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The settlement of Babyninsky District will hold a festive event titled "Babyninsky District – Potato Land" on July 31 at the House of Culture square, as announced by the district administration. The festival aims to celebrate and…
Researchers at the Agrarian Institute of Tyumen State University (TyumSU) are preparing a promising new potato variety, "Nadezhda Sibiri" (Hope of Siberia), for state variety testing. If successfully registered, it will become the university's second variety included…
In 2026, the Kaliningrad Region imported more than 1.4 thousand tons of food-grade potatoes from four countries — Egypt, Serbia, Belarus, and Azerbaijan, according to the press service of the regional branch of Rosselkhoznadzor. The largest share…
In Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, the District Horticulture Department has registered criminal cases (FIR) against four cold storage owners who failed to submit the required documents proving compliance with fire safety regulations and building strength standards. These…
As part of the international potato tour, the delegation visited the Omsk Region to get acquainted with the leading agricultural enterprises of the region. One of the key stops on the route was the family farm managed…
Ömer Fethi Gürer, MP for Niğde from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and a member of the Parliamentary Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs, has stated that approximately 200,000 tons of potatoes were discarded or used…
According to expert Kate Hall, writing in the British newspaper Express, storing potatoes in the refrigerator can extend their freshness by up to three times compared to room-temperature storage. If your fridge is full, a cool, dark…
Russian retail chains have approached domestic producers requesting additional potato volumes, as they have completely sold through last year's harvest, according to Shopper's citing market sources. The remaining stocks are deemed "non-retail quality"—small and uncalibrated potatoes. The…
Launched in early 2017, Koikeya Pride Potato carved out a new premium category in the potato chip market by defying conventional wisdom—specifically, by skipping the blanching process to lock in the full umami of domestically grown potatoes.…
The new potato harvest season has officially commenced in Wenxian County, where farmers are busy lifting the first young tubers from the fields. Local agricultural authorities report that the county has adopted a comprehensive suite of modern…
Summer harvest has ended, but agricultural activity in Jinshan Town, Gangu County, Gansu Province, has not paused. Taking advantage of the brief window between crops, local farmers are replanting potato on fields recently cleared of winter rapeseed.…
As climate change intensifies interannual weather variability, plant breeders are under pressure to evaluate more genotypes across diverse environments while keeping phenotyping costs manageable. Sparse testing — assessing only a subset of genotypes per location — offers…
