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Clarebout, owned by J.R. Simplot since 2025, wants to shut its Mydibel site in Mouscron. Local reports put 392 jobs at risk and note €11.5 million in Walloon aid received by the group.
An Aroostook County family grower-packer has completed the shell of a new facility that will house an upgraded potato wash line serving retail, wholesale and bulk processing customers.
Australia, 20 September 2026 With fifteen minutes to spare before a hard deadline, most of the potato growers supplying Simplot's processing plant in Tasmania have signed contracts for the coming season. According to the state farmers' organisation…
At the AGRAVIA 2026 exhibition, industry participants discussed a shift toward polymer containers for potato storage. According to the presentations, plastic bins last two to three times longer than wooden ones and are considerably easier to clean…
Lead. Two figures from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit's (ECIU) analysis of the 2026 north-west European potato harvest have circulated widely in German media: a drought-related loss of 1.13 million tonnes in Germany, and processing potatoes…
A new law requiring electronic transport waybills for commercial road freight took effect on 1 September 2026, adding a fresh compliance step for farms shipping seed and table potatoes by hired transport.
Global, 16–21 September 2026. Potato growers in Australia, South Africa and India are heading into planting with the strongest El Niño in modern records building in the Pacific, and the event has not yet reached its peak.…
The head of the A.G. Lorkh Federal Research Center for Potato names home-bred varieties for crisps, dehydrated flakes and French fries. We Fry plans to triple its processing of 'Vostorg' this year.
The National Potato Council of Kenya, FIPS-Africa and regulator KEPHIS are accrediting private seed inspectors. The aim is to widen access to certified seed ahead of the World Potato Congress in Naivasha.
A discussion among Russian potato growers puts soil ripeness, not extra tillage, at the centre of clod-free harvesting. It also exposes the capacity problem behind it.
According to USDA NASS, potato planted area across 13 states fell to 353,290.57 hectares in 2026 — down 3% from 2025 and the smallest figure since 1952. It marks the third consecutive year of declining acreage, driven…
Specialists at VIM (the Russian Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center) have developed an experimental unit for electrophysical treatment of seed potatoes and vegetables using ultraviolet irradiation. The automated system controls both the intensity and duration of UV exposure,…
