Canadá: POTATO WEED CONTROL GOES DIGITAL
By Janet Kanters: Some new high tech tools will soon give farmers a way to keep weeds down, cut costs and herbicide use dramatically and work around weed resistance to herbicides.
Norte Am. 28/02/2018
Polonia: Najczęściej występujące chwasty w ziemniakach
Ziemniak to roślina uprawna, szczególnie wrażliwa na występowanie chwastów. Jest na nie podatny przede wszystkim ze względu na powolny wzrost na początku wegetacji oraz na to, że uprawiany jest w szerokim rozstawie rzędów.
Europa 28/02/2018
Taiwan: Changes rules for table stock and chipping potato imports
Taiwan authorities amended their quarantine documentation requirements for imports of fresh potatoes, both table stock and chipping potatoes.
Asia 28/02/2018
Tanzania: Tanzania Sets Record in Potato Research, to Release Improved Varieties
By Zephania Ubwani Arusha — Tanzania has excelled in experimental trials of high yielding and disease resistant potato varieties under a climate smart agriculture programme aimed to improve food security.
Africa 28/02/2018
EEUU: Spud industry going on offensive, think ’performance vegetable’
GRAND FORKS— The U.S. potato industry likes to describe its product as "America’s favorite vegetable."
Norte Am. 28/02/2018
Escocia: Albert Bartlett receives largest ever Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation grant for potato processing diversification
The largest ever Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC) grant of £4 million has been awarded to potato processing firm Albert Bartlett.
Europa 28/02/2018
Kenia: Good news as struggling potato farmers sign new deal
Central Kenyan farmer Samuel Macharia is a very happy man at the moment. Last year, he signed a farming contract with the East African Potato Consortium. It states he will sell at least 2 tonnes of potatoes to food processors each harvesting season
Africa 28/02/2018
Italia: Slow potato market
The potato sector had hoped for things to pick up after the festivities but nothing happened. "Things have remained the same as before the festivities and the produce is compromised by the low quotations of the foreign produce, from France in particu
Europa 28/02/2018