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
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
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
Colombia: Blockades cause price increases for potatoes and other products
They emphasized that prices will drop again by the end of the year, and small and medium-sized producers will be the worst affected.
Latam 21/04/2025
Cuba: Potato harvest in Sierra de Cubitas
The average tonnes per hectare there is 12.5, which places the state favorably above the national average.
Latam 21/04/2025
Argentina (Tucumán): Studying an ecological control of nematodes in potatoes
They used an organic biological amendment with nematicidal properties (FFO), which is a consortium of microorganisms, approved as an input for organic production.
Argentina 20/04/2025
Bolivia: Leonel, the young Bolivian fighting to preserve up to 40 varieties of native potatoes
Leonel Mejía, an 18-year-old Bolivian, inspired by his grandfather’s heritage and agricultural knowledge, has dedicated himself since the age of 12 to classifying and preserving up to 40 varieties of potatoes native to his community in the Andean hig
Latam 20/04/2025
Cuba: Potato campaign in Sancti Spíritus below plan
"We’ve had a lot of impacts due to problems with power generation, and this limits our activity because we can’t meet the 22 risks required by the tuber."
Latam 20/04/2025