As grocery stores around the province of Manitoba haven’t had the usual amount of local potatoes this year, manager of Keystone Potato Producers Association Dan Sawatzky claims this is largely due to last year’s crop freezing on many farmers.
Flera potatisodlare i Västerbotten och Norrbotten har drabbats av frostskadad potatisblast. Trots frostskadorna så väntas årets skörd ligga på normalnivåer.
Most of the potatoes currently on the Chinese market come from Yutian in Hebei and Suizhong in Liaoning, with a small additional supply from Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang and an extremely small volume from production areas in Shandong.
The first harvest of potatoes enters the Chinese market every year in April and May. The second harvest enters the market in August and September.
UK consumers may face a shortage of home-grown potatoes next year as stocks run out due to new storage rules. Experts fear a 12-week gap could open up in the UK supply in 2020 as a result of the loss of the main chemical used on stored spuds.
De gemiddelde winkelprijs van een kilo aardappelen is in het voorbije jaar gestegen van €1,24 naar €1,52. Vijf jaar kostte diezelfde hoeveelheid frietjes slecht €0,81. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van GfK die Le Soir heeft ingekeken.
Western Australia’s embattled potato growers are planning to extend their collaboration in order to reach a sevenfold increase in spud exports within five years.
Groźny nicień wykryty został w Ameryce południowej i Iranie oraz niektórych krajach UE. W Unii nie podlega obowiązkowi zwalczania, lecz znajduje się na tzw. Liście Alertowej EPPO.
