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Official data from Russia's Ministry of Agriculture confirms that national self-sufficiency in potatoes reached 97.9% in 2025, exceeding the 95%...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global potato production reached 390.4 million tonnes in 2024, with Russia securing...

Belarusian seeder Vadim Makhanko, Director of the National Academy of Sciences' Potato and Horticulture Center, recently highlighted a counterintuitive advantage...

The French potato sector entered the 2025/2026 campaign with what agronomists term a "yield paradox": stable productivity with exploding volume....

The dossier now published in the EU Official Journal codifies what local growers have empirically managed since 1797: the cold,...

The production linkage model implemented in Khanh Yen commune represents a deliberate institutional departure from the fragmented, trader‑dependent cultivation that...

South Korea's import statistics reveal a decade of structural displacement. According to the Korea Trade Statistics Promotion Institute, potato imports...

South Korea’s potato sector operates under a paradoxical statistic: annual production reaches 600,000 tons of table stock (“sunshine potatoes”), yet...

The global frozen potato market is entering a period of accelerated transformation. According to Global Growth Insights, the market is...

The 3rd Innovative Seed Show, held by Harinder Farms in Punjab in February 2026, brought together potato growers, agronomists, and...

McCain Foods, a global leader in potato processing, is making a decisive move to future-proof its core agricultural supply chain....

A comprehensive study from the University of Florence, published in Applied Energy, offers one of the most rigorous quantifications to date...

International Potato Tour (IPT) announces the opening of applications for the role of Regional Partner in Armenia. Armenia has strong...

The European Potato Processors’ Association (EUPPA) has released its 2025 overview, quantifying the immense scale of a sector that is...

The global seed potato industry has entered a new phase of consolidation with the finalized acquisition of IPM Potato Group...

A seminal study published in PLOS One has fundamentally altered the timeline of agriculture in North America. By analyzing microscopic starch grains...

The Russian potato market is experiencing a profound paradox: while farmers report abundant harvests with a production cost of 15-27...

A routine safety check by the Astrakhan branch of Russia's Federal Center for Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Assessment has...

A recent inspection by the Rosselkhoznadzor (Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) at AO "Ryazansky Kartofel" (Ryazan Potato)...

International Potato Tour (IPT) announces the opening of applications for the role of Regional Partner in Georgia. Georgia plays an...

The latest IndexBox market analysis presents a portrait of a mature and stable agricultural processing sector: Australia's potato starch market....

At the recent British Potato Industry Event, the GB Potatoes debate, provocatively titled "Has the Maris Piper had its day...

In the narrative of agricultural innovation, the path from lab to field often runs through the world's most challenging growing...

Fruit Logistica & global context Fruit Logistica is one of the key global events for fresh produce and processing.How important...

The recent announcement from the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...

For agricultural professionals, the journey of a crop doesn't end at harvest; it extends to its final destination on the...

A recent social media report from the remote Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia’s Far East has painted a vivid picture...

Aquatera is a specialized Russian company focused on irrigation pumping solutions for large-scale agriculture. Its core mission is to move...

International Potato Tour (IPT) announces the opening of applications for the role of Regional Partner in Turkey. Turkey is one...

In the highlands of Yunnan Province, Fenghé Town has transformed a humble tuber into a sophisticated, vertically integrated agricultural engine,...

As China approaches its Lunar New Year holiday, robust consumer demand is creating a classic seasonal surge in potato markets,...

In Fuyuan County, Yunnan, a groundbreaking initiative is turning thousands of acres of dormant winter fields into productive potato farmland,...

The prolonged approval process for J.R. Simplot's SPS-Y9 potato in South Korea highlights the trade barriers created by complex, multi-agency...

POTATOES NEWS and the International Potato Tour are proud to announce a strategic regional partnership with Green Perfect Plant (GPP)...

The Agravia agricultural exhibition in Moscow has quickly become one of the most important events in the region for anyone...

For a company of Miratorg's scale—Russia's largest producer of beef and a major pork and crop farmer—the past year has...

In an era where food security and regional self-sufficiency are paramount, the success story of Novgorod Oblast in 2025 offers...

For farmers and agronomists, the escalating threat of climate change is not theoretical—it's in the fields. With projections indicating a...

In a powerful display of industry unity, commercial Irish potato growers across ten counties in northeastern North Carolina have voted...

The announcement that McCain Foods is divesting its Harvestime vegetable processing business in South Africa to Enduring Ventures is a...

The recent announcement by Cinco Hispanos, a major player under the Krachitos brand, to build a new multi-purpose potato snacks...

The approval of an 18,000-tonne capacity processing plant by Pitcairn Food Industries in the Sokhna Industrial Zone is a concrete...

The Potato Sector Discusses Current Challenges Berlin, February 4, 2026Around 500 guests from 15 countries accepted the invitation of the...

The recent announcement by fast-casual giant CAVA that it is reintroducing white sweet potatoes as a star ingredient in its...

The story of Shinichi Kimura's ten-ton harvest of satsuma-imo (sweet potato) in Sakai town is more than a local interest piece; it...

For agricultural professionals, the enduring mystery of which potato variety fuels In-N-Out Burger's iconic fries is more than a culinary...

The severe price collapse witnessed in Bauchi State's Wunti Market—where a medium bag of sweet potatoes plunged from ₦15,000 to...

The 2025 growing season served as a brutal, real-time stress test for the global potato industry, demonstrating that climate volatility...

As part of the International Potato Tour, our team visited Egypt — one of the key countries in global potato...

For potato producers and agronomists globally, the subterranean threat of Potato Cyst Nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida) represents a severe economic...