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German shoppers pay 15.1% more for potatoes than in September 2025, according to AMI. Producer prices for waxy table potatoes average €28.77 per 100 kg in week 39.
German starch group Emsland Group will pay €95 per tonne at 19% starch for the 2027 crop, the same as this season. The company says high starch stocks leave no room for a rise.
South African fresh produce markets sold 2.23 million more potato bags than the five-year average by week 37. Limpopo sold 19% less, while the Northern Cape, North West and Free State grew.
Rwanda produced 331,963 tonnes of potatoes in Season B 2026, up 5.7% on a year earlier. The area grew 5.4% to 48,424 hectares, so yields barely moved.
A Covasna potato grower says Romania could cover 70–80% of its potato needs but lacks controlled storage. Farm prices are 0.8–1 leu per kg at harvest.
Greek potato growers report producer prices of €0.30 to €0.50 per kg, lower yields and sharply higher costs. Autumn plantings are down in all main regions.
Finland expects a potato crop of more than 620 million kg, about 10% above average, according to the research institute Luke. Autumn rains still threaten volume and quality.
The Potato Research Institute in Niğde has harvested super-elite minitubers of domestic varieties in a soilless hydroponic system. Earlier reports put its capacity at 2 million minitubers a year.
Belarus has lifted potatoes from 43% of the planned area and dug 317,000 tonnes. The average yield slipped to 33.8 t/ha from 34.4 t/ha four days earlier.
The Primorye branch of Rosselkhoztsentr has checked 6,700 tonnes of seed potatoes grown on 2,260 hectares. The lots meet the national seed standard GOST 33996-2016.
A Penza region farm plans a 20,000-tonne vegetable store with washing, sorting and potato packing lines. The project costs 1.447 billion roubles; the first 10,000 tonnes are due in 2027.
Kyrgyzstan dug 1.19 million tonnes of potatoes in 2024, down 7.5%, as the area fell 8.4%. Yields rose to 17.9 t/ha, but output is barely above the 2000 level.
