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Fresh potato dollar sales in US retail grew only 0.3% over 52 weeks, but online purchases of fresh potatoes rose 18% year on year, according to a Potatoes USA review of retail trends.
Peru's farm federation Conveagro blames the spread of late blight for rising potato prices. It warns that drought could cut up to 1.7 million tonnes from a crop that usually reaches 3.7 million tonnes.
A quintal of Súper Chola potatoes cost $38.33 at wholesale by 13 September, up from $24.67 in early May, according to Ecuador's agricultural price system SIPA.
Potato prices at Egypt's main wholesale produce market in Obour were stable at EGP 12–20 per kilogram in the week to 21 September 2026, slightly below the EGP 12–22 range seen at the start of the month.
Argentina imported 8,139 tonnes of potatoes in August, all from Brazil, against 565 tonnes a year earlier, the Buenos Aires Mercado Central reports. Exports fell 69%.
A Samarkand company imported 6,000 tonnes of elite seed from Agrico of the Netherlands. The first crop yielded 40–50 t/ha and will be multiplied further in Kashkadarya.
About 900 tonnes of potatoes stored since March 2025 have rotted in a cold store in Madaripur, Bangladeshi media report. Owners held the stock waiting for a price rise that never came.
Preliminary results from Łomża-based PEPEES show the parent company swinging to an operating loss in the first half of 2026, which the board attributes mainly to the low market price of potato starch.
Districts in Uttar Pradesh are registering farmers under the Bhamashah price stability scheme, which pays ₹100 per quintal for potatoes in cold storage. In one district, only 13 of about 1,000 eligible farmers had signed up.
Chinese researchers have developed modular, prefabricated storage units made from graphene-modified expanded polystyrene (EPS) for small farmers who lack the capital to build permanent storage facilities. A single module covering 28 square metres can hold up to…
State media report the potato harvest in full swing in northern Hebei. Weichang county grows more than 600,000 mu (about 40,000 ha) and produces over 1 million tonnes a year.
Japan's agriculture ministry held a national briefing on 18 September on opening its market to US fresh table potatoes. It has identified 21 pests of concern; the next stage covers risk-management measures.
