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UNPT, the French national potato growers' association, forecasts yields of around 37.4 t/ha for the 2026 crop, down sharply from 43.5 t/ha in 2025 and the lowest level in more than 30 years. The harvest is expected…
Dutch company Flikweert Vision has introduced a new generation of its QualityGrader optical sorter for potatoes and onions, with six or nine AI cameras, two widths and an optional third quality stream.
Farmer reports collected by top agrar show German potato yields from 3 t/ha in parts of Bavaria to 55 t/ha and more in the north. Processing potatoes fetch about €240 per tonne.
Chile's potato market is caught between two problems. This season, storage stocks ran out months early, and prices will stay high until new-crop supply arrives. Next season, a large harvest could push prices below the cost of…
The PotatoNL quotation for fries potatoes eased by only €0.50 to €21–27.50 per 100 kg as harvest supply grew. Fontane is coming in unusually small, while Innovator yields disappoint.
Boerenbusiness reports that Dutch starch cooperative Avebe is selling starch potatoes to fries and granulate plants abroad. Avebe declined to comment. Its 2026 base price is €57 per tonne.
USDA's National Potato and Onion Report of 21 September says harvest in Idaho's Upper Valley and Twin Falls-Burley district was curtailed by rain and wet fields, while carton prices for Russet Norkotahs held steady.
Dutch processors handled 269,300 tonnes of potatoes in August, VAVI data show. Imports supplied 46.8% of the raw material, and the full season total fell to 3.58 million tonnes.
With original parts for European-brand harvesters scarce and costly, more Russian potato farms are restoring worn components rather than buying new ones during the 2026 harvest.
A municipality in north-eastern Brazil has once again produced the country's most valuable potato crop, even though it ranks only second by volume. According to official 2025 data, Mucugê, in the state of Bahia, harvested 229,367 tonnes…
Dutch potato exports reached 108,172 tonnes in July and August, up 26.5% year on year. Belgium took 70,925 tonnes and France almost tripled its purchases.
Poland's farm payments agency ARiMR is accepting bids from 22 September to 23 October 2026 for a PLN 4 million programme of free biosecurity training aimed at two quarantine bacteria of potato.
