POTATOES.NEWSGlobal potato industry intelligence236 stories
A review for the UK potato levy board found compaction cut yields in 13 of 16 trials. Wheel loads above 3.5 tonnes and high tyre pressures push damage deep into the subsoil.
Research on drone and field cameras shows high accuracy for visible late blight. Early detection before spots appear is harder, and models trained in the lab lose accuracy in the field.
Electronic tubers that record every knock on a harvester or grading line give a clear picture of where damage starts. Research from Idaho and Poland shows that drop height and surface type matter most.
AGROSALON 2026 runs on 6–9 October at Crocus Expo in Moscow, pavilion II. Award winners include the KAT KRE 3504 hybrid tractor, Rostselmash 3580 and the AMAZONE Pantera 7004 sprayer.
Authorities in Weining County, Guizhou Province, have launched a drone-based agricultural logistics program covering 12 key villages and townships where the county's main potato plantings are concentrated, investing 13.01 million yuan (about USD 1.8 million) to build…
The digging unit of a potato harvester lifts the crop, but the sieving webs decide how much soil, clods and damage reach the store. The right setup depends on soil type and weather.
Growers who expand their potato area face a costly choice between a trailed and a self-propelled harvester. Farm size, soil, labour and the cost of downtime matter more than the type of drive.
The Croptiscan 3000 scans a 3-metre strip of seed-potato crop at about 1.5 hectares an hour for PVY and leafroll, at roughly half the price of the company's self-driving machine of the same width.
With original parts for European-brand harvesters scarce and costly, more Russian potato farms are restoring worn components rather than buying new ones during the 2026 harvest.
German manufacturer Grimme has introduced the PRIOS 440 potato planter, a machine engineered to consolidate seven key field operations into a single pass: soil cultivation, fertilizer application, liquid chemical application, microgranule placement, planting, ridge formation, and erosion…
In April 2026, Zhuanglang County in Gansu Province hosted successful field trials of China's first high-density, compact potato planting machine. The equipment integrates three core functions in a single pass: drip tape laying, plastic film mulching, and…
In response to growing consumer demand for clean-label convenience foods, European scientists are pioneering a novel preservation technique to tackle enzymatic browning in fresh-cut potato slices. Their approach combines vacuum impregnation—a pressure-driven process that facilitates the infiltration…
