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100 information murals or mupis have been placed at major stations on the transport network "For those who do not stay on the surface" is the slogan of the campaign...

The Agriculture Council of Antigua City Council offers this free course on October 29, 30 and 31. For the first time in Antigua, a Workshop on potato cultivation is taught,...

In November, the plant protection product return and disposal (PRE) system collects expired agricultural chemicals again. At eight locations in Germany, unusable plant protection products or canisters are taken back...

The potato harvest is nearing completion. Most of the fields have already been dug up, the result pleasing. 2020 is a very good potato year. "The harvest is above average,"...

The aim of the Plant Protection Implementation Programme is to realise a trend break, in order to arrive at cultivation systems that are less dependent on chemistry. Ten parties, two...

Tens of millimeters of rain in a short time. Today is the day in North Holland. Up to and including next weekend, 100-150 mm of rain may fall along the...

On the plot in Middenmeer (North Holland) the grubbing-up was completed last week fairly smoothly. The weather conditions were good, although the grower had to irrigate before he could harvest....

The southern Wetterau is a stronghold for organic and conventional potato cultivation. Farmers from Karben and Bad Vilbel are looking forward to a below-average harvest this year. And the Corona...

Once again, the weather conditions have not allied with the farmers,in this case, with those who grow potatoes. Now that the time of collection has also arrived the rains and that prevents the task from...

British potato growers who supply McDonald's will receive £1 million in grants to help boost soil quality and optimise water management. The launch of the Sustainable MacFries Fund aims to...

A mandatory 1 in 5 cultivation of consumer potatoes gives the market and the ground air. According to more than one-third of the voters (38 percent) on the poll on...

"There is currently a moderate demand for potatoes on the French market. However, market participants have been stuck on contracts since the start of the harvest and consumption levels in...

The campaign of potato will “fairly advanced” in Castilla and León, as described by Eduardo Arroyo, president of Appacyl. The hot winds of August have dried the crops ahead of schedule. So much...

Last week, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) association announced their harvest estimate for the 2020/2021 season. They reckon potato yields will be between 27 and 27,3 million tons. That's...

Castilla y León is the community with the largest area dedicated to this crop, more than 19,000 hectares, and with the highest production, 930,000 tons in the last campaign The...

Since the beginning of September, the farm of Agrar AG Ostrau has been taking the tubers out of the ground. But the harvest is starting very slowly. Ostrau. Dominic from the...

Avebe's starch campaign has got off to a good start this year. Both the potato and starch yields have achieved good results in the first weeks of the campaign, although...

The potato harvest is in full swing in Carinthia. After two years of failures due to beetle plague and drought, the camps are well filled again. Instead of imported apples...

The potato plots of the Crop Tour are increasingly in need of precipitation, especially in the south of the country the soil is very dry. The growers of the plots...

Ukraine in 2019 increased potato imports, mainly from Russia, by 43 times, to a record high 250,000 tonnes. Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Taras Vysotskyi...

With higher acreage and yields equal to the five-year average, the harvest of consumer potatoes in North-West Europe is 3.8 percent higher this year than last year. The Netherlands does...

Potato growers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are due to reduce their acreage next year. That is the urgent call of the umbrella growers' organisation...

A final report by the Ministry of Agriculture shows an increase in potato consumption by 0.5% to 30.19 kilos per person per year. In a potato-producing country such as Spain...

Some Polish farmers face the difficulties of growing semazed soils on a daily basis. Sometimes they come across medium specimens, sometimes large specimens weighing up to 100 tonnes. What then...

The corona crisis leaves its mark on the potato market. Large stocks and less demand are currently disastrous for the trade in free potatoes. PotatoNL has not published a target...

Summer is the potato harvesting season in Castile and Leon, the region with the most area of tuber cultivation nationwide. Patatas Melendez, a company based in Medina Del Campo, is...

“The performance of farmers for the common good must finally be recognized and monetarily valued by consumers and society as a whole. This requires clear political commitments and, above all,...

The Moscow region is the leader in potato processing in the Russian Federation in the first half of this year. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Andrei...

'The sector has risks, but at the moment they seem to lie mainly with the grower' Potatoes are again harvested en masse in September. But the economic shock of the...

Agricultural enterprises and farmers of the Tambov region have begun harvesting potatoes. This year, “second bread” is present in the crop rotation of 35 commodity producers, who allotted 3 hectares...

Potato growers have been warned of an increased risk of virus and disease in crops following the loss of diquat as a desiccant. Levy body AHDB said trials had shown...

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Tholen-at the moment they are at Warnez Potatoes making a lot of noise. "However, we are waiting for a little rain to move on. Last week it was quite dry...

The operators of the sector, as per the calendar established by Cepa , the coordinating body of the Bologna potato exchange, have arranged an appointment to take stock of the production situation of the...

Domestic Potato Market Report  LowHighAverageRooster box (New Season)€450€500€475Rooster 10 kg (New Season)€5.50€6.50€6.00New Season Queen 10kg bag€6€8€7 The potato market has picked up significantly this week. Queens continue to sell well...

As a result of the coronacrisis, Wilhelm Weuthen GmbH, the largest potato trading house in Europe, is not organising a Weuthen Kartoffeltag for the first time in 31 years. However,...

Campaign Check uninspiring for producers of potatoes and onions in Emilia-Romagna, conditioned by producer prices which are positioning themselves at very low levels. The tuber collections are practically completed in all the main areas of the Region,...

The Patata di Bologna PDO protagonist in Cesenatico interpreted by a great starred chef. Appointment on Friday 31 July in the first stage of Tramonto DiVino , the tour dedicated to PDO and...

Growing potatoes without plowing is good. There even seems to be a small plus financially, say Wageningen researchers. Does it make sense not to plow the field before putting potatoes on...

A large distribution center worth 1,5 billion rubles will be built in the Bryansk region by X5 Retail Group, which manages the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel chains, said Mikhail Erokhin,...