Europe
Belarus: Potato Harvest Passes 600,000 Tonnes, Yield 19 c/ha Above Last Year
Belarusian agricultural producers have dug 600,000 t of potatoes at an average 329 c/ha, 19 c/ha above last year, according to ministry data for 14 October.
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MOLYANOV AGRO GROUP Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Growth and Potato Breeding
Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour congratulate their partner Molyanov Agro Group on ten years of seed potato production, research and breeding
Potato diseases
Global: Direct Tuber PCR Tests for PVY Replace Winter Grow-Outs as Swiss Lab Clears 1,000 Seed Lots in Six Weeks
Switzerland tests dormant seed tubers for PVY by RT-qPCR, and Idaho is developing the same approach to replace its winter grow-out in Hawaii. Results come months sooner, but uneven virus in tubers limits agreement with older tests.
Europe
Spain’s 2026 Potato Harvest to Fall 8–10% on Rains and Heat Waves, Fepex Warns
Spain's potato production will drop by 8–10% this campaign, with losses approaching 15% in the northern regions, according to the Spanish federation of fruit and vegetable producer-exporters Fepex. Smaller tubers and rising costs are set to keep…
America
A Potato That Tastes Like Roast Chicken: Row 7’s Poulette Reaches Whole Foods Shelves
Row 7 Seed Company's Poulette — a variety born from a 2013 conversation between chef Michel Bras and Cornell breeder Walter De Jong — is now on sale at Whole Foods stores in New York, New Jersey…
Asia
India and Netherlands Deepen Seed Ties as Ministerial Mission Puts Potato Cooperation on the Agenda
India and the Netherlands are moving to strengthen cooperation in the seed sector through the India–Netherlands Seed Partnership, following a knowledge and trade mission that paired ministerial talks with a seed-industry business roundtable. The Netherlands and India…
America
Seed Potato at 60,000 Pesos a Bag Forces Jujuy Growers to Cut Area
Potato growers in Argentina's Jujuy province are reducing planted area as seed potato prices of 60,000–65,000 pesos per bag squeeze margins, even as growers expect better seed quality than last season and see market room left by…
America
Cundinamarca Delivers Seed and Inputs to 126 Potato Producers in Fedepapa Program
The Cundinamarca departmental government, working with national potato federation Fedepapa, has delivered seed potato, minitubers and fertilizer packages worth around 105 million pesos per association to 12 producer associations covering 126 farming families, with technical support through…
America
Canada Heads for Record 130.6 Million cwt Potato Harvest, Insiders Estimate
Canadian potato production is estimated at 130.6 million hundredweight — about 5.92 million tonnes — up 3.7% on last year and a record, with Prince Edward Island up 22%, while the industry braces for the smallest U.S.…
Europe
“Our Biggest Competitor Is Farm-Saved Seed”: Agrico Lays Out Its Formula for Building Potato Sectors
There is no standard recipe for developing a strong potato sector, says Michel de Bruin of Dutch cooperative Agrico: quality seed is only the starting point, and the real work lies in farmer knowledge, functioning markets, enabling…
Seeds
Early Potato Farming Takes Root in Dinajpur as Growers Race for Premium Prices
Early potato cultivation is gaining momentum in Dinajpur, where farmers are preparing fields and planting early-maturing varieties in the hope of reaching the market ahead of the main winter harvest and commanding higher prices. According to the…
Seeds
Closing Nigeria’s Potato Seed Gap: Why Quality Alone Is Not Enough
Behind every bag of potatoes sold in a Nigerian market lies a question the sector has too rarely asked: where did the seed come from? For most farmers on the Jos Plateau, the answer is the open…