Beyond weather disasters, 2026 has brought a severe marketing crisis for Russian potato producers. In spring 2026, farmers…
Potato farmers across several regions of Russia and Kazakhstan are facing severe crop losses due to contrasting extreme…
Red River Valley loses a fifth of its crop, but national pricing caps the upside
Test digs show 27.6 t/ha, and import quotas look unavoidable
Large calibre down to 70% — the fraction french fries are actually made from
Seed imports from CIS and Europe up 22% as heat and salinity set the specification
They look like baby potatoes but are ordinary varieties that never bulked up
The buffer basins were the last water source — and they are closing one by one
0.35°C per decade since 2015 — nearly double the earlier rate, across five datasets
Over the past ten years, approximately 1,000 Swiss farms have given up potato cultivation due to increasing disease…
For New Zealand’s potato growers and agricultural professionals, the current season presents a complex picture of regional variability…
The 2025 growing season served as a brutal, real-time stress test for the global potato industry, demonstrating that…
For farmers, agronomists, and agricultural scientists, the divergence between orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) and purple-fleshed sweet potatoes (PFSP)…
Across Kenya’s potato-growing highlands, small-scale farmers are navigating shrinking land sizes, unpredictable rainfall, rising pest pressure and escalating…
The expansion of protected winter potato cultivation represents a significant opportunity for farm income diversification, leveraging the crop’s…
In the Samrye region of South Korea, watermelon farmers grappled with a common post-harvest dilemma: selecting a second…
For over a century, potato breeding has been constrained by the crop’s biological blueprint: complex tetraploid genetics and…
Potato breeding objectives are undergoing a significant global shift, moving from a primary focus on yield to incorporating…
Vietnam’s Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen), the nation’s second-largest potato-producing region, presents a paradox of potential and underperformance. With…
Recent data from Komistat, the statistical office of Russia’s Komi Republic, paints a concerning picture for open-field crop…
A story emerging from the village of Karata in Dagestan sounds more like folklore than agronomy: an artist’s…
The agricultural landscape is increasingly defined by volatility, particularly from abiotic stresses like hail and extreme heat. In…
At the long-running Reutlingen potato market in Germany, farmer Mathias Rudolf offers a glimpse into a enduring agricultural…
The conversation had barely settled when the JKUAT team a group of researchers and technicians from the JKUAT…
Across Kenya’s lush highlands, a quiet revolution is taking root one powered by potatoes and driven by the…
The recent data from the Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System (EMISS) presents a compelling narrative for the potato…
In a stark reminder of agriculture’s inherent vulnerability, farmers in Kazakhstan’s Pavlodar region are facing financial ruin after…
The 2025 growing season in the Netherlands has been defined by a dramatic north-south precipitation gradient, offering a…
The Bulgarian potato sector is facing an existential threat, with producers pushed to the brink of protests by…
In Thailand’s Isan region, farmer Wisa Lakkhampa’s story is a microcosm of the challenges and opportunities facing modern…
The recent official warning from the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) in the Rostov…
The 2025 growing season has been a testament to climatic extremes, with many regions across the country facing…
The Latvian government’s declaration of a nationwide agricultural state of emergency until November 4, 2025, underscores the severity…
The European potato industry is undergoing a significant contraction. As Ben Bredek of 3PointPotatoes starkly observes, the entire…
High-Altitude Innovation: How Qinghai’s “Commanding Talent” Program is Revolutionizing Potato Breeding On the high plateaus of Qinghai, a…
Record-breaking temperatures are pushing the UK’s staple potato crop to its biological limits, prompting urgent warnings from leading…
For decades, the quest for higher potato yields has focused on what we can see: plant height, tuber…
A major international research collaboration has identified 29 key genes responsible for potato’s response to environmental stress, paving…
Agricultural communities in Russia’s Biysk region are facing a perfect storm of challenges as persistent rainfall and unseasonably…
Potato growers on Prince Edward Island are demonstrating unprecedented vigilance against aphid threats, with participation in the provincial…
Farmers in Gangneung City have embarked on an innovative agricultural venture, launching the region’s first autumn potato cultivation…
In a significant move to strengthen agricultural self-sufficiency, the Governor of South Sulawesi, Andi Sudirman Sulaiman, recently distributed 350,000…
In the highlands of Gangwon Province, South Korea, a quiet revolution is underway to future-proof one of the…
Maine’s potato industry, a cornerstone of the state’s agricultural economy, is facing one of its most significant challenges…
The UK’s agricultural sector is facing a crisis as persistent dry weather threatens the 2025 harvest of carrots,…
Farmers in Kunyinsky District have made the difficult decision to start potato harvest 2-3 weeks early after persistent rainfall waterlogged…
Nanmulin County in Shigatse, Tibet, is currently awash in a stunning display of potato blossoms—delicate white and purple…
According to Belhydromet (Belarus’ hydrometeorological service), the 2023 potato season shows mixed results due to unusual weather patterns: ✔ Flowering completed across all fields✔ Natural…
Farmers in Puncak Brakseng, Batu, East Java, have been successfully cultivating Granola potatoes, a popular variety known for…
Prince Edward Island’s potato industry is taking a major step toward sustainability, thanks to a new research initiative…
