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An exporter of kinnow, mangoes and potatoes from Sargodha raised Rs1.2 billion in the book-building part of its IPO. The money will fund seasonal procurement and processing.
Potato prices at Brazilian wholesale markets fell 11.6% in August but stayed 52% above August 2025. Rain in early September then cut deliveries and lifted prices by 44–50%.
In 2026, Russia is actively advancing the creation and certification of new domestically bred potato varieties. The Federal Research Center of Potato named after Lorkh has developed a new mid-early variety, "Alfa," distinguished by its red skin,…
The digging unit of a potato harvester lifts the crop, but the sieving webs decide how much soil, clods and damage reach the store. The right setup depends on soil type and weather.
Consumer prices for potatoes and other tubers in Mexico fell 6.69% in the first half of September, according to the national statistics institute. The fall came while overall inflation rose to 3.42% a year.
New late blight detections were confirmed on tomato in New York and Vermont this month, and potato cases were reported earlier in Michigan and Quebec. In Wisconsin, disease-risk values remain above the threshold as potato harvest continues.
Growers often treat nitrogen rate as a field-level decision. Trial data show it is just as much a varietal one — early-maturing cultivars plateau on far less nitrogen than late-season types, and some varieties simply tolerate a…
Two potato varieties at the Ambato wholesale market, Pera and Única, rose by about US$5 per quintal in September. Traders blame frost, drought and higher input costs, which reduced production in the supply areas.
Potatoes from southern Chile have suffered from too much rain, according to the general manager of Lo Valledor, the main wholesale market in Santiago. He expects potato prices to rise because production in the south is lower.
Less rain in the Southeast of Brazil sped up the potato harvest and increased supply in mid-September. Wholesale prices fell 12.1% in Rio de Janeiro and 6.6% in Belo Horizonte, according to the research centre CEPEA.
Prices dropped at every wholesale market monitored by Conab, bringing the national weighted average down to R$ 2.63/kg (about US$ 0.51). They nonetheless remain above 2025 levels. Brazilian potato prices have eased for a second consecutive month.…
Specialists from the Rosselkhoztsentr branch have conducted an approbation (field inspection and variety verification) of second-generation potato planting material grown in protected ground at an enterprise in the Dmitrov municipal district, according to a report from the…
