Europe

Farmers have been left outraged as Sainsbury’s, among other UK supermarkets, has discounted the price of potatoes in the run up to Christmas, according to a report by Grocery Gazette. As...

Trade of potatoes is buoyant at present, as expected for the busiest shopping week of the year, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) says in its weekly potato market report. The demand...

Over the past year, Agrico achieved a record turnover of 343 million euros. As a result, the potato trading house managed to increase payments to producers by almost 20 percent,...

Proposals will be counter-productive, new submission states. PNZ (Potatoes New Zealand) and Vegetables NZ recently made a combined submission expressing concerns about government proposals regarding He Waka Eke Noa and...

Production in the North Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) member countries is said to be down by 6% this year compared to last year. Planted acreage is expected to go...

Potato yields have declined year on year by approximately 10 to 15% in 2022, Teagasc has confirmed. Looking back on National Potato Day (Friday, October 7) on the 2022 growing season there...

For Boyd Rose of East Point Potatoes and Ray Keenan of Rollo Bay Holdings in Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) province, the impacts of having the Canada-US border closed to...

British potato crops have paid a heavy penalty as a result of this summer’s record-breaking temperatures and drought. First digs from this year’s Quantis heat-stress biostimulant field trials suggest yields...

Plans have been unveiled for a new International Potato Innovation Centre (IPIC) in Scotland. As Ewan Pate reports for Farmers Guardian, it will cost an estimated £40 million, and will be constructed at...

Europe’s most severe drought in decades is hitting homes, factories, farmers and freight across the continent, as experts warn drier winters and searing summers fueled by global heating mean water...