Gene-editing may lead to weather-resilient potatoes to be ready by 2025
A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses

Potato movement a “variety game”
It’s all about the varieties right now. That’s what Ken Gad of Cambridge Farms Inc. Says is spurring the movement of potatoes in the market today. Russets: “People are very concerned with

Early potatoes in Uzbekistan fell in price by more than twice in two weeks
As EastFruit wrote earlier, the first large batches of early potatoes of the new crop became available on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan’s capital in the first ten days of April, about

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"US sweet potatoes should be available until the new season starts in November"
In Europe, local sweet potato production in Spain and Portugal is nearly over. Currently, the available products come almost exclusively from the United States. "Certainly, in Southern Europe,

GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW SWEET POTATOES
The global sweet potato market is seeing mixed results, with some countries experiencing growth while others face challenges. In the Netherlands, the sweet potato season is going well with a

Wageningen University & Research: Breakthrough in the fight against devastating potato disease
The potato is the world's third most important food crop in terms of human consumption, after rice and wheat. However, global potato production is threatened by late blight, one of the most

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Strengthening and expanding potato cultivation
"Germany is the largest potato producer in Europe, with around 260,000 ha of cultivation area, which is roughly the size of Saarland, and 11.3 million tonnes of harvested tubers in 2021, and ranks

Egypt: Import permits for seed potatoes open for limited time
Last week, the Central Authority of Plant Quarantine in Egypt announced that the door for import permits for seed potatoes will be open only from 15th of April to 15th of May. According to

"The fresh market's well divided, but for sweet potatoes, the industry sector's booming"
The sweet potato season is going well at Scott Farms International's European sales office. "We had a problem-free harvest in North Carolina. We have enough product from there to cover the whole

Breakthrough in fight against devastating potato disease
Potato is the third most important food crop in the world after rice and wheat in terms of human consumption. But potato world production is threatened by potato late blight, one of the most

Ginsters puts the focus on locally grown veg
Ginsters is looking to capitalise on growing demand for locally grown veg following well-documented recent fresh produce shortages. The baked snack brand held a planting day at Hay Farm, Cornwall

President Erdoğan refutes rising cost of living problem in Türkiye
During a rally that was held yesterday in Denizli province, Turkish president Erdoğan has denied there is an ‘expensive onion, potato or cucumber problem’ in the country. The president argued

European processing potato prices at record levels
European processing potato prices have hit record highs this week, with increased competition from processors for a limited volume of uncontracted (free-buy) stocks pushing up physical prices. The

Potato breeding program launches out of UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center
For more than 50 years, UF/IFAS research and Extension teams have grown potatoes – in what are called variety trials — at the UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center. In these trials,

New report offers solutions to reduce crop loss in Tanzania
Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of

"Good demand from French fries factories, late start to new season setting the potato market's mood"
With the French fry industry leading the way, there is currently plenty of movement in the European potato market. "Prices were stable at around €0.30 for a long time but began rising last

Expensive imported potatoes of the 2023 harvest became available on the Moldovan market
The first batches of imported potatoes arrived in Moldova, as businessmen say, in the first days of April. Potatoes come from Egypt and possibly Morocco. In the domestic market of the country, the

Expensive imported potatoes of the 2023 harvest became available on the Moldovan market
The first batches of imported potatoes arrived in Moldova, as businessmen say, in the first days of April. Potatoes come from Egypt and possibly Morocco. In the domestic market of the country, the

"We see more early varieties and an increase in the Agria variety"
Producers in Castilla y León will end planting potatoes at the end of April. There is no official data about the area planted but expectations are that it will remain as in the previous campaign

"Russia not intent on limiting potato and vegetable imports"
According to a statement by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, Russia does not plan to limit the import of potatoes and vegetables. She added that work is being intensified in the

Egypt builds presence in UK sweet potato market
Egypt keeps increasing exports of sweet potatoes to the UK – the largest market for sweet potatoes in Europe, EastFruit reports. Over the past five seasons, the exports of Egyptian sweet

Egypt builds presence in UK sweet potato market
Egypt keeps increasing exports of sweet potatoes to the UK – the largest market for sweet potatoes in Europe, EastFruit reports. Over the past five seasons, the exports of Egyptian sweet

Rainfall ‘impacting potato herbicide plans’
Potato growers are facing a different proposition when it comes to weed control this spring compared to 2022 following delayed planting of much of the UK’s maincrop, according to Corteva

New machine washes fragile sweet potatoes clean using less water
It is not easy to wash something as fragile as a sweet potato. "Its skin is like not-quite-dry paint," says Joris Koenraadt of Maatschap Koenraadt. "It's hard to find a washing line that cleans