Korean Highland Potato Late Blight Management — Spray Calendar, FRAC Group Rotation, and How Stone Clearing Reduces Infection Pressure

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

Korean Highland Potato Late Blight Management — Spray Calendar, FRAC Group Rotation, and How Stone Clearing Reduces Infection Pressure Phytophthora infestans destroyed the Irish potato crop in 1845. It devastates Korean highland potato crops to this day when the spray...

Watanabe Korea Complete Buyer’s Guide — Every Machine, Which to Buy First, and How to Build the Full System

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

Watanabe Korea Complete Buyer’s Guide — Every Machine in the Range, Which to Buy First, and How to Build the Full System Step by Step If you are looking at Watanabe machinery for the first time, start here. This guide maps the complete Korea Watanabe range,...

Korean Highland Farm Road Network — Planning and Building Access Infrastructure That Makes Mechanisation Possible

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

Korean Highland Farm Road Network — Planning and Building the Access Infrastructure That Makes Full Mechanisation Possible A THOR 2.4 that cannot reach a field block because the access track is too steep, too narrow, or too rough to be traversed safely has zero...

Korean Highland Farm Safety — Operating the THOR 2.4, CT-2100, and Potato Machinery Safely on Slope Terrain

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

Korean Highland Farm Safety — Operating the THOR 2.4, CT-2100, and Potato Machinery Safely on Slope Terrain The THOR 2.4 rotor reaches 1,000 RPM. At that speed, a stone fragment ejected from the rear hood zone travels at over 100 km/h. Safety on Korean highland...

Korean Highland Farm Succession and Long-Term Investment Planning — Passing the Watanabe System to the Next Generation

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

Korean Highland Farm Succession and Long-Term Investment Planning — Passing the Watanabe System to the Next Generation 80% of Korean highland farms have no confirmed successor. The Watanabe system changes this calculus — a mechanised, productive, stone-cleared farm...

EP-PANTHER Potato Planter — Complete Guide for the 2-to-4-Row Adjustable Korean Highland Planting System

by ep | May 28, 2026 | Application and Technical Guid

EP-PANTHER Potato Planter — Complete Guide for the 2-to-4-Row Adjustable Korean Highland Planting System The EP-PANTHER’s row-count adjustability from 2 to 4 rows within a single machine is a capability that no other Watanabe potato planter offers. On Korean...