Market potatoes in China
Potatoes are the only crop that can be grown relatively easily in all regions of China. In 2018, China's potato production was about 18 million metric tons, and due to ...
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Potato harvesting continues in the Tambov region (Russia)
Agricultural enterprises and farmers of the Tambov region have begun harvesting potatoes. This year, “second bread” is present in the crop rotation of 35 commodity producers, who allotted 3 hectares ...
Wim Westhoeve
In 1978, Wim Westhoeve, at the age of 32, started to buy Dutch potatoes from local farmers.These earlies were stored outside under special foil for immediate resale to wholesalers. These ...
P.E.I. farms post best cash receipts in a decade
It has been on the wild side, but 2020 has started out well for P.E.I. farmers. Statistics Canada's farm cash receipts report, released Friday, shows sales of $203.6 million for ...
Europatat welcomes new Secretary General
The Board of Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is pleased to announce the appointment of Berta Redondo Benito as the new Secretary General of the association, with effect as ...
In search of the stress-resistant potato
EU project "ADAPT" examines how the crop adapts to environmental stressThe potato is one of the most important staple foods in the world. It is also of enormous economic importance ...
Every family has its story.
Three generations, five plants and 50 years ago... Our story began when brothers Louis, Francis and Greg Wysocki partnered with their father on his small dairy farm and converted the ...
Growers see potential for solid potato market, with COVID as the wildcard
Shelley farmer Bart Wattenbarger was banking on a strong market to help him recover from a widespread early season freeze last fall that destroyed about 30% of his potato crop. ...
Scientists spearhead efforts to save East Africa’s potatoes from a new pest threat
Scientists at CGIAR-IITA, working with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) under the joint Nematology Unit, NemAfrica, housed at icipe’s campus in Nairobi, and their national and international partners, have been ...
Ferdi Buffen, Wilhelm Weuthen GmbH: “A realistic price forecast is hardly possible due to high market uncertainty”
As a result of the coronacrisis, Wilhelm Weuthen GmbH, the largest potato trading house in Europe, is not organising a Weuthen Kartoffeltag for the first time in 31 years. However, ...
