Agricultural producers on Sakhalin Island have dramatically increased their use of Russian seed potatoes, with domestic varieties accounting for 93% of purchased planting material in 2026. According to the regional ...
After severe floods left many residents of Dagestan without planting materials and the ability to farm their land, the republic’s Ministry of Agriculture turned to the People’s Front for help. ...
On International Potato Day, May 30, the Rosselkhozcenter branch for Novgorod and Pskov regions highlighted a cutting-edge method of growing potatoes using microplants in a laboratory. This completely clean material, ...
In Arkhangelsk, the agricultural complex "Lyubovskoye" located on the Left Bank is demonstrating how farming can flourish right within city limits. The enterprise has made import substitution its priority, focusing ...
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Stavropol Territory has established demonstration potato plantings in the Predgorny District, known as the region's potato capital. The trials are taking place at the ...
The first batch of seed potatoes, weighing 16 tons, has arrived in Dagestan from the Astrakhan region. The shipment, initiated by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and sent by farmer ...
Canada has extended the plant breeders' rights protection period for potatoes from 20 to 25 years, following updates to the country's legislation announced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and ...
In the Omsk region, scientists and agronomists are successfully implementing an advanced method of growing seed potatoes "from test tubes" — a meristem tissue culture technology known as in vitro. ...
An agricultural enterprise in Arkhangelsk has successfully launched full-cycle seed potato production, operating right within the city limits on the Left Bank. During a visit to the Lyubovskoye agricultural complex, ...
Potato growers and industry representatives in Tasmania report that the mop-top virus is having very little impact on local agriculture. The virus was first detected on a Tasmanian farm in ...
On Guy Cadmore's seed potato farm on Prince Edward Island, the effects of last year's drought are still visible. Workers are sorting out defective potatoes, but this spring there is ...
In the Klimovsky District of the Bryansk Region, potato planting began on April 10. This season, agricultural enterprises plan to plant tubers on 2,679 hectares, which is 333 hectares less ...
The first stage of agroecological testing of domestic potato varieties has been completed in Kamchatka as part of an interdepartmental research program coordinated by Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University. According ...
In early April, Russian retailer Magnit sent its first batch of 400 tons of seed potatoes to farming enterprises in the Volgograd and Sverdlovsk regions under agrocontracting agreements. Later during ...
The case of Vitalina Popova, a farmer from Russia's Tattinsky Ulus (district) who was denied a state subsidy to build a modern 300-ton climate-controlled potato storage facility, has taken a ...
Farmers in Russia's Kaliningrad region have fully secured their supply of seed potatoes and vegetables and have begun the spring sowing campaign. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, local ...
Brussels-based organization Breeders Trust, which protects plant breeders' rights, has conducted an online investigation revealing widespread violations in the sale of seed potatoes. Across various countries, closed Facebook groups and ...
With the arrival of consistently warm weather, seed potatoes traditionally appear at garden exhibitions, markets, and fairs. Specialists from the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for the Tver and Yaroslavl regions offer guidance ...
The Agricultural Technology Center of Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, has secured 23 boxes (460 kg) of eight domestic seed potato varieties bred by the National Institute of ...
Goesan County in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, has built its own seed potato production system and is accelerating sorting work to begin supply this month, county officials announced on ...
Black Gold Farms Chairman Gregg Halverson joined the Farm Journal Foundation and other agricultural leaders in Washington, D.C., to mark National Agriculture Day at the grand opening of the “Voice ...
Specialists of the Northwestern Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor have inspected a batch of seed potatoes grown in the Novgorod Region and prepared for spring sowing. A total of 40 tonnes ...
The agricultural sector of the Komi Republic is shifting toward accelerated import substitution of seed stock and expanding production capacities for year-round vegetable cultivation. During a meeting at the Public ...
Seed potatoes are currently available in Latvia, but the usual rush to purchase them has not yet begun, according to Aiga Kraukle, Chairwoman of the Board of the Union of ...
Experienced gardeners know that thorough pre-planting preparation is critical for achieving a high potato yield. The author of the Zen channel "Garden Cheat Sheets" has shared a Soviet-era technique that ...
Many gardeners instinctively reach for expensive certified seed potatoes, trusting that the labels guaranteeing variety and elite reproduction are essential for a good harvest. However, recent experiments suggest that ordinary ...
As the dacha season kicks off, gardeners in Tyumen are on the lookout for quality planting materials, and the local agricultural firm “KRiMM” is ready to meet the demand. Starting ...
