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TOMRA Launches 4A Optical Sorter for Unwashed Potatoes, Rated at Up to 100 Tonnes per Hour

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Russia: Ryazan Region Finishes Its Potato Harvest at About 125,000 Tonnes, With Fair Prices at RUB 50–70 per kg

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Chile: wholesale potato prices ease in La Calera, but remain mid-table nationally

09.11.2026

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Russia: Construction Starts on a Siberian Centre Meant to Scale Up Virus-Free Potato Minitubers by Early 2029

09.11.2026

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09.11.2026

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09.11.2026

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09.11.2026

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Europe

Industrial Demand Keeps German and Dutch Potato Prices Firm Despite Smaller European Harvest

04.11.2026

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German Producer Potato Prices Double to €27 per 100 kg as Harvest Falls by a Quarter

04.11.2026

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Global Potato Markets Eye a Gradual Recovery, but Heavy Processing Stocks Slow the Turn

28.10.2026

Europe

UK Growers Urged to Be “Strong Sellers” as Europe’s Potato Shortfall Is Estimated at Over 3.5 Million Tonnes

27.10.2026

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Phosphorus and potassium before planting: forms, balance and placement

08.11.2026

Agronomy

Soil pH and potatoes: why the 5.0–6.0 range is not universal

08.11.2026

Europe

Royal HZPC Group Studies Variety-Specific Nutrient Needs, Aiming for “Nutritional Recipes” per Potato Variety

06.11.2026

Agronomy

Tolsma-Grisnich Moves Optical Sorting to the Front of Storage with New Optica S

04.11.2026

Varieties & Seed Potatoes

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Seeds

CIP Deposits 1,027 New Seed Samples in Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Raising Arctic Backup of Its Collection to 91%

06.11.2026

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Royal HZPC CEO: First Hybrid Potato Varieties Are in Registration After Nearly 20 Years of Research

06.11.2026

Europe

Belarus Ramps Up Seed Potato Imports from Germany and the Netherlands in 2026

06.11.2026

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New Zealand-Bred Crop78 Fry Potato Is Now Grown Under Licence in Australia, North America, Europe and India

05.11.2026

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Africa

GRIMME Africa Names the Continent the World’s Top Potato Growth Market and Tests Entry-Level Machines in Zimbabwe

01.11.2026

Drone

Global: Drone Spraying Fills the Gap for Spot Treatments in Potato Fields

19.10.2026

Equipment in the field

PepsiCo and Grimme Train Harvester Operators in VR, Cutting Potato Bruising

16.10.2026

Equipment in the field

Netherlands: Ellips AI Pre-Sorter Removes Stones and Clods at up to 120 Tonnes per Hour

16.10.2026

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India’s Potato Sector Enters 2026/27 With a Record Crop, Loss-Making Farmers and Water Worries, Experts Say

06.11.2026

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Spain: None of 336 Potato Genotypes Fully Resisted Fusarium Dry Rot, and 57% Proved Highly Susceptible

05.11.2026

Europe

Germany’s Potato Market: Industrial Prices Hit €283/Tonne as Processors Chase Large Tubers

03.11.2026

Europe

Netherlands: BASF Urges Early Dormancy Management as 1,4SIGHT Trials Show Lower Storage Losses

03.11.2026

Potato Processing

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America

MTS Gijzenberg Cuts Eight Sorting Jobs with Flikweert Optical Sorters at Arizona Creamer Potato Operation

04.11.2026

Europe

Flo-Mech Launches Flo-Flavour On-Demand Slurry System for Snack Seasoning

04.11.2026

Europe

VAVI Appoints Aviko’s Dick Zelhorst as Chairman to Lead Dutch Potato Processing Industry

04.11.2026

Europe

McCain Consults on Changes Within Parts of Its UK Manufacturing Operations as Britain’s Potato Acreage Shrinks

04.11.2026

Research & Innovation

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Asia

China: Synergistic Design Nearly Triples Potato Base Editing Efficiency

20.10.2026

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Heidesand Cooperative Opens State-of-the-Art 10,000 m² Packaging Center for Potatoes and Onions in Germany

03.09.2026

Storages

How to Keep Potatoes Fresh Longer: Expert Recommends Refrigeration and Smart Storage Tips

24.07.2026

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Aviko Reviews Challenging 2025 Season and Unveils MasterCrunch Innovation at Annual Grower Meeting

16.07.2026

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DALTEX, One of the World’s Largest Fresh Potato Exporters, Deploys AI at Scale with ORTH

08.11.2026

America

U.S. Potato Industry Seeks Presidential Intervention Over Japan’s Fresh Potato Market

06.11.2026

Unions and associations

Russia: Potato Is First to Turn Upward — Retail +0.5% to 49.90 RUB/kg, Wholesale CFO 15.34 RUB/kg

01.11.2026

Unions and associations

Russia: Retail Potato at 51 RUB/kg in September, Up 28.8% Year on Year

01.11.2026

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Europe

FrietHoes Produces First Fries at Its New Factory in Nieuw-Vennep

09.11.2026

America

Ecuador’s Carchi: Drought, Frosts and Pests Cut Potato Plantings by 20–30%

07.11.2026

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Dutch Potato Exports Rise 12.6% as Northwest European Harvest Falls 25.4%

07.11.2026

America

PepsiCo Showcases AI and Regenerative Farming on Alberta Potato Farm Supplying Lay’s Chips

06.11.2026

Analytics

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IPT

Armenian Potato Farmer Shares 20 Years of Experience: Seed Strategy, Variety Selection, and Market Realities

18.04.2026

Processing

A Mature Market Under Pressure: Decoding Australia’s Stagnant Potato Starch Outlook

10.02.2026

Seeds

The Global Potato Power Shift: Decoding the 2024 Export Rankings and What They Mean for Your Business

12.12.2025

Harvesting

December Demand and Weather Woes: A Snapshot of Potato Market Dynamics and Price Resilience

09.12.2025

Interviews

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Africa

“Africa is a source of science and innovation, not only a market”: Prof Nomali Ngobese on potato research, sprout suppression and collaboration

02.11.2026

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Bacterial Rots Are the Biggest Storage Risk After a Wet Harvest, Says Avgust’s Potato Specialist

23.10.2026

Europe

Netherlands: Friesland Seed Grower Keeps Annabelle Clean for Five Generations Without Minitubers

27.09.2026

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27.12.2025

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04.10.2026

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Potatoes 2026: Record Demand, Record-Low Acreage

24.08.2026

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229 Countries in Three Months: Who Reads POTATOES NEWS, and Why We’re Opening Partnerships for 2026–2027

21.08.2026

IPT

Potato 2.0: Cedric Porter on the Global Potato Market and the World Potato Congress in Kenya

22.07.2026

Events

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Africa

Kenya Hosts 13th World Potato Congress in Naivasha, Putting African Growers at the Center

01.11.2026

Europe

INTERPOM 2026 Sets a Three-Day Resilience Agenda for the Potato Industry

27.10.2026

Europe

France: Fries World Championship Draws 70,000 as CNIPT Seeks Flexible Size Rules

26.10.2026

Asia

India’s Potato Exports Near USD 450 Million as Global Potato Summit 2026 Targets Processing and Trade Growth

21.10.2026

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Rooted Apical Cuttings: Opportunities and Limits for Seed Potato Multiplication in Africa

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Rooted apical cuttings are an early-generation potato multiplication technique developed and promoted by the International Potato Center (CIP). Shoot cuttings derived from…

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