Farmers in Agra (Uttar Pradesh, India) are facing a severe potato price crash, with cold storages packed and distress written across their faces. Despite assurances from the Horticulture Minister, prices have remained disappointingly low from harvest time…
Following the great geographical discoveries of the 15th century, the global spread of food crops profoundly shaped human civilization. The potato stands as one of the most representative examples. Over the past 500 years, its journey has…
Arable farmer Theo den Engelsman in Poortvliet, Zeeland, is currently harvesting early potatoes of the Frieslander variety for the Alvantho auction in Sint-Annaland. The first auction day of the season on the island of Tholen took place…
Siberian farmers harvested 2.4 million tons of potatoes in 2025, accounting for 12.3% of Russia's total crop and securing third place among all federal districts, according to an analysis by the Rosselkhozbank's Center for Industry Expertise. The…
The Boguslavsky cooperative in Sol-Iletsk has nearly sold out its remaining last year's potato harvest, with only 20 tons of the popular "Queen Anne" variety left. Thanks to fully automated ventilation systems and modern storage facilities maintaining…
Peasant farms in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast have overfulfilled their potato planting plan by 100.2%, with seed tubers planted across 202 hectares, according to the regional agricultural department. However, this year "the second bread" is being cultivated…
Scientists at Gorsky State Agrarian University in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania have developed and patented two new potato varieties, "Farn" and "Adeon," after more than 16 years of painstaking research. The work was carried out as…
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 Ministry of Agriculture and Trade, island farmers…
The branch of the Russian Agricultural Center (Rosselkhoztsentr) for the Novgorod and Pskov regions has begun planting potato microplants in its own greenhouse complex. This season, 22,000 microplants grown in the center's laboratory using in vitro technology…
According to the Potato Union, producer prices for potatoes in Russia have fallen by more than 60% over the past year. Alexey Krasilnikov, Director of the association, told Agroinvestor that the only crop in the "borscht set"…
Vegetable farms in Russia's Saratov region have completed potato planting, and the harvest is expected to match or slightly exceed last year's figures, according to the regional Ministry of Agriculture. A total of 6.8 thousand hectares have…
A severe heatwave sweeping across large parts of Spain has slowed potato growth, raising serious concerns among farmers and producers about the 2026 harvest. Agricultural reports confirm that unusually high temperatures in recent weeks have negatively affected…