Tag: potato seed sector

A life in farming seemed to be preordained for Mike Telford. “I grew up in Utah in Bountiful. My father ...

Getting a seedling on the variety list as a variety is the dream of many seed potato growers. Registering a new ...

The North African countries in particular are doing well on the market, according to the export figures of the Dutch ...

Until the 19th century, most potato varieties being grown in North America had been imported from Europe with little attention ...

One more tuber per meter of potato ridge can yield 250 euros extra per hectare. With 40 to 50 hectares of ...

Direct import of Dutch seed potatoes by arable farmers in England and Wales is possible. This is the conclusion of the ...

MPs have written to the UK government and the EU urging both sides to remove barriers regarding the export of ...

Every year new varieties starts making the rounds. For decades, plant breeders and researchers across North America have spent countless hours meticulously ...

The covenant for the cultivation and sale of robust potato varieties is spreading across Europe. The United Kingdom, Belgium and France ...

The area of seed potato crops for certification in Ireland increased to 299 hectares in 2021, helping to fill a ...

(NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the Vision 2026 program to rethink the seed potato certification ...

The Indian Council for Agricultural Research’s Central Tuber Crop Research Institute (CTCRI) in Thiruvananthapuram has established frontline demonstration-cum-seed villages for ...

Scotland has provided Ireland with the most significant proportion of the imported seed potatoes required

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not ...

The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in ...

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting ...

This article appears in Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Annual issue. Conn Crapo is Potato Grower’s 2021 Idaho Seed Grower of the Year ...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

Single Phytophthora-resistant potato varieties in particular did not have an easy time this year. The fungal pressure was so high and ...

The potato breeding world is taking in the whole picture when it comes to diploids.  The words diploids and true ...

E Green Global, an agricultural biotech company, has scored the world’s first-ever success in commercialising the Microtuber Technology, allowing for ...

As reported on the official website of the HZPC company: "The future begins with the earthTogether with our clients, we ...

HZPC realised that the financial year 2020/2021 would be difficult. Last year, the potato distributor was operating in a global ...

There is an active development of agriculture in Iran, including potatoes. This is confirmed by a visit to seed potato ...

The seed potato chain, represented by LTO Nederland, Plantum NL and the Dutch Potato Organization (NAO), is very concerned about ...