September marks the critical turning point for Russia’s potato industry. Mass harvesting of maincrop ware potatoes is running at full capacity, long-term storage programs are being finalized, and wholesale prices…
For farmers: Producers with modern ventilated storage can capture an anticipated 10–15% price lift by withholding volume until low-cost field supplies clear out in October.
For processors: Raw material procurement costs remain highly advantageous in Central Russia, where ample supply from Bryansk and Orel provides an optimal buying window.
For traders: A spread of over 10–14 RUB/kg between Central Russia and Southern hubs creates viable arbitrage margins after accounting for long-haul transport.
Anatoly Nazarov, a farmer from the village of Ilyinskoye in the Republic of Karelia, cultivates 15 potato varieties,…
Russia’s potato industry remains heavily dependent on foreign breeding, with domestic varieties accounting for only 8–10% of planted…
Severe EU storage losses and Egyptian import battles will double potato processing costs by January 2027.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of September 7, Russia’s open-field vegetable harvest is proceeding at last…
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The Republican Unitary Enterprise “Institute of Plant Protection” (Priluki) has issued a critical alert for the 2026 growing season following the detection…
Dry brown lesions with concentric rings on potato leaves point to Alternaria. Field diagnosis, differences from late blight, a control programme and…
From August 1 to 19, 2026, inspectors from Rosselkhoznadzor surveyed 452 hectares of potato plantings in the Staromainsky and Ulyanovsky districts of…
Photograph a leaf, get a first read on eight diseases — and a weather warning
A drone that goes inside the irrigation canal instead of flying over the field
Volgograd pilot reports 10% less water and cost against fixed schedules
Sorting, bruise protection and stone removal in one pass at planting
The NEIKER Technology Centre in Spain has registered a new potato variety called Atsegiñe, distinguished by its purple…
In response to growing consumer demand for clean-label convenience foods, European scientists are pioneering a novel preservation technique…
Belgian potato processor Agristo is making a major strategic bet on France with a €350 million investment in…
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
From frying chips in a rented garage in 1997 to around 200 employees
Chip plants just outside Almaty — short haul is why the processing contract is the anchor
Started on ruined pigsties in 2015; today 500 hectares and 20,000 in-house containers
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