Europatat hosted a high-level webinar earlier this week to address one of the most pressing threats facing Europe’s potato industry: the rapidly evolving challenge of Late Blight caused by Phytophthora infestans.
Potato area increased year-on-year. Cumulative harvest of early (young) potatoes caused a collapse in wholesale prices. Does this mean that potatoes will become another crop with uncertain profitability?
I love trial season. I always feel like the UC Davis Kern County Field Day in June is the big kick off to trial season, bringing breeders and industry members together.
The National Chamber of Agriculture and Agroindustry (CNAA) expressed its strong support for domestic potato and onion producers, who are facing a critical situation caused by the massive importation of these products.
In recent years, potato growing in Emilia-Romagna has been put in serious difficulty by the increase in damage caused by elaterids, ground insects also known as “ferretti”, whose spread has been favored by the effects of climate change.
It was the first to reach the market, but its price has been falling until it is the ’bottom’ in Andalusia.
A new pheromone distribution campaign has begun at the Las Llanadas Neighborhood Association and the Icod de los Trigos Cooperative.
In the Valle de los Pericos, low temperatures caused damage to the production of potatoes, zucchini, green beans, and strawberries.
