The cost of growing potatoes is struggling to stack up for Cheshire farmer Andrew Shaw and he is calling for the wider industry to negotiate a better price for farmers.
Potato yields have declined year on year by approximately 10 to 15% in 2022, Teagasc has confirmed. The area of main crop grown in 2022 came in at 7,400ha.
AGRICULTURE En dix ans, les producteurs de pomme de terre ont largement développé le recours à l’irrigation alors que la sécheresse augmentait.
De Spaanse aardappeloogst loopt op z’n einde. In het noorden van het land, meer bepaald in de provincie Segovia, worden nog enkele fritesrassen voor de versmarkt gerooid, voornamelijk het Agria-ras.
The Markies potato variety has become the number one choice for potato chips in Kenya. The variety is also increasingly demanded by Kenya’s crisping industry.
Eine Landwirtin zeigt, wie man Kartoffeln richtig anbaut. Sie nimmt die Zuschauer mit - vom Kartoffel-Legen über Striegeln und Pflanzenschutz bis hin zur Ernte.
NFU Potato Forum chair warns of preponderance of smaller sizes in this season’s drought-affected UK crop. Drought conditions have led to smaller potatoes.
Research from Bord Bia shows that two in every three Irish people incorrectly assume that potatoes used for chips in Irish chippers come from Ireland.
