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Jersey Royal potatoes, known for their delicate paper-like skins, traditionally require hand planting to prevent damage. However, the challenging terrain of Jersey's steep fields makes this process laborious. Despite attempts to mechanize ...

The article examines the current state and challenges of the potato industry, focusing on the supply and pricing disparities between Russet and colored potatoes, evolving marketing strategies, and the need for specialization ...

Despite one of the most challenging years in British farming history, with early droughts followed by widespread floods, PepsiCo surpassed the target of a one-third reduction in water use using drip irrigation ...

As the potato industry grapples with seasonal storage struggles, a recent bulletin from Potato Storage Insight's Synopsis sheds light on the ongoing battle against adverse weather conditions and emerging industry developments. Adrian ...

Insights from the Field: Assessing Potato Market Dynamics and Pricing Trends As headlines stir speculation about a potato shortage, industry insiders offer a nuanced perspective. According to Ken Gad of Cambridge Farms ...

The last remaining granular nematicide for potato cyst nematode (PCN) control, Nemathorin (fosthiazate) faces an uncertain future on UK farms, as Mike Abram reports for Farmers Weekly. While its approval holder, ISK, and marketer Syngenta ...

A transnational team of European researchers has discovered solanimycin, a new antifungal antibiotic. The substance, which was first isolated from a pathogenic bacterium that infects potatoes, seems to be produced by a ...

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere, according to a news release issued by the American Society for Microbiology. This week in mBio, a multinational team of ...

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in mBio, a multinational team of researchers in Europe report the discovery of a new antifungal antibiotic ...

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NIAB strengthens potato research team with new appointment UK CROP research organisation NIAB has appointed Peter Craven as its new Research Development Manager. Starting in August, Peter joins an established team of ...

A New Zealand author had an exciting start to her day when she learned a children’s book she wrote had been given to Prince William by New Zealand’s prime minister. Jacinda Ardern ...

Evidence suggests that wireworm damage in potatoes has been getting more severe and widespread and, in some cases, has led to British growers losing £100,000s in revenue. As Adam Clarke reports for Farmers Weekly, this ...

There is little information on the impact of nozzle type under a dense potato crop canopy. There is a popular misconception that a fine spray is preferred.

CUPGRA's 32nd Annual Cambridge Potato Conference, which will see speakers challenging potato businesses and researchers to develop their vision for the future and to take concrete steps to put it into action, ...

Rising temperatures resulting from climate change is exposing more potato crops to the damaging extremes of heat stress more frequently.

Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potato

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are working with partners to tackle one of the most damaging bacterial plant diseases in the UK, responsible for annual losses of £50m for the potato ...

Potato growers supplying McDonald’s are set to benefit from the provision of free agronomy skills training to improve crop performance and quality with the launch of the MacFry Potato Academy.  The Academy ...

British brand Corkers announces a partnership with the Muela family, producers of award-winning olive oil from the Mueloliva farm, to launch a new premium crisp range, named Olive Oil.  The launch of ...

A new luxury chips brand was created by the fourth generation potato farmers Mike Russell Smith and Colette Cronje: Savoursmiths. Brand design agency Mystery Ltd has helped with naming, brand identity, packaging ...

 Tong Engineering is set to introduce a new Cleaner Loader crop transfer machine to its latest range of vegetable handling equipment, to bring farmers and growers an in-field crop cleaning and loading ...

Cambridge Engineered Solutions has introduced PacLite, a new lighter weight, flatwire conveyor belt with variable openings that is ideally suited for potato rock traps. Manufactured using a new proprietary process developed by ...

Two Cambridgeshire girls and one boy are the first to be taken on as apprentices at potato supplier Greenvale’s Floods Ferry site.  Due to the success of the apprenticeship scheme at its ...