Harvest

July 28, 2022 | News

Harvesting crop insight tool ready for international potato exhibitions

UK based machine-learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye is taking to the European stage.

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Haulm killing with a hybrid electric method requires less power

Hybrid electric crop protection. This is how Australian crop protection chemical company Nufarm and the German start-up CROP.ZONE describe their new invention, NuCrop for chemical-free weed control and haulm killing in potatoes. It combines the technique of electrocution with a special fluid for better current conduction, which requires less (motor) power and achieves more capacity…

February 26, 2021 | Articles

With additional options for the Keiler 2 Classic, ROPA aims for further growth

With the official introduction of the Keiler 2 Classic potato harvester, ROPA aims for further growth in the potato market. With the recently announced innovations, the company expects a significant growth of the current Keiler population with over 520 machines worldwide.

February 18, 2021 | News

Grimme announces haulm topper and further features for VENTOR 4150

For season 2021, Grimme’s four-row self-propelled potato harvester VENTOR 4150 will be equipped with some new practical features.

September 28, 2020 | Blogs

Mechanical potato harvesting

A fully mechanized harvester lifts the tubers by chisels and places them with soil on the conveyor bed. The soil is sieved and belts convey the tubers into a hopper that is emptied into a waiting trailer. Machines without a hopper drop the harvest directly into an accompanying trailer.

September 23, 2020 | Articles

More precision in potato production; potato haulm killing

Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. In this series I look at precision agriculture applications in potato crops from a Dutch perspective (see Potato Research paper in references). Let us have a look at variable rate application of potato haulm killing…