficiency in native potatoes

August 28, 2020
A new publication by scientists from the International Potato Center (CIP) highlights the usefulness of combining crop growth model, remote sensing, and plant ecophysiological tools to assess genetic efficiencies in potato landraces.
PEI Potato Farms Using New Decision Support Tools to Improve Use of Crop Protectants

PEI Potato Farms Using New Decision Support Tools to Improve Use of Crop Protectants

February 14, 2020
A growing number of Prince Edward Island potato farms are taking advantage of new technology to improve their use of crop protectants, including fungicides used to prevent late blight.
NPC Launches New 'Eye on Potatoes' Podcast

Launched at the Potato Expo: The 'Eye on Potatoes' Podcast

January 15, 2020
Kicking off the 12th annual Potato Expo, held Jan 14-15 in Las Vegas, the National Potato Council announced the launch of its new podcast, 'Eye on Potatoes'. The podcast in available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.
Dickeya dianthicola is a serious bacterium that can cause tuber soft rot and blackleg (shown) in potatoes
(Courtesy: Government of Western Australia)

Online tool to detect blackleg disease in potato using DNA testing has widespread application

December 05, 2019
Scientists have developed a user-friendly online tool called Uniqprimer, which quickly and automatically designs species-specific DNA tags (also known as primers) for detecting pathogens such as Dickeya dianthicola using DNA testing.
El uso de los Drones se está volviendo cada vez más común entre los campesinos. (Cortesía: El Sol de Irapuato)

El futuro del campo está en la tecnología, arranca Expo Agroalimentaria en Irapuato

November 22, 2019
Los efectos del cambio climático como los largos periodos de sequía o lluvias en abundancia, aunado a los altos costos de insumos agrícolas hacen que producir sea cada vez más complicado no sólo en Irpuato, México, sino en el mundo.
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Measuring waterflow with the 7Sense irrigation sensor.

SoilEssentials now reseller of the wireless irrigation sensor and the T & RH monitoring system of 7Sense

November 21, 2019
The Scottish precision farming pioneers SoilEssentials announces collaboration with Norwegian company 7Sense, to be the UK’s reseller of their smart, wireless temperature & humidity sensor monitoring system and their reliable, waterproof irrigation sensor
The SoilEssentials team have worked in lab and in-field to test Tuberzone and now look forward to showcasing it at BP2019. Pictured (l-r) are Kenneth Waring, Jim Wilson and Seonaid Ross of SoilEssentials

SoilEssentials showcasing precision farming solution 'Tuberzone' for potato cultivation at BP2019

October 28, 2019
SoilEssentials Ltd will be showcasing 'Tuberzone' their precision farming solutions for potato cultivation at the upcoming BP2019, the potato industry event.
New AVR Puma 4.0 connects machine data with the farmer (Courtesy: Focus | WTV) .

Latest AVR Potato Harvester Puma 4.0 sends sensor data directly to the cloud

October 25, 2019
AVR is introducing its new Puma 4.0 at the upcoming Agritechnica fair. The four-row potato harvester is the successor of the popular Puma 3 and is now fully cloud connected.
To protect the interest of the Punjab farmers and uphold the state’s leadership position as the largest potato seed producing state in India, Punjab is planning the certification and traceability of seed potato using blockchain technology as of next yea

Punjab to introduce seed potato tracebility and certification using blockchain technology

July 30, 2019
To protect the interest of the Punjab farmers and uphold the state’s leadership position as the largest potato seed producing state in India, Punjab is planning the certification and traceability of seed potato using blockchain technology as of next year.

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