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In parallel with its efforts to develop specialised varieties, ICAR-CPRI is advancing a high-tech seed production system designed to tackle a long-standing problem in India — the shortage of certified seed potatoes. The traditional method, which had…
In 2026, Russia is actively advancing the creation and certification of new domestically bred potato varieties. The Federal Research Center of Potato named after Lorkh has developed a new mid-early variety, "Alfa," distinguished by its red skin,…
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.
New late blight detections were confirmed on tomato in New York and Vermont this month, and potato cases were reported earlier in Michigan and Quebec. In Wisconsin, disease-risk values remain above the threshold as potato harvest continues.
Growers often treat nitrogen rate as a field-level decision. Trial data show it is just as much a varietal one — early-maturing cultivars plateau on far less nitrogen than late-season types, and some varieties simply tolerate a…
Potatoes from southern Chile have suffered from too much rain, according to the general manager of Lo Valledor, the main wholesale market in Santiago. He expects potato prices to rise because production in the south is lower.
Less rain in the Southeast of Brazil sped up the potato harvest and increased supply in mid-September. Wholesale prices fell 12.1% in Rio de Janeiro and 6.6% in Belo Horizonte, according to the research centre CEPEA.
Specialists from the Rosselkhoztsentr branch have conducted an approbation (field inspection and variety verification) of second-generation potato planting material grown in protected ground at an enterprise in the Dmitrov municipal district, according to a report from the…
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.
A grower in Qiqihar, in north-east China, reports a yield of 6,000 jin per mu, or about 45 tonnes per hectare, on 210 mu of potatoes. Large tubers go to the fresh market, and small ones go…
A grower picks a variety for yield, resistance and maturity. The buyer picks it on sight, by the color of the cut flesh — and that snap decision quietly sorts the crop into different kitchens, different price…
Potato growers in the Spanish region of Castilla y León have planted about 15% less this year. Yields are 35–40 tonnes per hectare instead of the usual 45–46, according to the regional growers' association.
