Growing seeds

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...