New Zealand Ships Its First Fresh Potatoes to Taiwan After Years of Phytosanitary Work

Investigations

“The More Loyal, the More Expensive”: Price Discrimination and Trust in Trip.com

21.10.2026

Trip.com Group's 5.18 billion yuan antitrust fine concerned hotels, not travellers. Yet it was after that ruling that an old consumer accusation…

Potato diseases

Global: Dickeya Blackleg Puts Seed Certification Under Pressure in Europe

20.10.2026

Dickeya can cut yields by 20–25% or more; seed buyers demand documented freedom, and Scotland and Northern Ireland apply zero tolerance in…

America

“The climate regulates the market price”: Tandil growers on Argentina’s volatile potato season

20.10.2026

Growers from the Tandil Potato Growers' Centre describe how El Niño rains, late frosts and high costs are shaping planting and prices…

America

USA: Nearly 10,000 Bags of J. HIGGS Bacon & Cheddar Chips Recalled Over Undeclared Soy

20.10.2026

The FDA has classified a recall of nearly 10,000 bags of J. HIGGS Loaded Bacon & Cheddar Potato Chips as Class II…

News

Argentina’s potato prices have more than quadrupled — but growers are still paying for 2025

20.10.2026

Argentine potato grower prices have staged a dramatic recovery, but in Tucumán an INTA agronomist says much of the windfall is going…

News

PapaDX developer moves potato field records into Telegram

20.10.2026

Aconcagua Digital, the company behind the AI potato-diagnosis app PapaDX, is offering growers a Telegram chatbot to log field operations once and…

Europe

Belarus: Potato Price Capped at 1.11 Roubles per kg for the Winter Interseason

20.10.2026

Belarus has set a maximum retail price of 1.11 roubles per kilogram for potatoes sold under the state order during the 2026/27…