News on Potato Prices

August 14, 2012

How Agra became India's cold storage hub and what impact it has on price of potatoes

Agra may be famous for its monuments, but it also holds 7% of India's cold storage capacity - more than in the whole of Punjab. Almost all of it is used to store potatoes. How did the city and surrounding areas become India's cold storage hub and what...

North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG)

August 11, 2012

Potato Acreage 2012 down 6% in North western Europe

Last week, the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) provided an update on the potato acreage in NW Europe (Belgium, Germany, France the Netherlands and the United Kingdom). For all five countries, official potato acreages now have been published...

July 27, 2012

Bangladeshi potato exporters lose out to cheap China produce

Cheaper supplies from China have made Bangladesh's potato less attractive to international buyers, exporters said.

June 21, 2012

Potato prices to remain firm in coming months in West Bengal

Potato prices are expected to remain firm for the next few months in West Bengal. Prices have gone up by almost 34% for regular variety of potato over the last few months.

June 08, 2012

Australia is a dumping ground for international growers, says Ausveg spokesman

McCain's decision to use cheap potato imports rather than Australian-grown product will have devastating effects on the entire industry, according to AUSVEG

May 28, 2012

Importación de papa peruana generaría precio equilibrado en Bolivia

Ante la subida del precio de la papa, que sería principalmente por la reciente prohibición a la importación de este tubérculo;el gerente general del Instituto Boliviano de Comercio Exterior (IBCE), Gary Rodríguez afirmó que el ingreso de papa peruana p...

May 16, 2012

British Farmers struggle with wet weather

British farmers are warning of possible price rises and even food shortages after admitting they are struggling to cope with some of the wettest Springs in history.

May 15, 2012

China's agri commodities bourse to launch potato futures

The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), one of China's two agricultural commodities exchanges, is considering introducing potato futures trading among a raft of new agricultural contracts set to launch later this year.

May 15, 2012

Potato prices increase by nearly 50% in India

The government may be pressing the panic buttons due to spiralling food prices, but it failed to read the writing on the wall five months ago when thousands of farmers across Haryana, Punjab and UP set ablaze hundreds of tonnes of potatoes on the streets to protest low prices and mounting losses due to a glut.

May 06, 2012

Belgapom notering in de lift

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...

April 27, 2012

Pakistani potatoes rescue Indian consumers

With potato prices at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from northern India have started to import Pakistani potatoes that are 20% to 40% cheaper.

April 27, 2012

Pakistani potatoes 'rescue' Indian consumers

With potato prices ruling at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from Jammu and Kashmir have started importing potato from the two Line of Control (LOC) trade posts of Srinagar and Poonch.

April 26, 2012

Potato prices rising in India due to lower supplies

After plummeting to a record low two months back, the retail price of potatoes has risen sharply due to lower supplies.

April 24, 2012

Algeria: Potato prices to normalise in May

Over the past two weeks, the price of potatoes in Algeria tripled from 40 to 120 dinars as snow coverage has affected crops and speculators have exploited the situation.

April 23, 2012

Potato Farmers in Bangladesh pleased with price increases

A surge in potato prices has come as a sigh of relief to many farmers who incurred losses as massive production in the past two years has driven down prices. Prices of potato climbed 41 percent to Tk 18-Tk 20 a kilogram in the city yesterday from Tk 1...

April 12, 2012

Tasmania: Farm gate value of potatoes almost $100 million

Tasmania's annual potato harvest is in full swing and demand from a hungry fast-food sector for good french fry-making spuds has pushed up the farm gate value to almost $100 million this year.

April 01, 2012

West Bengal potato growers see better prices at last

After witnessing record low prices for the new crop in the beginning of harvest season this year, a majority of potato farmers in West Bengal now have a reason to cheer. Wholesale prices of the new crop (Jyoti variety), which were ruling at around Rs ...

March 30, 2012

Belgapom notering 30 maart: € 25,00 /ton

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Voor...