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Due to slow market activity, potatoes have remained in storage longer than usual, significantly increasing the risk of disease development. The dry harvest conditions of 2025 led to greater tuber damage, creating entry points for pathogens. According…
The Belgian vegetable and potato processing industry is raising alarms over new French sustainability legislation known as EGAlim 3 and its associated HVE level 3 (Haute Valeur Environnementale) certification. While the law's goals—improving farmer incomes and preventing…
Arable farmer Theo den Engelsman in Poortvliet, Zeeland, is currently harvesting early potatoes of the Frieslander variety for the Alvantho auction in Sint-Annaland. The first auction day of the season on the island of Tholen took place…
The potato industry in June 2026 is a landscape of stark contrasts: while input costs refuse to budge, global demand—particularly for processed products in Latin America—is hitting new highs. The latest episode of the Potato 2.0 podcast…
On the eve of Russian Farmer's Day, celebrated on June 10, Kemerovo Oblast Governor Ilya Seredyuk highlighted the region's agricultural leaders. With over a thousand farms operating in Kuzbass, one standout is Pavel Bashmakov from the Prokopyevsk…
Siberian farmers harvested 2.4 million tons of potatoes in 2025, accounting for 12.3% of Russia's total crop and securing third place among all federal districts, according to an analysis by the Rosselkhozbank's Center for Industry Expertise. The…
The Boguslavsky cooperative in Sol-Iletsk has nearly sold out its remaining last year's potato harvest, with only 20 tons of the popular "Queen Anne" variety left. Thanks to fully automated ventilation systems and modern storage facilities maintaining…
The Boguslavsky cooperative in Sol-Iletsk has nearly sold out its remaining last year's potato harvest, with only 20 tons of the popular "Queen Anne" variety left. Thanks to fully automated ventilation systems and modern storage facilities maintaining…
Peasant farms in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast have overfulfilled their potato planting plan by 100.2%, with seed tubers planted across 202 hectares, according to the regional agricultural department. However, this year "the second bread" is being cultivated…
The International Potato Tour continues its journey across the world's key potato-growing regions. Our mission is to connect industry professionals, study best practices on the ground, and discover new growth opportunities for the global potato sector. Today,…
Scientists at Gorsky State Agrarian University in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania have developed and patented two new potato varieties, "Farn" and "Adeon," after more than 16 years of painstaking research. The work was carried out as…
Agricultural producers on Sakhalin Island have dramatically increased their use of Russian seed potatoes, with domestic varieties accounting for 93% of purchased planting material in 2026. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Trade, island farmers…
