El portal de la papa en Argentina
Da inizio agosto i pataticoltori dell’altopiano del Fucino (Abruzzo) hanno cominciato a scavare le varietà precoci. E i risultati dei primi saggi effettuati nei campi consentono di guardare alla nuova stagione in maniera positiva.
Monsanto was found liable in a lawsuit and ordered to pay $289 million in damages to a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused him cancer.
Fertilizer company Yara North America recently launched a podcast initiative to provide growers with updated agronomic advice, production and market insights, and more.
For farmers in central and northern Europe, this summer’s unusually high temperatures aren’t just uncomfortable, they are putting their harvests at risk, The Guardian reported Friday.
That’s the new Guinness World Record for most combine harvesters working simultaneously in a field, following a successful record attempt in southern Manitoba on Saturday.
A federal court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a pesticide used widely in farming.
When the weather is warmer than 14-22˚C, tuber production is inhibited, reducing potato tuber production, with damaging consequences for both producer and consumer.
Dutch potato growers and potato processing firms will start talks on Friday to determine who is to pay for the problems with this year’s harvest, broadcaster NOS said.