El portal de la papa en Argentina
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.
Potato producers in southern Nariño announced the actions they are taking to strengthen this sector, which is so important to the economy of the southern department.
EU potato planting advances in the north, lags in the south.
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.
For the second consecutive year seed potato availability is an issue for UK potato growers.
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.
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
They emphasized that prices will drop again by the end of the year, and small and medium-sized producers will be the worst affected.