El portal de la papa en Argentina
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board ‘Potatoes’ has launched a new guide to help potato growers test for Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN), a pest that costs the industry more than £25 million each year.
In Mid-September, the Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw or VTA did a test potato grubbing according to a set protocol among its members.
This year’s potato harvest is expected to be one of the poorest in decades. Due to the prolonged period of drought, the total potato harvest this season will be around 20 percent lower than in the previous year.
La campaña de patata de Castilla y León está llegando a su culminación. En estos momentos, la patata de lavado está pasando por un momento especial .
Paturpat, sociedad que forma parte de la cooperativa Udapa, inaugura en Júndiz su planta de procesado en la que se han invertido 3,5 millones de euros
La previsión de recogida de patata para 2018 en A Limia dista mucho de lo que, finalmente, ocurrirá en la comarca.
Major potato desiccant diquat is set to be banned due to concerns related to the exposure of bystanders and residents and also its effect on bird life, with growers only likely to have at most one more season’s use of the product.
With low temperatures from last week expected to linger into this week, harvest is not looking good for potato farmers, experts say.