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Moldovan wholesale potato prices rose to 6-6.5 lei/kg as a smaller harvest, fewer seed imports and limited cheap imports from neighbors point toward further increases, analysts say.
Kirov region's potato harvest reached 85% completion with 27,000 tonnes dug from 907 hectares at 297 c/ha; Nolinsky and Kumyonsky districts led the region in grain, a separate figure in the same report.
French potato growers are asking supermarkets to accept smaller spuds for fries after summer drought and a relaxed 45mm minimum size standard following a sharply reduced harvest.
Poland's statistics office GUS has cut its national potato harvest estimate to 5.9 million tonnes, 15.4% below 2025, after satellite imagery confirmed lower yields in the main producing regions.
Dickeya can cut yields by 20–25% or more; seed buyers demand documented freedom, and Scotland and Northern Ireland apply zero tolerance in certification.
The potato industry's ambitions — dependable supplies, better varieties, sustainable production, expanding markets — all rest on one precondition: that people can make a viable living growing the crop. That is the premise of "Who Will Grow…
With a single variety covering 41% of commercial area, Kazakhstan's growers' union warns of the risks of one-variety dependence and pushes for diversification.
A research building more than 20 years in the making is now home to Washington State University’s post-harvest potato team, giving the group state-of-the-art storage rooms and a dedicated research kitchen.
Wholesale yellow potato prices in Lima have risen about 30% this month, with retail prices reaching S/5 per kilogram, as traders point to El Niño and supply-side pressures in Peru's highland growing regions.
Potatoes USA hosted culinary directors from Parkhurst Dining at a Wisconsin farm-to-plate tour, part of a push to embed potatoes in university and corporate dining menus aimed at Generation Z.
Egypt's long-running brown rot programme protects exports worth USD 537 million in 2025, as tighter EU rules require annual approval of production sites.
Facing a record-low average yield of 37.9 t/ha, France's potato committee CNIPT has exceptionally lowered the minimum size for fresh-fry potatoes from 50 to 45 mm and is pressing retailers to adapt.
