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Potatoes in Practice, the UK’s largest field event for potatoes and a highlight of the season for the sector bringing together...

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the...

The opening ceremonies of KOPIA Pakistan Centre and Aeroponic Potato Seed Production System were held recently at the National Agricultural...

Utkal Tubers is a seed potato seed company focused on development of high yielding disease resistant varieties. The company is...

Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick Canadian provinces are announcing excellent potato crops developments. According to the latest United...

Oyatsu Company is releasing two flavors of snack chips made specifically to pair with canned cocktails at home. The two...

Both chemical fertilizers and cover crops can help build the nitrogen content in soil. But cover crops come with many other benefits,...

As far as growing seasons go, the P.E.I. Potato Board says this summer is one of the best they’ve seen...

Market and consumer data analytics company A-INSIGHTS last week published its latest monthly newsletter on trends in the Frozen Potato Products industry,...

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) reports that overall, consumption and demand have improved over the past 10 days in Ireland, following the...

Harvest will pick up steam in August for the 2021 Wisconsin potato crop. Sources said acreage won’t be much changed...

As DLG Fuarcılık, Potato Days Turkey, which we organized for the first time in 2019 in Konya Selçuklu Karaömerler with a product-specific fair understanding, will meet with its visitors between 18-20 August  this  year, taking into account the Covid 19 measures....

To ensure his business gets its timing right, GoldenGrow owner Graeme Jarvie employs a ‘less is more’ approach, where the...

What can possibly happen in 10 seconds? For Filipinos hooked to their mobile phones for more than 10 hours a...

1,4GROUP, a producer of potato sprout-inhibiting products, is looking at expanding to Louisiana by investing in a new USD35m chemical...

For the first time ever, Lay’s, the leader of flavor innovation, is bringing two iconic snacks from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division...

By equipping Tolsma’s box filler with a box tipper, the company’s experts created a multifunctional machine, which means that it...

GRIMME UK is celebrating the sale of the 1,000th VARITRON self-propelled harvester by offering customers the opportunity to take advantage...

An Idaho potato preservative and insect repellent producer is considering building a $35 million chemical processing plant in Ascension Parish....

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is helping one Northern Michigan business get a little bigger. The Great...

During its regularly scheduled meeting, the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) voted to approve a Food and...

Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward Island. She and...

India’s Britannia 50-50 has launched the ‘5050 Potazos’. It is billed as a ‘fusion’ product that brings together potato chip...

The Elora Research Station in Ontario will host its annual open house event next Wednesday, August 11. Everyone who is interested in...

Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, according to research published...

According to a market report issued by Potatoes USA, potato sales declined in dollars by 10.5% and in volume by...

Dutch inventor Joris van der Kamp and constructors from Fieldworkers developed the prototype in close consultation with Dutch potato growers....

Hybrid Potato Breeding Company Solynta, based in Wageningen, the Netherlands, closed its Series C funding round raising € 21 million...

Lihme Protein Solutions and Duynie Group agreed to join forces in the creation of a new business venture aimed at...

Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about producing enough food under the...

High heat in the early summer can lead to reduced yield and deformed potatoes on farmers, said Washington State Potato...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato...

PepsiCo announced it was consolidating its presence in the Dominican Republic with a recent investment of more than USD30m for...

29 July 2021 – The expiry of anti-dumping duties on imported potato chips was a concern not only for South...

Dear colleagues and partners!«Potatoes News» magazine supports companies that were unable to participate due to event cancellations in Europe.We offer...

In the business economics Binternet accounting of Wageningen UR, the percentage of arable farms that irrigate has increased from 25...

NewCold recently announced changes to its leadership and organization structure as it continues its transformation into a faster, leaner and...

The National Potato Council recently welcomed Ethan Keller to serve as the organization’s program coordinator. The recent Ohio State University...

Fertilizers not only become dramatically more expensive, but also often difficult to buy.

Andrei Sinitsyn started the potato business back in the 1990s:

Farmers are becoming increasingly dependent on data and software. This has its downsides, such as the discussion about the right...

Russian scientists from the State Agrarian University of Novosibirsk, together with colleagues from the UK, have for the first time...

Due to the current developments in regard to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands and theassociated lack of official approval...

Potato Europe 2021 is cancelled. The potato event was to be held on 1 and 2 September at the location...

Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology...

Visitors to this year’s Driffield Show will be the first to see the latest enhancements to a revolutionary system that...

A study determined that the types of Creole potato have high resistance to water stress in dry seasons.

By putting water at the heart of business operations and increasing water self-sufficiency, arable farms become less dependent on the...

Although the potato area has decreased considerably this year, the yield could turn out to be higher. “The yield per hectare...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, have developed a computational model for automated disease detection in potato...