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North America: McCain Foods Puts Ceres AI Field Monitoring to the Test in Grower Pilot
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Argentina: “Wholesale Markets Must Offer Comfort and Technology to Sellers and Buyers Alike,” Says Jujuy Operator
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Argentina: FENAOMFRA Asks SENASA to Step Up Controls on Fruit and Vegetable Marketing
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Argentina: Aconcagua Turns Telegram into a Field-Record Tool for Potato Traceability
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Argentina: Buenos Aires Province Urges Southeast Potato Growers to Join Horticultural Census before October 31
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Argentina: Wholesale Potato Price Recovers 16.7% in September at Buenos Aires Central Market
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
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Peru: El Niño Pressures Potato Prices in Lima, Yellow Potato Reaches S/5 per Kilo
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
Agronomy
Russia: Desiccation Down to the Wire — Three Days Between Diquat and Digging
Labels, trials and skin biology all point one way: digging three days after diquat turns the lot into processing stock at best — and a storage write-off at worst.
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Colombia: AGROSAVIA and ICA Hold Webinar on Purple Top, Zebra Chip and Psyllid Complex on October 6
By Viktor Kovalev, POTATOES NEWS
Harvesting
Russia: Cold Lift — Potatoes Dug at +4 °C Crack, Rot and Never Reach the Retail Shelf
Cold soil and rain frame the end of Russia's 2026 harvest: tubers dug at +4–8 °C crack, fail to heal in store and get rejected by retail — processing becomes the only outlet.
Harvesting
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Potato Crop Reaches About 407,000 Tonnes in 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina harvested about 407,000 tonnes of potatoes in 2024, above the long-term average of 385,000 tonnes, but farm prices fell 27%, a state ministry report shows.
Storages
Sweden Advances Potato Storage and Processing with Smart Sensors, PEF Technology, and Edible Coatings
Recent developments in Sweden’s potato sector reveal a multi-pronged push to modernize storage infrastructure, improve processing efficiency, and reduce post-harvest losses. A notable innovation comes from Lyckeby, which has partnered with Nifitech to introduce temperature spears specifically…