tubers

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine With high disease risk and astronomical energy prices, seed potato growers should apply a fungicide to tubers now to avoid storing waste that will be thrown away next spring. That’s the advice of independent potato consultant Paul Overton, who...

I have a volunteer potato issue in a growing crop of oil seed rape/Canola. The field was drilled as soon as the previous crop of wheat was harvested, so no glyphosate pre seeding and now the volunteer potatoes have emerged. Asside from hand roughing, does anyone have any ideas on removal...

Potato crops have paid a heavy penalty as a result of this summer’s record-breaking temperatures and drought, though biostimulant-treated plants appear to have fared better, according to Syngenta trials. First digs from this year’s Quantis heat-stress biostimulant field trials suggest yields...

Nick Sheppard, Farm Manager, Upton Suffolk Farms (credit Nick Sheppard) Rising input costs are among the challenges for a potato farm. Nick Sheppard, farm manager at Upton Suffolk Farms near Bury St Edmunds, led the first Agri-TechE farm walk of 2022 to show agri-tech in action and to discuss...

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine Potato crops have paid a heavy penalty as a result of this summer’s record-breaking temperatures and drought, though biostimulant-treated plants appear to have fared better, according to Syngenta trials. First digs from this year’s Quantis...

Have 800 acres of lodged wheat in various stages of maturity. I’ve swathed 220 acres yesterday and today but the rows are very heavy and will take a serious amount of drying out. Hoping to be picking it up by the weekend as it’s a decent week ahead. chemical rep reckons roundup won’t do much fir...

"We hope that Chikoka, Chitute, Khutula, Phindu and Tinyadile will contribute to economic prosperity and increased food security in Malawi and beyond, and are very grateful to our project partners and funders for their continued support" Five climate and disease resilient potato varieties...

Our current industrial agriculture system is contributing to the root causes of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), agriculture accounts for almost one third of human-generated greenhouse gas emissions. What’s often overlooked is that regenerative...

New Study Reveals How Crucial Urban Farming Is To Food Security 2 minute read When most of us think of farming, we tend to picture wide-open fields of swaying wheat, or neat rows of tomatoes and lettuce unfurling under blue skies. But increasingly, given the urbanization of society and the...

This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...

Changing climates are threatening our agricultural systems, with European crop yields projected to decrease by 30% by 2050. To protect future food security, ADAS are taking part in the Root2Res research and innovation programme, funded by Horizon Europe. Root2Res is short for ‘Root phenotyping...

Here in South Yorkshire we’ve had nothing! Anyone else still waiting 🤞

1,4SIGHT (1,4-Dimethylnapthalene or DMN), a sprout suppressant for stored potatoes, is now approved for use in Britain, DormFresh has announced. DMN was first discovered as a natural volatile given off by potatoes. It is suitable for both the fresh and the processing sector, in all storage types...

Harnessing electricity to destroy weeds is not especially new, but the challenge has always been how to make the technique viable for field-scale work. From tractor-mounted solutions to robots, several manufacturers are looking into the technology including CNH Industrial (parent company of...

Scientists are developing a ‘super-spud’ to better withstand harsher environmental conditions. © nednapa, Shutterstock From origins in the cool altitudes of the Andes, the potato is not well suited to the extreme temperatures or flooding brought on by climate change. Plant scientists are...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Size matters, according to Quaile Machinery, which has the largest machine on show at the Farm Tractor Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) Farm Machinery Show being held in the Republic of Ireland this week. The machine in question is the Dewulf Quatro...

Maize is a globally very important crop, and the use of hybrid varieties is routine. The first type was introduced as far back as 1930. But that hasn’t happened for other major crops such as wheat and cassava. Now, for the first time, a comprehensive study has been done of all the factors that...

Hello, I have a late autumn crop of potatoes here in OZ. Crop starting to bulk up. Any thoughts on fertiliser at this stage? Foliar or bagged in spreader? Cheers

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine Download PDF Controlling evolving, aggressive blight populations in a wetter, warmer region has long been a challenge for potato growers in Pembrokeshire. CPM finds out how agronomists and farmers are tackling the challenge head-on by using...

‘The tuber man of Kerala’ on a quest to champion India’s rare and indigenous crops Written by Monika Mondal from the Guardian Shaji NM has devoted his life to collecting and farming tubers such as yam, cassava and taro, and promoting them across the country Known as “the tuber man of Kerala”...