Europe
North-West Europe: NEPG Puts 2026 Crop at 20.7 Million Tonnes, One of the Smallest in a Decade
NEPG puts the EU-4 crop at about 20.7 million tonnes, down 25.4% on 2025, after a smaller planted area and July–August heat and drought cut yields.
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Belarus: Potato Harvest Passes 600,000 Tonnes, Yield 19 c/ha Above Last Year
Belarusian agricultural producers have dug 600,000 t of potatoes at an average 329 c/ha, 19 c/ha above last year, according to ministry data for 14 October.
Asia
Kazakhstan: EKSLi Optical Potato Sorters to Be Shown at KazAgroFarm 2026 in Astana
EKSLi's AI-based optical sorting lines for potatoes will be presented by its dealer AkBars ProfSnab at KazAgroFarm in Astana on 21–23 October, stand A42.
America
USA: Potatoes USA Brings About 50 International Buyers to Pasco Showcase on 21 October
Around 50 buyers from 10 export markets will meet U.S. suppliers in Pasco, Washington, during Potatoes USA's 2026 Reverse Trade Mission.
News
USA: 2026 Potato Crop Forecast at 394.6 Million Cwt, Smallest Since 2010
North American Potato Market News expects U.S. growers to produce 394.6 million cwt in 2026 — 4.4% below the 2025 estimate and 5.5% under the five-year average.
Processing
Processors Seek Raw Material as Post-Harvest Potatoes Head into Storage
On October 11, a processor posted in an industry chat on MAX calling for long-term supplies of quality potatoes. The backdrop: the end of harvesting and free raw material going into storage.
Equipment for storage
Storage Temperature Control: A Seasonal Pain Point Comes to Market
According to a potatoway survey, 21 of 26 farms put their crop into storage, and temperature control has become a mass task this season. We break down three price segments of solutions: from an alcohol thermometer to…
News
Daily Prices, October 12: Yekaterinburg Drops 16.95 ₽/kg a Day After a Record
Yekaterinburg fell in one day from a record 62.95 to 46 ₽/kg — the sharpest one-day drop in the history of potatoway measurements. The median across 10 cities is 40.2 ₽/kg; Rosstat shows a fourth week of…
Company
MOLYANOV AGRO GROUP Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Growth and Potato Breeding
Potatoes.News and the International Potato Tour congratulate their partner Molyanov Agro Group on ten years of seed potato production, research and breeding
Potato diseases
Russia: Kamchatka Lifts Six-Year Golden Nematode Quarantine After Sustained Clean Monitoring
Rosselkhoznadzor abolished the quarantine phytosanitary zone in the Yelizovsky district on 2 October after six years of annual testing found no Globodera rostochiensis on the 80-hectare surveyed area.
Unions and associations
Russia: Potato Prices Fall 13.1% in September, Steepest Drop Among Foods as New Crop Arrives
Rosstat recorded the sharpest monthly decline among food products, wholesale slipped to 21.1 RUB/kg by early October — yet prices remain well above last year and seed costs are up 10.4%.
Potato diseases
Global: Direct Tuber PCR Tests for PVY Replace Winter Grow-Outs as Swiss Lab Clears 1,000 Seed Lots in Six Weeks
Switzerland tests dormant seed tubers for PVY by RT-qPCR, and Idaho is developing the same approach to replace its winter grow-out in Hawaii. Results come months sooner, but uneven virus in tubers limits agreement with older tests.