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Europatat calls on the European Parliament for an urgent solution inrestoring normal EU-GB trade in seed potatoes Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held an “Exchange ofviews on ...

Beginning with January 1, 2022, the French authorities introduced a ban on the use of plastic packaging for a range of fruits and vegetables, to the dismay of the sector’s stakeholders. Nevertheless, ...

Mallorcan potato farmers have managed to save their crop from the deep freeze when temperatures fell below zero last month. The spud growers went out in all weathers and cleared the frost ...

There’s a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips. A McDonald's in Tokyo on Dec. 29. In Japan, McDonald’s locations stopped offering ...

EUROPEAN Potato Trade Association, Europatat, is calling on EU and UK policy makers to break the deadlock and reach an agreement on the resumption in the bilateral trade of seed potatoes.  The ...

Scotland has provided Ireland with the most significant proportion of the imported seed potatoes required

According to a news report by Reuters, fewer shops in Britain have shortages of potato crisps this week than the week before, official figures showed on Thursday, in a sign that supply problems ...

ABP’s Port of Ipswich is bucking the trend and seeing record amounts arrive at its shores.

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

According to a report by Nancy Nicolson, published by The Courier today, potato growers in Britain will be sent bills this week calling for the payment of the full AHDB levy of £42.62 per hectare  ...

The British Potato Trade Association (BPTA) has written to its membership to warn against the potential use of imported ware potatoes as seed. Charlie Reeve writes in a news story for Farmers Weekly that complications ...

In the latest report “Together, towards planet-friendly food” summary published on McCain’s website, the integrator shared the progress towards its Global Sustainability Strategy and commitments. The document highlights a specific leadership key ...

According to a recent Irish Farmers Association (IFA) report, in Europe, potato supply and demand are described as “generally balanced.” Also, there are some encouraging signs that the potato trade volumes are ...

A team of at least 13 scientists from USA, France, Saudi Arabia and Great Britain recently released a paper that brings another new hope for potato growers around the world in their ...

GRIMME UK is celebrating the sale of the 1,000th VARITRON self-propelled harvester by offering customers the opportunity to take advantage of several sensational upgrade packages. Introduced to the UK in 2009, the ...

North Carolina State University researchers continue to track the evolution of different strains of the plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, which set down roots in the ...

The European Commission has set an EU-wide objective for all packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2030. But chips bags (crisp packets) are a particular headache for policymakers and the recycling ...

Plant pathologists studied the genomes of about 140 pathogen samples – historic and modern – from 37 countries on six continents to track the evolution of differing strains of Phytophthora infestans, a major ...

In 2020, the three leaders in global potato production maintain their positions: China is nearing 100 million tonnes followed by India and Russia. Other major players on the market include Ukraine, the United States, ...

There is still little insight into agreement between the EU and the UK on mutual trade in seed potatoes. If no agreement is reached on the phytosanitary preconditions for import and export, ...

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

The phase-out of EU subsidies after Brexit has been highlighted as the key factor forcing down the business confidence

Dutch processors take no volumes besides contracts European physical potato markets Belgium Fiwap/PCA market message: Potatoes for processing: markets are still calm: few active buyers and not so concrete offer (partly due ...

NFU Scotland has responded consultation on Scottish seed potato exports to the EU

Growers have shunned a Scottish government proposal for a 'Scotland-specific' seed potato agreement with the EU