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.
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.
KWS SAAT SE and the J.R. Simplot Company have founded a new joint venture company Aardevo B.V., to deliver top performing potato varieties through hybrid breeding.
Der Durchschnittsertrag der Sorten Vitabella und Lucera, die bei Plantera sowohl biologisch als auch konventionell angebaut werden, zeigen auffällige Unterschiede.
Des agriculteurs travaillant à la zone irrigable à Souk Sebt, El Aitha et Essaada ont détruit plus de 2500 tonnes de pomme de terre saisonnière et environ 4 mille tonnes de la récolte d’oignon.
Il raccolto principale di patate e cipolle è attualmente in pieno svolgimento, come riferito da Christian Bausch, amministratore delegato della Rainer Bausch GmbH di Lich Langsdorf (Germania).
Attualmente la tecnologia nel settore delle patate progredisce con rapidità. L’azienda svizzera Visar Sorting ha presentato al Potato Europe il suo nuovo sistema di smistamento, il Visar Sortop Potatoes.
