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The team behind Scotland’s seed potato monitor farm near St Cyrus is undeterred by the lights going out at AHDB Potatoes. Nancy Nicolson reports for The Courier that the four-year SPot Farm project may have been blighted ...

Weather patterns have continued to influence the outlook for the Canadian potato crop the past couple of weeks, says Kevin MacIsaac in the latest report issued by the United Potato Growers of ...

The hot, dry, and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop. Randy Hardy of Oakley told the Idaho State Journal that his harvest will likely ...

The processing of potatoes in India started growing with the openings of large-scale organized processing by multinationals and indigenous players. The pattern of the potato industry in India suggests that the demand ...

He didn’t grow up in Idaho. He didn’t even begin his farming career in Idaho

If you’ve been on the land for four generations already, you want to make sure you keep it going for the next one. In southern Victoria, Blowhard potato farmer Gary Crick is making ...

Consumers' expectations of the "perfect potato" may need to change as the food industry drives towards more climate-friendly agriculture. Andrew Francis, farms director at the Elveden Estate near Thetford That was the ...

Haith Group has recently announced the appointment of John Nicholls as its new Operations Manager. Nicholls has taken on a broad role, being responsible for the smooth running of planning and analysis, ...

A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

Just saying North American potato production has benefited from the efforts of Nora Olsen would be an understatement.

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

For generations, farmers in Victoria's west have grown some of Australia's most productive crops.

Farmers in the Columbia Basin are fretting over a lower price for their big contracts with potato processing giants in the Northwest. COURTESY OF WEBER FARMS The Northwest farmers who grow potatoes ...

working with his two sons to transfer the family’s potato farm

have been named among Canada's top 50 agricultural leaders

Scotland-based Strategic Potato Farm activity for a second year

One of the most commonly used sprout inhibitors at the moment is ethylene

As a result, sprout inhibitors for good safe storage are in the spotlight again.

Contract cut had a major impact on their operation but added that this year’s drought hurt them even more

As we mark the 50th anniversary since the foundation of CIP and the CGIAR, you can be proud of our collective achievement. Our work has improved the lives of millions. Since 2010 alone, CIP’s innovations have ...

It’s only early days, but Tim Heysen is excited about boldly going where no potato grower has gone before. Together with growers in the south east, southern Murraylands and the Mallee regions ...

What nurse crops assist potato production? An AAFC team investigates nurse crops that boost seedling success and yields. As with any field crop, young potato plants face many threats. Erosion, wind, drought ...

An influx of European potato fries into New Zealand has already impacted on domestic growers, with less product planned for growing and staff job losses. Hewson Farms, in Mid Canterbury, grows on ...

Potato harvesting has once again been affected by wet weather, with widespread rainfall in recent weeks hampering grower efforts to get the crop out of the ground. AHDB reported that while 77% ...

By Seth Truscott College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. -Launching new research in support of Washington potato growers, Washington State University is partnering with industry leaders to study healthier, ...