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The new Potato Courier is out
Every arable farmer knows a colleague who talks passionately about his potatoes. They are not only an important 'signboard' to the outside world, but as a rule they also have more direct contact with their customers. For this edition of the Potato Courier we visited 3 such potato ambassadors.
Also a story about Nanne Sterenborg in Onstwedde (Groningen). He is one of the forerunners in the field of precision agriculture and talks about the possibilities of precision agriculture, now and in the future.
And further?
To what extent has the Phytophthora fungus changed in recent years? Which isolates are really dangerous and how do you tackle them as a grower? With these questions and more, we visited Huub Schepers, researcher and Phytophthora specialist at Wageningen University Research and Practical Research AGV in Lelystad.
With arable farmer Tonnis Zomerman from Swifterbant and arable farming advisor Hans Ardon from Heyboer BV, we look back on the past Phytophthora season.
The Potato Valley foundation wants to strengthen Northern seed potato cultivation. Arable farmer and foundation chairman Tineke de Vries explains why this is necessary and what the plans are to realize it.
This Potato Courier will be sent to potato growers on 20 January as an attachment to Akker Magazine. Read the Potato Courier 2018 now stuck online.
