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The National Potato Council has opened registration for Potato Expo 2027 at the Gaylord Rockies in Denver. Its PR agency reports that more than 80% of booths are already sold.
Minsk, 21 September 2026. Belarusian farms had lifted potatoes from 36% of their planned area by 21 September, according to operational data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food reported by the state news agency BelTA. Output…
A team at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) has secured FONDEF funding to turn SCAB-ID 2.0, a multiplex qPCR assay that detects and distinguishes the pathogens behind powdery scab and common scab, into a standardised…
The Texas A&M AgriLife potato programme has released 14 commercial varieties since 1998, licensed by nearly 150 companies, and is focusing on russets that cope with heat and potato virus Y.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026 on a party-line vote. The National Potato Council says the bill still faces significant work in Congress.
New figures from trial digs in early September show a very wide spread between fields, a low share of large tubers and a growing gap between Flanders and Wallonia. The Belgian farmers' union shared the data with…
Brazil's national supply company Conab says the weighted average wholesale price dropped to R$2.63 per kg in August as supply grew, ending a run of increases that began in February.
Fontane covers more than half of Belgium's potato area, yields are estimated 20% below average, and new varieties need at least five years of testing before processors list them.
At its first potato session of the season on 23 September, the Lonja de León quoted Kennebec at €360/t and Agria at €330/t, calling the opening an acceptable price for a smaller campaign.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit projects a loss of more than 500,000 tonnes in Great Britain, with processing potatoes trading above £300 a tonne against £180 in February.
Bill No. 1341065-8 would move two requirements of the seed production law — genetic passports for varieties and mandatory spatial isolation — from 1 September 2027 to 1 September 2028.
Wet fields have cut the flow of potatoes out of São Paulo's main winter-crop hub just as the season nears its end. Prices had collapsed at peak harvest and are now recovering, and some loads have been…
