La production de pommes de terre saisonnières a atteint 250 mille tonnes contre 220 mille tonnes au cours de la saison de 2016/2017, soit une progression de 13,6%, selon le ministère de l’Agriculture, dans un communiqué publié vendredi 10 août.
Belgium’s early crop of potatoes has already been reduced by about a third due to the current Europe-wide heatwave, which especially damaged the size of the potatoes and the roughness of their skins.
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.
The global potato chips market reached EUR26.5bn by the end of 2017, riding an average annual volume percent growth of 5.9% over the 2012-2017 period.
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.
