05/09/2024 SOURCE: www.potatonewstoday.com
Reduced tillage practices are increasingly being implemented by potato growers for environmental and crop productivity benefits. Lukie Pieterse’s article delves into these methods, emphasizin…
‘Beyond the plow’: Exploring reduced tillage strategies and techniques in modern potato farming
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: GMO's, Potatoes,
APHIS gives green light to new Simplot GMO potato variety
A new modified corn and potato variety have been given the green light by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The potato plant from J.R. Simplot Company was modifie…
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Team AgWiki
Topics: GMO's, Potatoes, Biotech, Consumer/Retail,
USDA approves Toolgen’s reduced-browning GMO potato
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently posted two Regulatory Status Review (RSR) responses under the revised biotechnology regulatio…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Conservation/Tillage, Drones UAV, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Research, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation,
Analysis: Importance of science and technology in modern farming
Scientific discoveries and technological novelties greatly assist agribusiness, making it faster, more accurate, cost-effective, and efficient. At the disposal of present-day farmers, there are eco…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Crop Diseases, Potatoes, Genes /Genetics,
MSU researchers breeding beetle-resistant potato varieties
Potato farmers face many challenges. One tiny, yet devastating, pest is the Colorado potato beetle. It can cause immense damage to potato crops. It’s also notorious for becoming resistant to …
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01/25/2021 SOURCE: www.potatonewstoday.com
According to a Reuters report, France sees crops developed using gene-editing techniques as different to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and opposes a European Union court decision to put the…
France backs non-GMO regulation for crop gene-editing in EU
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Potatoes, Genes /Genetics, Biotech,
Bangladesh to import blight resistant GMO varieties developed at Michigan State University
Thousands of farmers in Bangladesh grow potatoes on over one million acres of land, spending up to a fourth of their investment on fungicide sprays to fight late blight. The disease damages 20 perc…
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08/10/2020 SOURCE: www.potatonewstoday.com
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