Europe: How are potato crops doing in the EU?
EU potato planting advances in the north, lags in the south.
Europa 23/04/2025
Belgium: Crazy...the potato market returns to 10 euros
Anyone who had predicted a few weeks ago that the potato market would fall below €20 would have been called crazy, and even more so that the market would fall back to €10. And yet, the unthinkable happened.
Europa 23/04/2025
Argelia (Mostaganem): "Record" yield recorded for the potato harvest
The province of Mostaganem recorded a "record" yield for the harvest of early and seasonal potatoes for the 2024-2025 agricultural season, the wilaya services indicated on Tuesday.
Africa 23/04/2025
UK: Seed potatoes in short supply as Brexit trade challenges continue
For the second consecutive year seed potato availability is an issue for UK potato growers.
Europa 22/04/2025
Islandia: Farmers in Iceland devastated by worst potato harvest in over 30 years
Icelandic farmers experienced one of their worst potato harvests in over three decades. In 2024, they harvested 5,514 tons, according to Statistics Iceland, a significant decrease from the 7,298 tons harvested the year before.
Europa 22/04/2025
Spain: Heavy rains delay potato planting and threaten cereal crops in A Limia
The rains are taking their toll on the region, flooding crops. Cereal crops are the most affected, although the flooding is also affecting potato crops.
Latam 22/04/2025
España: Las intensas lluvias retrasan la siembra de patata y amenazan el cereal en A Limia
Las lluvias hacen mella en la comarca al inundar cosechas. El cereal es el principal perjudicado, aunque la anegación también afecta a la siembra de patata
Europa 22/04/2025
Spain: COAG accuses the distributor of delaying the purchase of Spanish potatoes to "pressure" prices.
COAG has denounced the "distribution chains" flooding shelves with potatoes from Israel and Egypt in the midst of the new potato campaign in Murcia and Andalusia "to delay the purchase of domestic produce, saturate the market, and force a decline in
Europa 22/04/2025