Francia: Potato, soon to be queen of the courses
According to the UNPT, if the results of the 2024 potato campaign are not exceptional, the future of the tuber for 2025 seems bright. But we should not confuse speed with haste.
Europa 04/01/2025
Alemania: ’Impending potato crop failures due to the lack of use of pesticides’
The President of the German Farmers’ Association, Joachim Rukwied, warns of serious crop failures in potatoes due to the lack of use of pesticides.
Europa 04/01/2025
Tunisia: Potatoes, more than 13,000 tonnes harvested this season in Gafsa
The Regional Commission for Agricultural Development (CRDA) of Gafsa announced an end-of-season potato harvest estimated at 13,664 tonnes, grown on a total area of 854 hectares.
Africa 04/01/2025
Fewer potatoes in Poland. And we were a European-scale powerhouse
Poland used to be a potato powerhouse. Today, fewer potatoes are produced in the EU as a whole than in Poland alone.
Europa 01/01/2025
EEUU: Agreement settles water rift in nation’s top potato-producing state
New deal gives groundwater users water allotment in four-year increments
Norte Am. 31/12/2024
Cuban government increases the price of potatoes amid chaotic food situation in the country
Given the current situation faced by the Cuban people, who have been suffering from economic hardship and the consequences of poor nutrition for decades, the regime has announced an increase in the retail price of potatoes.
Latam 31/12/2024
Despite good harvest of potatoes, Kazakhstan limits exports to Russia and Belarus
The Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, summing up the results of 2024 noted an increase in the potato harvest and its stable export demand, reports EastFruit.
Europa 31/12/2024
EEUU: Adventures in variety selection
Michael Steinmann is a third-generation potato grower on his family farm near Ashton, Idaho, where he grows potatoes for seed.
Norte Am. 31/12/2024