Agro
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EIT Food And PepsiCo Foundation Launch Future Harvest To Support Europe’s Next Generation Of Farmers
EIT Food and the PepsiCo Foundation have launched Future Harvest, a new European programme designed to help young and next-generation farmers build... -
Expanded Aphid Monitoring Supports Scottish Seed Growers
Albert Bartlett has renewed and expanded its partnership with Fera Science Ltd, increasing support for aphid monitoring across Scotland’s seed po... -
Renaissance BioScience Files Patent Application With Potential To Expand RNA-Based Crop Protection Options For Potatoes
Canadian yeast engineering specialist Renaissance BioScience has filed a provisional patent application covering a new yeast-derived virus-like par... -
Blight Alert Issued for Irish Potato Regions as Spray Opportunities Narrow
Potato growers across parts of Ireland are being advised to prepare for increased disease pressure after Met Éireann, Ireland’s national meteoro... -
U.S. Potato Industry Pushes For PEI Import Ban After New Potato Wart Detection
The U.S. potato industry is renewing pressure on federal regulators to suspend fresh potato imports from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, after ... -
Canada Extends Potato Plant Breeders’ Rights Protection To 25 Years
The Potato Growers of Alberta (PGA) have welcomed recent changes to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights legislation, which extend protection for po... -
PepsiCo And Fertiberia Expand Low-Carbon Fertiliser Use Across European Potato And Corn Farming
PepsiCo and Fertiberia have agreed a long-term collaboration to scale the use of low-carbon fertiliser across European farmland supplying crops for... -
KTH Study Identifies Peptide Route To Target Potato Late Blight
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have reported progress in developing a targeted approach to controlling potato late blight, the di... -
Swiss Researchers Test Cisgenic Potato Line To Reduce Late Blight Pressure
Agroscope has begun a field trial in Zurich-Reckenholz to test a cisgenic potato line developed for resistance to late blight, one of the most ... -
McCain Expands Consumer-Facing Strategy To Promote Regenerative Agriculture
McCain Foods is set to launch a new consumer-facing campaign aimed at increasing awareness of regenerative agriculture practices in potato producti...
