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According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now being irrigated in order to maintain yields. Wilson's Country agronomist Stuart Meredith ...

this very welcome trend to gain even greater momentum, once new season crops for 2021 are available.

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

As the dust settles on the Brexit trade deal, the seed potato sector is coming to terms with its mixed fortunes. The news that ware potatoes have been awarded third country listed ...

status for seed potatoes and what the industry might do if a resolution is not reached.

"PlanetProof helps us to protect the market against parties that would otherwise be dumped on this market

The announcement that a trade deal between the UK and the EU had been agreed just days before the end of the transition period was hailed as a great relief to Scotland’s ...

Seed potatoes growers say they are being treated like pawns in a political game with £13.5m of exports in doubt after the end of the Brexit transition period. Growers have been working ...

Northern Ireland’s potato industry (potato Imports) is hoping against hope that a derogation allowing the importation of both ware and seed from Great Britain into the region, beyond December 31, can be ...

A possible post-Brexit ban on the importation of potatoes from the UK could affect supplies in Ireland next year. From 1 January, UK table potatoes and seed potatoes could fall foul of EU food safety ...

Agronomic improvement comes first, followed by nutritional enhancement and biotic stress resistance as traits of field trials. Regarding the biotech crops, potato is the most tested crop with a fifth of the ...

Scottish potato farmers have said that uncertainty surrounding their ability to sell to Northern Ireland post-Brexit is causing millions of pounds in losses, prompting Scotland’s environment minister to accuse the government of treating the ...

Britain’s seed potato sector is in turmoil, with just 10 weeks before exports to Europe and Northern Ireland (NI) face a total ban under a no-deal Brexit. As an EU member state, ...

ABSTRACT CRISPR-cas gene editing in crop plants could significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. Strikingly in the agricultural sector, the number of CRISPR-cas patents originating from Europe trails far behind ...

Northern Ireland chips and snacks company Tayto has acquired meat snacks company The Real Pork Crackling, in what is already its fourth acquisition this year. Tayto, which is based in Tandragee, Co ...

The threat of emerging plant diseases has become more frequent as global warming and international trade are increasing. Blackleg and soft rot of potatoes caused by the group of bacteria in the ...

Preliminary reports of potato sown area in Northern Europe show small increases in the processing sector, but the overall area may be the lowest ever recorded, taking into account planting reductions for ...

Over the last two weeks, most of Northern Europe has received 10 to 40 mm of rain. Buyers are much more relaxed now that there is less concern about early potato crop development. Factory ...

Thunderstorms in Northern Europe (10 to 30 mm) have calmed the trading potato forward positions, but many places remain extremely dry, raising concerns for the early crop’s development. “Higher costs have decreased ...

Much of Northern Europe is still relatively dry, raising concerns about the early potato crop’s development. Fresh cultivar market prices are keeping constant, and new spud crop from Spain and Italy is ...

Three Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs have written to the UK Government and the EU Vice-President urging both sides to remove Brexit-induced barriers regarding the export of Scottish seed potatoes to the European Union. Richard Thomson MP (Gordon), Alyn Smith MP ...

Uganda’s GM potato breeding technology is now being adopted where permitted — in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt and South Africa.