Potato training

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Potato Seed Development project:

Climate Smart Potato Demonstration Centre

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Potato farming consultant of Agrico Ukraine


Would you like to receive more information about Agrico Ukraine and scientific support for growing our varieties? Or do you have other questions about our business and/or activities?

Do not hesitate to contact us with your questions!

Victor RIZNYK

Potato farming consultant of Agrico Ukraine
   

Potato cultivation training

  1. Preparation (crop rotation & soil sampling, weed killing & ploughing, fertiliser application & nutrients);
  2. Planting (furrows & ridges, row distances, planting distances, tuber spacing, certified seed potatoes, treatments);
  3. Growing (weed killing, top dressing, nematodes);
  4. Disease (recognising types of diseases, prevention, treatment, timing, planning, waste management);
  5. Harvesting (maturing period, harvesting, grading, sorting);
  6. Storing techniques (temperatures, humidity & ventilation; Energy & back-up systems).
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Video 1. Preparation for planting: Crop rotation and forecrop

In this video, we will talk about crop rotation, predecessors in the field, and why it critically affects future potato yield results.

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Video 2. Preparation for planting: Soil preparation

In this video, we will talk about different schemes for preparing soil for planting potatoes, depending on their type. We will discuss with the best practitioners of Ukraine about autumn and spring ridge cutting, the necessity or harm of plowing in potato fields, why deep loosening is needed, and what shape of ridge is best to choose.

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Video 3. Planting: Preparation of seeds, conditions and methods

In this video, we will discuss how to properly warming up seed potatoes, how to find the "right" moment for planting, which fungicides works best for planting by planter, and which ones should be chosen for roller tables. What is the insidiousness of rhizoctoniosis and how specific knowledge helps in the fight against it?

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Video 4. Planting: Experience of the farms

In this video, we will talk about optimal planting, how to correctly calculate the seed treatment for potato seeds, why planting early potatoes as early as possible and late potatoes as late as possible is not always the right approach. Planting potatoes practical experience of the most successful farms of Ukraine.

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Video 5. Top dressing: Macro- and microelements for potatoes.

In this video, we will talk about the specifics of fertilizer application and the delicate balance of top dressing and their availability depending on application methods, weather, and soil acidity.

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Video 6. Top dressing: Experience of the farms

In this video, we will talk about how to make a potato top dressing scheme for your farm? How do the choice of variety, the purpose of the potato, and access to irrigation affect fertilizer application schemes? You will find answers to these questions in this video, where experts from leading potato farms in Ukraine will talk in detail about their experience in the fields.

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Potato (field) equipment training

  1. Land preparation;
  2. Planters;
  3. Ridgers & re-ridgers;
  4. Sprayers;
  5. Harvesters;
  6. Sorters.

Regenerative farming training

  1. Cover crops – soil health
  2. Rotary digging instead of ploughing as soil preparation
  3. Fertigation
  4. Drip irrigation
  5. No-till for grain/row-crops during the crop rotation
  6. Latest techniques

Business case training

  1. Net profit increase;
  2. Cost price reduction;
  3. Revenue growth;
  4. De-risking potato farming;
  5. Partnerships: partners who will support in training (Yara UA, Syngenta UA, Adama UA, Irrigator UA).