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March 11, 2025
Brasil: precios se mantienen a la baja
Los precios no suben y el exceso de oferta no colabora para que así suceda.
March 10, 2025
Bühler and xFarm Technologies partner for sustainability monitoring along the whole agri-food value chain
xFarm Technologies, the Swiss tech company specialising in the digitalisation of the whole agri-food sector, supporting more than 500,000 farms on a total area of 8.3 million hectares every day
March 10, 2025
Colombia: profunda crisis para el sector productivo
Los números no cierran y los productores piden ayuda gubernamental para poder competir.
March 10, 2025
After distress sales West Bengal State Government helps potato farmers with a solid minimum support price
The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a minimum support price (MSP) of INR 900 (USD 10.8) for a quintal of potato after reports that farmers were forced to go for distress sale of the crop following bumper production this year.
March 10, 2025
Can nematode biocontrols be used as alternative to chemical pesticides?
The dwindling availability of insecticide seed treatment and nematicides has paved the way for pest control using entomopathogenic nematodes.
March 09, 2025
French seed potato developer Elorn Plants joins Europatat
Europatat warmly welcomes Elorn Plants, a specialist of seed potatoes production and sale based in Finistère, in western Brittany (France). The region is known worldwide for the quality of its seed potato production and the earliness of its shipments.
March 09, 2025
Trump Tariffs a big blow for Canadian potato chip companies making inroads in the United States
Naturally Homegrown Foods in Surrey, British Columbia, produces Hardbite — a potato chip brand that’s been surging in popularity.
March 09, 2025
NFU Potato Forum re-elected Tim Rooke as chair and elect Edward Backhouse as vice chair
North Yorkshire potato grower Tim Rooke has been re-elected chair of the NFU Potato Forum. Tim, who farms 240 hectares of potatoes, also grows crops on 400 hectares of his farm.
March 09, 2025
UW–Madison researchers and Wisconsin farmers work together to produce healthy potato harvests
Andy Diercks, a fourth-generation potato farmer from the small village of Coloma in central Wisconsin, is blunt about the difficult realities facing family-owned farms today.
March 09, 2025
Seed Potato Production using Apical Rooted Cuttings (ARC) in the Philippines.
Potato farming in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Philippines, spans 11,000 hectares but struggles with limited high-quality seed potatoes. At the World Potato Congress (WPC) 2024 in Adelaide, Australia, experts highlighted Apical Rooted Cuttings (ARC) as a solution to improve yields.
March 08, 2025
The FAO Food Price Index rose in February 2025, driven by higher sugar, dairy and vegetable oil prices
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 127.1 points in February 2025, up 2.0 points (1.6 percent) from its revised January level. While the meat price index remained stable, all other price indices rose, with the most significant increases recorded for sugar, dairy and vegetable oils.
March 06, 2025
Egypt sets record for potato exports to Greece
Egypt continues to increase its potato exports to Greece, reports EastFruit. In the MY 2023/24, over 156,000 tons of ware potatoes were imported into Greece from Egypt, valued at USD 64 million. This represents a 12% increase from the previous season and a 71% increase from the 2021/22 season, marking an all-time high.