Innovative climate tool expands to support potato farmers, Hort Innovation webinar: deep dive into international consumer demand for vegetables, yield mapping with HarvestEye webinar, and much more.

Read the recap of a PotatoLink event held for the potato industry at the Kaloorup Fire Shed in Jindong in the afternoon of the 15 August 2023.

Join leading biofumigant and cover crop researchers John Duff (QDAF) and Mieke Daneel (ARC, South Africa) as they discuss what biofumigants are how they work, how they can be used for disease and nematode management and wha to consider when choosing biofumigant species.

Join the PotatoLink team as we speak with Vee Gururajan from HarvestEye and Abe Montano from Elders as they explain the new technological developments that may make accurate, GPS based, yield monitoring an easy activity in potato production.

Following a PotatoLink online training webinar with senior members of the Bureau of Meteorology, Paulette Baumgartl has compiled a comprehensive article in Issue 09 of PotatoLink magazine pointing out that behind the weekly temperature and rainfall forecasts, and the much-loved radar, sits an abundance of data, both raw and interpreted. If you know where to look, this data can be a useful decision-making tool.

Potato growers know that seed is an expensive input not to be wasted. And inefficient planting and spacing, including skips and doubles, can be costly.

Optimising seed spacing provides a real opportunity to minimise inputs while maximising yield. To evaluate the economic impact of poor planter performance, PotatoLink conducted a demonstration on the impact of seed spacing on potato yield and size.

Reduced tillage agriculture has emerged as a sustainable and innovative approach to farming, offering numerous benefits to both farmers and the environment. This PotatoLink magazine article, shares some examples of growers who have incorporated reduced tillage into their farm practice and research seeking to quantify outcomes when tillage practices are altered.

Understanding and managing the interacting components of soil health - physical, biological and chemical factors - is essential to create robust and productive soils that are able to sustain commercial potato production. This PotatoLink magazine article examines some aspects of soil physical properties and how they impact agricultural practice (and how agricultural practices impact soil physical properties).

Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are one of the world’s most significant potato pests. Despite potentially devastating consequences on yield, symptoms are frequently subtle; the crop can just look a bit sickly or fail to thrive. This PotatoLink magazine article covers the lifecycle of PCN, impacts of PCN, and how Scotland manages PCN.

PotatoLink at the WalkerAg Agricultural Industry Forum (Tas), workshop and field walk: diseases, biosecurity and cover crops (WA), improving your farm’s resilience using cover crops, and much more.

PREDICTA Pt training and accreditation courses, event recording: R&D forum recordings, soil biology and in-furrow masterclass wrap up, and much more.

PotatoLink held a research and development forum in Adelaide on 5 June 2023. The seven speakers covered a range of topics including diseases, irrigation, monitoring technology and more. Below are recordings of the presentations given on the day.

In-person event: in-furrow application workshops (Tas) and Gatton Ag showcase, podcast: oxalis, webinar recording: black dot, and much more.

What is Oxalis? What it looks like, why it's a problem, and what to do about it. It also summarises the field walk held in March 2023 and the outcomes from conversations had on the day.

Listen now.

Join the PotatoLink team as we explore mobile drip irrigation in potatoes, where we will delve into the exciting world of this technology. The webinar is targeted to growers interested in learning more about ways to enhance watering efficiency to minimise costs, boost yields, and grow more sustainably.

Managing your growing crop with the weather in mind can be a challenge, so having a suite of forecasting and historical data available, can help with decision making. Join BOM’s team as they share what tools are available, where they can be found, how they work and how they are best used.