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Starch cooperative Royal Avebe announces a performance price of EUR 93.30 for the 2020/2021 financial year. Avebe's strategic course pays...

One gold medal - 16 silver medals -164 registrations The DLG (German Agricultural Society), organiser of Agritechnica, today announced the...

 Advances in Potato Chemistry & Technology We welcome everyone to join us on the 9th of December (NZTime is +12...

By Michaela Paukner posted on October 28, 2021 Supply chain shortages have some dealers digging out decades-old precision equipment to help their...

Fears have been expressed in the agriculture and fertiliser supply sectors that a global upheaval in prices could lead to...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is shocked by the decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to suspend the...

The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is extremely pleased to announce W.D. Potato Limited as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO...

The EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices is a voluntary initiative with which the European...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in...

Today’s high fertilizer prices are hardly a secret. The underlying reasons for the cost of these critical products, however, are...

For the third time in four years, Intralox is expanding operations at its Hammond, Louisiana, location. This time, the company...

Tru Aroostook County may have pulled a record potato harvest out of the ground this year, but transportation slowdowns and a...

Our Market is a consumer-driven market concept that has come over from France. In the Netherlands, the initiative will soon start...

This article appears in the December 2021 issue of Potato Grower SouthWind Farms has been around for 21 years, but brothers Robert...

Savory snack industry association SNAC International will have a new President and CEO next year. Following the conclusion of SNX,...

Farming has been recognised for the key role it can play in helping the UK meet its net zero emissions...

A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and...

UPL Ltd. has been ranked by Sustainalytics as the highest performing top-tier global crop protection company for overall sustainability performance in the...

A recent announcement from the National Potato Council (NPC) shows that this organization alongside 13 other US potato associations sent...

This article appears in Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Annual issue. Conn Crapo is Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Seed Grower of the Year...

The cost price for the cultivation of ware potatoes has risen explosively, so contract prices have to rise sharply. The costs...

Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced measures to prevent the spread of potato wart from Prince Edward Island (PEI). Potato...

Mike Abram presents an insightful review of three popular so-called whole-farm carbon calculators in an article for Farmers Weekly in the UK ....

After two decades of work, chipping potatoes from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington were granted access to China, as part of...

Today we have the participation of Camilo Soro Simon, director of development and commercial strategy of AGROSTOCK, who introduces us to the...

The Station Food Company purchases produce from local farms that otherwise would be wasted What do you do with more...

According to French researchers, tripling organic farms by 2030 costs less than subsidising pesticides

The 20th edition of INTERPOM, the trade fair for the entire potato chain, was finally held a year later on 28,...

US exports of fresh potatoes, including both table-stock and potatoes for processing, were up 16% during the July-September 2021 quarter...

Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently shut down border to P.E.I. fresh potatoes exports Two P.E.I. potato producers say measures taken...

A Sinn Féin MEP has questioned the European Commission, members of which attended a sitting of the European Parliament Agricultural...

According to a news report by Reuters, fewer shops in Britain have shortages of potato crisps this week than the week...

Potato producers are facing tricky times, with ballooning costs squeezing profits and seasonal staff increasingly difficult to source since the...

Side Delights offers shoppers Thanksgiving recipes and reasons or reminders to give thanks this year. Thanksgiving is a crucial season...

Idaho University Moscow campus will soon be hosting a new USD5.5m Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory. This new lab is, in...

The hostesses call "spider web" thin vermicelli, which is added to the soup just a couple of minutes before being...

The World Potato Congress is delighted to announce its December 2021 webinar featuring Joel VanderSchaaf, General Manager, Tuberosum Technologies Inc. on December14,...

We are very pleased to have welcomed you again here at Elea for our 3rd PEF Advantage Day. This year the event focused...

ABP’s Port of Ipswich is bucking the trend and seeing record amounts arrive at its shores.

FINALISTS have now been announced for the 2021 National Potato Industry Awards, which will be presented on the first night...

United States export of frozen potato products increased by 30% for the July – September 2021 quarter compared to 2020....

A global shortage of fertilisers is driving up food prices and leaving poorer countries facing crisis, says the boss of...

In their bid to create a cultivation plan for early spuds that will meet the demand, Swisspatat’s production and trade...

Wet weather and rising fertiliser prices are forcing farmers to rethink their potato plantings, with tonnages expected to be down significantly...

The statue pays tribute to the Belgian fries culture and heralds the Week of the Fries

It would seem that the iron wheels in tractors are a relic of the past ... Nothing could be further...

Pulsemaster is a leading provider of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) systems for the potato processing industry globally. Pulsed electric field treatment of potatoes being...

THE UK Soil Health Initiative (UKSHi) has produced a series of guides for growers seeking advice on soil health. The guides...

Around 740 thousand tonnes of potatoes were harvested by farmers in Tajikistan in the current season as of the end...

Pennsylvania-based Herr’s will launch Flavored by Philly, a line of Philadelphia-inspired chips determined by the snack company’s fans. In this...