This year, Russian consumers have faced a sharp rise in the price of potatoes—a product traditionally considered one of the most affordable staples. In grocery stores, the lowest-quality potatoes are ...
Material prepared within the framework of the International Potato Tour (IPT) During the Georgian stage of the International Potato Tour, the team conducted an in-depth discussion with farmer Grigori Karagezov, ...
Severe flooding in Morocco's key northern agricultural regions—Gharb and Loukkos—has destroyed potato harvests, leading to a sharp rise in prices and supply shortages across the domestic market. These regions are ...
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has sharply criticized the mismanagement of potato cultivation in Uzbekistan, revealing that nearly 55% of planned planting areas remained unused last year despite significant budget allocations. During ...
The North Caucasus Selection and Seed Growing Center "Fat-Agro" is seeing growing demand for its seed potatoes across Russia. Agricultural partners from various regions praise the high quality and excellent ...
The Novgorod Region has dispatched its first batch of high-quality seed potatoes to support the spring sowing campaign in the Belgorod Region, marking another successful interregional agricultural collaboration. A total ...
In a recent interview, Hans Huistra, CEO of the Dutch seed company Royal HZPC Group, outlined the company's ambitious roadmap for the future of potato breeding, emphasizing that new varieties ...
The city of Gwangju is taking significant steps to bolster its agricultural self-sufficiency by launching field trials for eight newly developed domestic potato varieties. In a move to decrease dependence ...
Since the beginning of 2026, the Kaliningrad region has been actively supplying high-quality seed potatoes to agricultural producers across Russia. According to the regional office of Rosselkhoznadzor, nearly 460 tons ...
https://youtu.be/9nyaSmUaeTc As part of the International Potato Tour, our team visited the Potato Research Institute, Sahiwal — one of Pakistan’s key scientific centers dedicated exclusively to potato research. Located in ...
The potato industry is changing faster than ever before. Climate pressure, rising production costs, seed availability, processing demand, and market consolidation are forcing growers and processors to rethink old models. ...
The International Potato Tour and its General Partner “Avgust” continue their journey across Kazakhstan. In the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, the International Potato Tour (IPT) team visited one of the ...
At the Krasnoyarsk Agrarian University, a Center for Breeding and Seed Production runs parallel programs in potatoes and soybean: testing rotations, multiplying high seed classes, advancing lines toward the State ...
The International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный тур) continues with a stop at the Babushkin family farm—an operation that treats soil as a living system and seed quality as a promise. ...
Since 2012, the Popov family — Vyacheslav and his son Artyom — has been growing the classic “borsch set” and potatoes in the Yaroslavl region. Today, YarOvoshi operates three distinct ...
In an exclusive interview with Ilya Vladimirovich Molyanov, we learned not only about the company’s operations, but also received a clear and engaging explanation of the fundamentals of potato breeding ...
From the “Potato Tour across Russia.” A technology talk: skipping the rotary tiller on chernozems, forming ridges in autumn, using moisture probes, and speeding up harvest https://youtu.be/rptL_OvUIDI?si=FTAUoaxbEtfFK_EK The farm deliberately ...
Kyrlay Agrofirm: 1,200 ha of potatoes, a unified base, irrigation, and ‘smart’ logistics. How Marat Karimov is consolidating infrastructure, refreshing the seed program — and why the farm stepped away ...
Prepared as part of the International Potato Tour (IPT). On day two of the Kazakhstan leg of the Potato Enthusiast project, together with Alexander Matvienko, Executive Director of the Union ...
International Potato Tour visit to Gorno-Mariysky District. Conversation with farm head Andrey Babushkin https://youtu.be/LuWZvCeUxmg?si=ngum18iW9i1puxAp The Babushkin farm’s arc runs from the first 7 ha in the early 1990s to hundreds ...
Who’s in focus. In this exclusive Potatoes.News interview, S.K. Gautam (SK Gautam)—CEO of Survir Agritech Pvt. Ltd.—explains how the company is scaling aeroponic seed-potato production in India and why it’s ...
International Potato Tour (Международный картофельный тур) visit to Slava Kartofelya. Conversation with Khasiat Sibulovich and Ramil Khasiatovich https://youtu.be/_gOK3N6W2Q4?si=yq18NtM2fRmlCxPV Slava Kartofelya is 24 years of steady growth built on simple, disciplined ...
Key takeaway: Over 30 years, Gözde Ziraî (Türkiye) has grown from a small family farm into a professional seed-potato player, focusing on processing varieties and “green” solutions that require less ...
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