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Last year he bought his new Grimme row cultivator GF400

Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potato

The acreage of seed potatoes in the Netherlands is at the ceiling

We have never planted this early

Possible extensions to Irish Sea border "grace periods" will be discussed on Wednesday by the EU-UK body overseeing the Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Arable farmers and other growers are also directly affected by problems with sales opportunities to Great Britain

Using the example of a small village

Ukrainian Association of Potato Producers have developed a state-funded program for the development of industrial potato growing for 2021-2025,

The seed potato sector has been left disappointed by confirmation that there will be no relaxation of the EU ban on imports of seed potatoes from the UK.

Ukraine's Potato Cultivation Institute has developed a high-yield new potato variety that can produce up to 100 tons per hectare

The average price of arable land rose in the fourth quarter of 2020 to € 74,100 per hectare, a plus of 6.5 percent.

Since the 1st of January 2021, the RUCIP European Committee has a new internal organisation that aimsto maintain the continuity and professionalism of RUCIP. Whilst its European Secretariat remains inBrussels...

This situation has resulted in the region of Castile-Leon having around 50% more than usual in storage at this time, and with great difficulties to find markets for it

State statistics on potatoes grown in Ukraine do not match the actual figures and are exaggerated by about two-thirds, according to Serhiy Rybalko, vice-president of the Ukrainian Association of Potato...

At the end of 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Potato Producers warned that without potato imports in the current marketing year, Ukraine is unlikely to meet the needs of the...

In 2020, the lowest amount of potatoes was processed in the past ten years with 3,391 million tonnes. It is clear that the corona crisis has hit hard.

Ireland’s seed potato sector looks set to get a Brexit shot in the arm.

As the dust settles on the Brexit trade deal, the seed potato sector is coming to terms with its mixed fortunes. The news that ware potatoes have been awarded third...

The nation's farming leader and experts in European agriculture and trade will be among the guests in a series of virtual meetings for Norfolk farmers.

A large pile of potatoes was dumped in front of the head office of the umbrella organization Central Bureau for Food (CBL) on Friday morning.

The number of arable farms with a successor is highest in Flevoland.

The British potato industry is in talks with the European Union about relaxing the seed potato measure

There are significant opportunities to increase the production and supply of Irish grown seed potatoes post-Brexit, to replace UK imports

The outbreak of corona in March 2020 deeply affected many entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. In this series a look back at the past year with entrepreneurs who were previously in...

The start of the vaccination programs against the coronavirus also creates some optimism in the potato market. The quotations for chips potatoes on the potato futures market are rising in...

The announcement that a trade deal between the UK and the EU had been agreed just days before the end of the transition period was hailed as a great relief...

More drought and heat will require more and more irrigation in the future. In Germany, more than 2 million hectares of arable land could also be irrigated, with around 12 million...

On November 19, the Xunta announced the lifting of the ban on planting potatoes in nine other municipalities in the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo affected by the Guatemalan...

Seed potatoes growers say they are being treated like pawns in a political game with £13.5m of exports in doubt after the end of the Brexit transition period. Growers have...

Although we are nearing the end of a uniquely testing year, British farmers will have more challenges to face in 2021 says Gary Ford, regional director for the National Farmers' Union (NFU). There...

The consequences of the coronavirus outbreak were immediately felt for the Dutch agricultural sectors. But looking back at the first six months of the corona crisis, the impact in this period...

Farmers with fields potato cultivation in the Upper Palatinate no longer allowed to water potatoes and tomatoes with water from the river. From Luhe-Wildenau to Mariaort, the Naab is contaminated with...

The first contours for the 2021 potato season are beginning to emerge. The table potato market is still looking good, at least in terms of volume. The market for chips potatoes looks...

Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have...

Potato processors will contract approximately 20 percent fewer potatoes for the 2021 harvest than this year. The contract price falls by approximately 10 percent. Remo-Frit, the Belgian market leader in freshly peeled...

It had been several years since the Huron ravine, which ends in Costa Teguise, had been seen running, running as it did in the early afternoon yesterday. It only took...

The lockdown in Italy has ensured that potato sales got off the ground. The consortium of the Patata di Bologna potato recorded an increase of 33% for that potato in question...

It took some effort to get table and French fries potatoes going. Arable farmer Jan Voordendag still achieves an average yield. The grower expects that picking up demand after the winter will...

Because the catering industry hardly sells french fries anymore, the demand is low and the prices are in the basement. Part of the harvest now goes to biogas plants and the...

A possible post-Brexit ban on the importation of potatoes from the UK could affect supplies in Ireland next year. From 1 January, UK table potatoes and seed potatoes could fall foul of EU...

The 2020 lifting window has come with its own challenges, but relative to 2019 it’s certainly been more straightforward for most. As at 10 November 2020, it was estimated that...

The northern Norwegian production of potatoes, vegetables and berries is the northernmost in the world. Every year, tons of potatoes, berries and vegetables are produced in Troms and Finnmark. According...

In practice, there are no indications that arable farmers are opting on a large scale for a smaller potato area in 2021. The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) recently called...

German farmers are increasingly buying agricultural land in the Dutch border region. LTO Noord, Achterhoek Oost department, considers this an undesirable development, but says there is little it can do about...

It is not for nothing that Germans are also called potatoes in slang. The hunger for the tasty tuber is great in this country. But it is becoming increasingly difficult for potato...

Scottish potato farmers have said that uncertainty surrounding their ability to sell to Northern Ireland post-Brexit is causing millions of pounds in losses, prompting Scotland’s environment minister to accuse the government of...

The race is on to get this year’s potato crop harvested as growers battle their way through drenched fields and muddy conditions. The season has been one of extremes, with...

The Organisation of Northwest European Potato Growers (NEPG) expects a dramatic decline in potato cultivation due to corona. The reasons for this are the continued significantly lower demand due to Covid requirements in...

JAVIER MELENDEZ. From a childhood in the countryside to running the first national potato operator, Potatoes Meléndez A potato factory as the flagship of innovation for an entire sector? "Why not?"» Javier...

On Monday in Hanover, the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture took stock of this year's harvest. Because 2020 was the third dry year in a row, crop yields were very...