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Seosan City, a key potato-producing region in South Korea, has taken a major step toward securing the future of its potato industry by successfully cultivating 30 tons of ‘Geumseon’ seed potatoes—a high-starch, flavorful, and twice-croppable variety. Developed by the Rural Development…
9 July 2025 saw the release of the first episode in a new Kazakhstan series on the “Potato Enthusiast” video blog—a field report from LLP “Aktogay Agro” in Pavlodar Region. From this starting point, host Viktor Kovalev…
In North Korea’s inland regions, such as South Pyongan and Hwanghae provinces, farmers typically plant potatoes in mid-March and harvest them after the summer solstice (June 21). However, reports from Radio Free Asia (RFA) reveal that many…
A fresh installment of Potato Enthusiast is live on YouTube (also mirrored on VK Video). This time the crew heads to Pavlodar Region—specifically to Kairat Abishev’s farm “Daneker,” near the village of Beskaragay. https://youtu.be/BVsNmuD2TDE Episode Highlights What’s…
Potato farmers in Gangwon Province, particularly in Chuncheon, have long relied on the ‘Sumi’ variety. However, climate change has drastically reduced its yield and quality. The alternative, ‘Dubaek,’ also struggles with heat stress during the monsoon season,…
Carbohydrate-rich foods like potato chips generate acrylamide (AA) and carboxymethyllysine (CML)—types of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs)—when exposed to high heat. AGEs form through the Maillard reaction, a chemical process between sugars and proteins that gives fried or…
Recent data from the Dutch Potato Organization (NAO) reveals a worrying trend: international buyers are turning away from Dutch potatoes, exacerbating an already difficult market situation. In May 2024, only 55,000 tons of Dutch table and processing potatoes were…
Grimme, the German manufacturer specializing in potato and sugar beet farming machinery, has expanded its parts warehouse in Langquaid, Bavaria, by 800 square meters, reinforcing its commitment to faster and more efficient service. Additionally, the company has strengthened…
In the first half of 2025, the Republic of Buryatia imported 4,700 tons of potatoes, with 5,000 tons sourced from Mongolia alone, according to Rosselkhoznadzor (Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance). This surge in imports highlights the…
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) recently halted a major biosecurity threat—14,100 tons of Egyptian potatoes contaminated with quarantine pests. The shipment, intercepted at Novorossiysk port, contained potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella) and humpback fly (Megaselia scalaris),…
In Pskov Oblast, a unique initiative is underway to bring back old potato varieties, driven by the Velikie Luki State Agricultural Academy. As highlighted by Alexander Nikandrov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Pskov Oblast, during a roundtable…
Russia’s French fries market has long relied on imports, but Chistopolie, a major agroholding in Tatarstan, is stepping up to change that. The company is investing 2 billion rubles in a new processing plant, with the first phase set to…
