Seeds

Growers are having to make serious decisions on what and how much to plant for the coming season

new potato varieties, developed in part at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen

1,4 SEED is the only dormancy-extending option available to Canadian seedstock producers

Its name already recalls a certain Italian character: Siena

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -Central Potato Research Institute, (CPRI)- has developed two disease resistant potatoes;

Teagasc and IPM Potato Group have recently released a new potato variety which is resistant to potato cyst nematode (PCN)

Starch-based gluten-free bread (formulations containing a mixture of corn and potato starch with hydrocolloids) are deficient in nutrients and do...

status for seed potatoes and what the industry might do if a resolution is not reached.

With the completion of the warehouse extension at the Eldingen location, as well as the expansion and takeover of the...

This week, key actors from Georgia’s potato sector convened virtually to discuss ideas to enhance the country’s potato sector.  Called the “Georgia Potato Forum,”...

The Belgian potato sector wants to be less dependent on the supply of seed potatoes from abroad, especially from the...

Next year HZPC expects to own the first prototype of a hybrid potato variety. These potatoes will be sown instead...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Corona is forcing potato breeding companies and trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows...

Key takeaways about potato breeding and the future of it from HZPC’s Potato Days Live. This year, the global potato...

(Fryeburg, Maine) – In the fall of 2019, Green Thumb Farms launched the “Farmer’s First” program to develop new potato...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different format for the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Potatoes with purple tubers have been available on the domestic market for some time . After getting acquainted with the place of their...

he potato variety Gardena has been called the potato of the future. It is the result of the previously adopted Polish...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A...

Words by Heather Woods, from the October issue of NZ Grower In 1918, still a teenager, Quentin Wright wrote in...

Coronavirus might be the focus right now for humans, but seed potato farmers are watching a couple of viruses on...

Potatoes get a bad rap.  Perhaps due to the humble root vegetable’s association with French fries or as a gravy-swamped...