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Harvest season is when growers decide not just how much they've brought in, but how to keep it. And the world's toolkit for that keeps shrinking: chlorpropham (CIPC), the sprout suppressant that dominated storage rooms for decades,…
Regional agricultural authorities in the Peruvian Andes have entrusted seed of 138 native potato varieties to two local organisations. The goal is to keep the region's genetic diversity alive in farmers' fields, not only in gene banks.…
As Canada's main potato harvest gets under way, the country's two leading production regions are telling different stories. Prince Edward Island, hit hard by drought in 2025, is reporting a much-improved crop, while in Southern Alberta EarthFresh…
Three months before its doors open, INTERPOM 2026 has no stand space left. The Belgian trade fair, which runs from 29 November to 1 December at Kortrijk Xpo, will host 330 exhibitors from 15 countries, and its…
China's potato exports to Russia fell to US$1.8 million in August 2026, according to Chinese customs data analysed by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The figure is roughly a quarter below August 2025 and almost 2.5…
FEPEX, Fruit Attraction and Europatat will jointly host the first International Potato Symposium on 5 October 2026 at IFEMA Madrid, bringing together more than 400 participants. According to the 15 September 2026 announcement, the programme will cover…
AgWest has turned bullish on the US open-market potato outlook, even as the economics of the sector remain under pressure. According to the 16 September 2026 assessment, contract potatoes are only "weakly profitable," while non-contract potatoes are…
Europe's industrial potato sector faces a supply deficit in the 2026/27 season, driven by reduced planting areas, extreme heat and drought across key producing regions. According to World Potato Markets, the 2026 harvest could fall below 40…
In the village of Leka near Shatura, agricultural producers summed up the harvest of the new seed potato variety "Madeleine." According to assistant agronomist Yana Patsyuk, the variety performed well even under difficult weather conditions. Vegetation was…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region, specialists from the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Moscow Region conducted an approbation of second-generation potato plantings in protected ground.…
Specialists from the Astrakhan branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Center for Quality Assessment of Agro-Industrial Products" (FGBNU "TsOK APK") carried out an approbation of potato crops in the Limansky district in September. Experts inspected 73…
Potato breeders continue to deliver varieties with improved disease resistance, climate resilience, storability and market quality, yet the real constraint on innovation begins after a variety is released: multiplying enough healthy planting material and delivering it to…
