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The moments when potatoes tumble into the store after harvest are among the most consequential of the whole season — and the least observed. Dutch storage technology company Tolsma-Grisnich wants to change that with the Optica S,…
Germany's potato market is splitting in two. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the price received by producers for table potatoes rose 61.5% year on year in August 2026 — the largest annual increase in three…
British researchers have started work on a four-year, £3.72 million project to prepare the country's farmers for two bacterial crop diseases that are already spreading through mainland Europe and attack potatoes, sugar beet, carrots and grapes. The…
As a strengthening El Niño sets the tone for Argentina's new potato season, agri-input distributor PGP Agronegocios gathered growers and agronomists in Balcarce — the heart of the country's main potato-producing region — for a technical day…
Growers in Jujuy, Argentina's northernmost potato province, are harvesting a markedly better crop than last season. Seed costs are high, though. A bag now sells for ARS 60,000–65,000, and that price has pushed farmers to plant fewer…
Dutch sorting specialist Flikweert Vision is introducing an updated AI-powered QualityGrader for potatoes and onions in North America, with up to 30 tonnes per hour capacity, to be shown with partner Volm Companies at the IFPA show…
Indian potato processor Iscon Balaji Foods won the Saudifood Excellence Award 2026 at The Saudi Food Show in Jeddah and gave its new Hungritos Everlasting CrispX fries a regional debut aimed at delivery and fast-casual foodservice. Текст…
PepsiCo and Grimme have built digital twins of Grimme EVO and SE harvesters for VR operator training; pilots showed 87% more bruise-free potatoes.
The 2026 European potato harvest is falling behind last year's pace: the Netherlands is about 70% done while Belgium has lifted barely a quarter of its crop, Boerenbusiness estimates. A stable, dry second half of October may…
Retail potato prices in Belém, the capital of the northern Brazilian state of Pará, fell from R$9.28 to R$8.70 per kilogram in September. The decline barely dents a year of steep increases: over the past 12 months,…
A new NAPSO bulletin says the intensifying 2026–27 El Niño — Niño 3.4 at +2.1°C and an 83% probability of historically exceptional strength — could raise refrigeration costs and shrink marketable returns for North American potato storage…
Russian retail potato prices fell only 0.3% in the week of 6–12 October after a 2.3% drop a week earlier, as regions finish the 2026 harvest.
