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During a virtual Digitalisation trade mission to Japan recently, within the framework of SMART Agriculture, robotisation and automation in potato cultivation were zoomed in on, among other things. With almost six hundred participants from the Netherlands and Japan, this digitisation mission, the largest online trade mission to an individual country from the Netherlands, attracted a great deal of interest.
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Agritechnica focus on trends in potato technology
From 12-18 November Agritechnica takes place in Hannover, Germany. During the event there is a main focus on potatoes. Dr. Rolf Peters presents his vision on trends in potato technology. He states that potato growing has required a particularly high degree of flexibility from farmers in this year’s growing season due to the intensive change…
The efficiency of overhead irrigation for potato crops
Irrigation with sprinklers, rain guns, center pivots or linear systems – as opposed to furrow and drip irrigation delivering water under the canopy – distributes water overhead, much like natural rainfall does.
The advantages of drip irrigation in potato cultivation
Of all irrigation practices, furrow irrigation loses most water through drainage and also loses more nitrogen through leaching than other irrigation practices. Drainage through deep percolation on the other hand is an advantage as it avoids accumulation of salts at the surface. Besides, erosion is considerable as the water flow to some extent always transports…
Potato Association of America to showcase industry advances during annual meeting
The annual meeting of the Potato Association of America (PAA) is scheduled to take place from July 23rd to 27th, 2023. PAA members, potato researchers and industry partners will gather in Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island. ‘We look forward to welcoming the PAA family to Prince Edward Island for the first time since…
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