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Spuds are survivors. Tubers have battled various scourges for about 10,000 years, as well as an unpredictable climate that can...

The British ban on seed potatoes from the European Union is detrimental to the trade and cultivation in both Europe...

Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre and Newcastle University Farms have become the latest two establishments to join the LEAF Network. ...

wik Lok Corp, the global leader in package closures, today announced the availability of Eco-Lok, the first sustainable closure in...

Packaged food startup Farther Farms, backed with $10 million in capital from the National Science Foundation and other investors in the US...

Root Zero – Puffin Produce’s certified carbon neutral potatoes, grown using sustainable farming practices to remove carbon dioxide, to create...

The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland, Senator Pippa Hackett, has welcomed...

This year’s constant rainfall and generally poor weather reported in Switzerland, translated into the country’s disappointing potato harvest, and conjugated...

The Simple Root, a new global plant-based brand backed by world leading FMCG McCain Foods, will launch in the UK...

The ideal plant for cultivation in space would provide as many nutrients from as few inputs as possible. Here, we...

Side Delights® shared industry data showing that retail sales of fresh potatoes alone totaled $3.1 billion for the past year (July...

EarthFresh, an international company with operations in the US and Canada, specializes in supplying the retail and foodservice industries with...

As a result of the recent heavy rains, the Russian tuber producers face difficulties in harvesting the new crop, which...

Last year, the cumulative worth of all potatoes sold for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington was seen at USD1.82bn, according to...

On October 16, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organizes the International Food Day. FAO states that the food we...

On October 16, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organizes the International Food Day. FAO states that the food we...

China’s marketing year (MY) 2021/22 fresh potato production is forecast at 94 million metric tons, a 5 percent decrease over...

The marketing year that ended in June 2021 was unlike any year the potato industry has ever experienced, says Potatoes...

On account of the 2021 adverse growing conditions, across Europe, the first harvester liftings of maincrop indicate that yields are...

Flying into the Andes mountains of Ecuador, XAG Agricultural Drones are recently introduced to a series of on-farm spray trials...

Genetic diversity is being lost at an alarming pace, according to a recent study from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)....

After more than one year of virtual meetings, and thanks to the improvement of the sanitary situation in Europe, the...

Although the harvesting of potatoes in Ukrainian farms is still ongoing in most regions, the regional trade is unusually active,...

At Systems & Components within Agritechnica: Insights into the digitalisation, automation and networking of mobile work machines (DLG) From 27...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety...

Potato farmers face many challenges. One tiny, yet devastating, pest is the Colorado potato beetle. It can cause immense damage...

On 29 September we celebrated the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) to call to action...

Beginning September 21, 2021, FamilyMart, a Japanese convenience store franchise, markets under its 40 years of business celebration, the new...

The latest Irish Farmers Association (IFA) report shows that potato lifting varies across different European planting areas. IFA’s experts report...

HZPC realised that the financial year 2020/2021 would be difficult. Last year, the potato distributor was operating in a global...

We can now confirm that INTERPOM will go ahead! From 28 to 30 November 2021, the global potatosector will be...

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World Potato Congress Inc. Webinar - November 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with Netafim's Yechiam Gets, Crop...

A lot of potatoes are coming out of the ground this fall covered in warty-looking growths. But the good news...

Fresh potatoes are one of the eligible products within the EU’s promotion budget. As such, Europatat has been involved in...

The Idahoan city of Pocatello has a pending project for processing locally sourced potatoes into frozen fries and dehydrated products...

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

This year, drought and unfavorable conditions have greatly affected the agriculture of our Russia, especially it affected the potato harvest....

More than 100 friers and trade suppliers travelled to Ely for the chip shop industry’s first event since the start...

EU institutions have signed a joint declaration establishing on each 23 September as EU Organic Day. Europatat is glad to support this...

Pepsico last week commissioned the country’s largest greenfield food plant in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The plant is built at a...

Dimapur, October 9 (MExN): Officials of FOCUS-Nagaland (Foster Climate Resilient Farming Systems in the North East –Nagaland) and CIP (International...

Given that the Indian state of Kolkata has its cold storage stocked with massive quantities of potatoes due to the...

On 7 and 8 September 2022 at Rittergut Bockerode estate near Hanover, Germany - online registration for exhibitors started (DLG). The...

Europatat kicked off the new season with a meeting of its Technical and Regulatory Commission, which was held on 15...

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) reports that retail and consumer demand have improved in the country this week as colder weather has...

According to a Potatoes USA annual sales and utilization study, the US potato use for the July 2020 – June...

Irish Food Board (Bord Bia), the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), and the Department...

Experts say that this year’s drought will result in a smaller potato crop in North Dakota’s Red River Valley area,...

From 27 February to 5 March 2022 in Hanover, Germany – Digital events program to be launched from mid-November 2021...