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Agricultural drones now handle targeted fungicide and desiccant applications where ground rigs would damage crops or cannot travel — economics improve for small and mid-size farms.
El Salvador’s government will widen assistance to subsistence farmers and rain-dependent rural families ahead of a potentially strong El Niño, extending a programme that has already reached more than 100,000 households, according to the Ministry of Agriculture…
Mexico’s National Potato Congress opens 14–16 October in Mexico City, marking CONPAPA’s 35th anniversary as growers face production costs near MXN 300,000 per hectare and rising competition from imported frozen fries. Mexican potato growers meet this week…
The Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA) has added two new members: the Ontario Potato Board (OPB) joined as a grower organization member, and the TriCal Group came on board as an allied industry member, Spudman reported on 14…
Nineteen potato-specific projects will share nearly $2.32 million in the latest round of the US Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), the National Potato Council (NPC) reported this week. The grants are part of…
Russian manufacturer KOBLiK GROUP on its IS 100 sprinkler machines for potatoes: 40–60% yield gains on responsive crops, one operator for up to 200 machines, and why 2027 projects start this autumn.
Argentina's potato sector runs on contractors. In the southeast of Buenos Aires province — the country's main fresh-potato region, stretching from Balcarce to Tandil — a large share of soil preparation, planting, spraying and desiccation is outsourced…
Argentina's northern potato belt is learning again how quickly weather converts into price. Intense rainfall in Tucumán has kept soils saturated and machinery out of the fields, delaying the province's potato harvest, according to reporting carried by…
Brazilian potato prices are swinging in both directions this spring season in the Southern Hemisphere: consumer prices jumped 24.1% in September as rains hampered harvesting, while São Paulo’s washed Asterix wholesale quote fell 12.9% on 8 October…
Retail potato prices in Belém, capital of Brazil's Pará state, fell 6.25 per cent in September — from R$9.28 to R$8.70 per kilogram — according to Dieese/PA. Yet the drop does not offset accumulated increases: potatoes are…
Paraná's potato market is entering the new crop cycle under pressure from both ends: prices have climbed sharply on the back of tightening supply, and the weather is holding back the planting that is supposed to relieve…
Urschel Laboratories has appointed Tim Crammer, formerly of Henny Penny, as President effective October 12, 2026, working alongside CEO Rick Urschel.
