Growing seeds

Gordon MP Richard Thomson has again called on the UK Government to get a deal in place that would see...

For the 2021-2022 marketing season, Germany has surpassed Belgium as the largest buyer of Dutch seed potatoes. This is evident...

Students in tank tops with sunscreen-dotted noses walked down the rows of a potato field, frequently bending over to pluck...

In 2022, the cultivation area for ware potatoes in The Netherlands increased by 5,500 hectares (7.7%) to a total of...

The price paid to HZPC Holland’s seed potato growers for the 2021 harvest is EUR 33,70 (about USD 35) per...

Growers urged to attend meetings to shape future of sector A GROUP of nine seed potato growers from across Scotland,...

A new body to represent British seed potato growers has been proposed and aims to ensure the sustainability of the...

The ongoing post-Brexit ban on selling seed potatoes to the valuable European market continues to anger and frustrate Scottish growers...

Brexit could lead to a significant shortage of potatoes for Irish consumers by 2023, experts have warned. It makes sense...

Following the rise in prices that has been at the centre of disputes and protests all over Cyprus in recent...

HZPC analysts expect the volume of seed potatoes traded by their company and its licensees to reach a tonnage just...

In January 2022, we said goodbye to one of the most creative people in the global fruit and vegetable sector,...

The development of the agro-industrial complex of the Novgorod region and the course of the sowing campaign in the region...

95% of its cost is compensated by the regional budget. In accordance with the main directions of development that the...

According to Delphy researcher Johan Wanders, the results confirm the positive image of the Loof Does; that have been identified in...

Zhaotong city has a population of 6 million. Over 20% of the people live in poverty. The government has an...

In the section 'The trading house' we highlight a (relatively small) trading house in each edition. What is the raison d'être...

After its recent Potato Sector meeting, Asociafruit (Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producing and Exporting Companies of Andalusia) announced that...

Contributed by Dr. Peter VanderZaag, Yunnan Normal University Tan Wei is the President of the company and the company also...

SEED, representative in Spain of the producer EUROPLANT, presents a catalog of sustainable potato varieties, adapted to current needs. There...

Not all Smolensk residents know that the Kozinsky greenhouse complex, located in the Smolensk region, is the region's leading potato...

Marketing Since the district Jeldu, where Guta lives has other seed producers, it is known to many as a seed...

A meeting of Scottish seed potato growers in Forfar the past week has agreed to set up a co-op to...

A deal to export 2,000t of Scottish seed potatoes to Russia has been scrapped by PepsiCo following criticism of the arrangement. As Ed Henderson...

When it comes to innovations in the potato sector, true potato seeds comes to mind. The small seeds are newer...

The importance of studying 3. Farm management & crop production techniques Guta practices crop rotation by renting land from others....

The Manitoba provincial government is proposing a major revamping of the business model for potatoes and root crops. As the...

Around Uetze and Burgdorf towns in Germany, the first early potatoes are now seeded in the still cold sandy soil,...

Potatoes in Canada last spoke to Vanessa Currie, a potato breeding technician at the University of Guelph, at the 2021...

For a successful potato industry that will bring about impact at household and national levels, a continuous production and storage...

The genetic potential of high yielding varieties can be achieved only if quality seed is used together with good agricultural...

Potato pink eye is a disorder that often starts with pink, water-soaked areas around the eyes of the tuber —...

Critical shortage of quality seed of productive and adaptive varieties is probably the major constraint to potato production in SSA...

The National Potato Council and KFC in Kenya have identified the Markies potato variety as a suitable variety that farmers in that...

In each Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country, there is a potato research and development that involves many actors (partners) ranging from...

In order to be less dependent on Scottish seed potatoes, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is asking the Irish government...

Partnerships to Strengthening the Potato Value Chain At the African Potato Association conference in Addis Ababa in 2016, workshops were...

A life in farming seemed to be preordained for Mike Telford. “I grew up in Utah in Bountiful. My father...

One more tuber per meter of potato ridge can yield 250 euros extra per hectare. With 40 to 50 hectares of...

Every year new varieties starts making the rounds. For decades, plant breeders and researchers across North America have spent countless hours meticulously...

A fourth-generation potato farming and marketing family in North Dakota is leaping into a new era of electronic potato grading....

(NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the Vision 2026 program to rethink the seed potato certification...

A recent Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) report shows that in Europe, the seed trade is in full swing, with large...

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not...

The potato breeding world is taking in the whole picture when it comes to diploids.  The words diploids and true...

Idaho’s potato industry uses to produce about 90% of the potatoes grown in Idaho

A project run by Universal Robina Corp (URC) and the Philippine government has provided a valuable boost to the country’s...

     "How many seed potatoes would you like to purchase? Okay, I will mark it out for you." Still a...

The transition from old crop to new crop potatoes is taking place right now, and two potato industry observers report...

Plant breeding as a key technology for sustainable farming into the future: In its “2030 Sustainability Ambition,” the plant breeding...