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The James Hutton Institute (Scotland) has confirmed the extension of funding for the 'Fight Against Blight' (FAB) scheme (https://blight.hutton.ac.uk/BlightReport) for the 2024 season, ensuring the continued protection of Britain’s potato crops against ...

Henry Ward's 200-acre farm in Lincolnshire has been flooded since October and has not been able to use his land for crops as a result

The Potato Council’s first estimate of total potato plantings (1) for the 2013 crop year in Great Britain is 121,200 hectares. This is similar to 2012, down only 0.5% on the final planting figure from that ...

A new database of 19 insect genomes, including the world's most dangerous pests, has been created in the UK to improve crop protection, FarmingUK reports on February 8. The genomes of the ...

It’s an essential British food – a key component of national dishes like fish and chips and the Sunday roast. But there are worrying signs that the UK’s farmers are starting to turn ...

Farmers warned supermarkets will be selling shorter chips and smaller potatoes after a lack of rain this summer impacted crops. After a record-breaking summer and widespread drought in August, Tim Rooke, chair ...

The British have been warned of a new threat. Not only are the prices in stores rising every day, but non-food items are rising for various reasons. Now Britain is faced with ...

Potato planting in Britain has got off to a good start this season, with the dry conditions in some areas not expected to affect emergence. As Alice Dyer reports for Farmers Guardian, Velcourt Advisory Services ...

McCain Foods’ new ‘Flavour Maker’ retail line in the United Kingdom features three offerings launched “in response to the popularity of flavored fries in restaurants and the casual dining sector.” Distributed in ...

The GB potato industry accounts for over 117.46Kha of planted area this year, and is represented by 1,611 growers in 2020. Growers have faced difficult seasons of late. Last season, from a ...

The future of potato crop production is a hot topic at Potatoes in Practice (PiP), the UK’s largest field-based potato event on Thursday 8 August in Dundee. Hosted by the James Hutton Institute, ...

Sales of mashed potatoes have soared in a British supermarket thanks to the opening of a new multi-million pound mash factory to meet demand. Tesco said its customers bought one million more ...

A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its efforts to preserve rare, threatened, and important wild plants. As of March ...

Spud growers are invited to join a new association that was established to promote the Scottish seed potato industry in light of the country’s continued exclusion from the EU market. Founded as ...

Kent Crisps, an award-winning Kentish snack brand in Britain, has launched a new, modern website with an online shop just in time for the festive season. Following high demand from the brand’s ...

To package chips with a high barrier that doesn’t require an additional sealing layer for complete performance, TIPA introduced not so long ago their new 312MET home- and industrially compostable barrier film. ...

According to a report by BBC News, the humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come due to climate change, researchers have warned. Scotland’s fields grow a quarter ...

A Yorkshire dad in Britain has gone viral after sharing how he makes crisps on a farm. ‘Yorkshire Farm Lad’ on TikTok has over two million viewers, and over 79,600 followers, is ...

A new body to represent British seed potato growers has been proposed and aims to ensure the sustainability of the sector following the closure of AHDB Potatoes, according to a news report ...

In 2021, the GRIMME Group based in Damme in Germany built upon the good year of 2020, despite the Corona pandemic, the shortage of skilled workers and the impact of Brexit. The ...

Brexit could lead to a significant shortage of potatoes for Irish consumers by 2023, experts have warned. It makes sense for potato growers to contact seed producers now to organise fresh seed ...

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, following a meeting of cabinet, announced his intention to launch EUR 3 million (about USD 3,2) scheme of investment aid for the ...

Discussions held with EPC THE disruption in the trade of seed potatoes between the EU and Great Britain was discussed by the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday (Wednesday, ...

Two thousand tonnes of Scottish seed potatoes are being exported to Russia by the food and drinks giant Pepsi, with the official approval of the Scottish government.