The 15 former Soviet countries harvest about 56 million tonnes of potatoes, 12% less than in 1990. Russia, Belarus and the Baltics lost almost 20 million tonnes, while Central Asia…
For farmers: Do not plan for the old north-to-south flow: Central Asia is largely self-supplied. Look at neighbour-to-neighbour trade and early-crop windows instead.
For processors: Base raw-material plans on organised-sector data, such as Russia's 8.47 million tonnes in 2025, rather than household estimates that are not weighed.
For traders: Trade now runs north: Russia imported 856,400 t in January–July 2025, mostly from Egypt and China, while Uzbekistan buys from Pakistan and Kazakhstan. Watch export bans and licensing.
Lamb Weston's 6 October results give the first read on fry costs after a short 2026 potato crop
Finland has developed several well-known potato varieties, with Pito and Kulta standing out as the most significant achievements…
POTATOES NEWS asks growers worldwide to compare their last season, in six languages
Routine micronutrient mixes often add cost to potatoes while only boron and zinc pay on sandy soils
25 grams of true seed per hectare instead of 2.5 tonnes of tubers — registered, not theoretical
Russia, where the project is based, is 1.2% of the readership — Europe is 37.9%
Chinese and Indian exports have grown enough to move the balance of the whole market
Daily prices in 13+ countries today. Next: planted area, varieties, storage stocks and seed supply. Tell us which data you need — and share your own figures to get the analysis first.
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Britain replaced the 1956 Smith Period with the Hutton Criteria in 2017. Tested on over 2,000 outbreaks, the new rule needs only…
Canada's new bacterial ring rot directive for seed potatoes takes effect on October 12, 2026. It keeps zero tolerance and sets sample…
Storage losses to the potato tuber moth reach 50–100% in warm countries. Cooling below 10°C, deep planting and clean tubers are the…
Nitrogen that drains below potato roots is lost money and a threat to groundwater
Czech growers pair satellite-guided planting with agrivoltaics and AI vs greening
Inspected second-hand equipment can let growers and processors add capacity without the cost of new machines
Where water is scarce, the irrigation method decides how much yield a farm keeps when it cuts water
Washing exposes skin defects, so a lot can fail the standard only on the packing line
A weak crop quickly turns Austria into a net buyer, and the 2026 drought points to higher imports
Industrial starch demand, not table potatoes, is now what drives Finnish potato area growth
EKSLi's Russian sorter uses computer vision and AI and is already in active use at Russian enterprises
A Samara seed producer with its own breeding lab joins the tour ahead of its tenth anniversary
New partner adds VENTOGLAS climate-control tech to storage coverage
Daily prices in 13+ countries today. Next: planted area, varieties, storage stocks and seed supply. Tell us which data you need — and share your own figures to get the analysis first.
326 USD/t median farm-gate & wholesale · 7 markets · 30 Sep 2026 · see today's prices →
