In modern potato farming, insect pest control remains a critical challenge, especially with aphids and the Colorado potato beetle continuing ...
Potatoes feed more than 1.3 billion people globally, yet breeding improvements have been surprisingly limited over the past century. Many ...
Despite being a global staple feeding over 1.3 billion people, the potato has long resisted major breeding improvements due to ...
Every year, Indian potato farmers harvest a bumper crop in February–March, only to face collapsing prices and high post-harvest losses. ...
In a landmark policy move, Sénégal’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, Serigne Gueye Diop, announced that the country will cease ...
France, the world's top exporter of potatoes for processing, is facing mounting tension within its supply chain. The Union Nationale ...
“Spring marks the year’s beginning, and farming leads the way.” In Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, this ancient wisdom is alive ...
In early 2025, Lamb Weston—one of the world’s leading producers of frozen potato products—opened its doors to local farmers in ...
On April 17, 2025, the Department of Agricultural Environment in Vietnam organized a field workshop in Nong Cong District, in ...
Over the past decade, the average price of a 16-ounce bag of potato chips has jumped from under $4.50 to ...
The iconic yellow bag is once again making headlines—not for what’s expected, but for what’s possible. Lay’s has unveiled the ...
As the warm days of spring approach, so too does one of the most anticipated events in northeastern North Carolina’s ...
The potato—a staple food for over a billion people and the world’s third most important food crop—is under siege. Once ...
Alegria in the Spotlight: PotatoEurope 2025 Begins with Strong Planting Conditions and Big Expectations With early April planting complete and ...
Your Planters: Crop Update For Potato Planting From Across The U.S. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released ...
In what should have been a season of prosperity, potato growers in the northern regions of Bangladesh are instead facing ...
The contrast couldn’t be greater. In 2023 and 2024, Dutch farmers were delayed in planting their seed potatoes until late ...
In the competitive world of fast-food supply chains, consistency, quality, and timing are everything. For the Dutch arable farm Kroes ...
Native potatoes are not only a source of nutrition and income for Andean farmers but also a living symbol of ...
Potatoes are the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize, contributing significantly to household income, food security, and ...
While irrigation is key to high potato yields, agronomists are warning that excessive watering—especially early in the growth cycle—can do ...
South Korea’s Jeollanam-do province is raising urgent concerns about the approval of genetically modified organism (GMO) potatoes imported from the ...
Farmers across France are increasingly shifting from cultivating starch potatoes to food-grade potatoes due to economic advantages. This strategic decision, ...
The first potato chips production facility in the Kamchatka region is set to open in the coming weeks, according to ...
