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Bryansk Region's Potato Harvest Reaches 27% of Plan at Strong Yields
The Living Soil Beneath the Potato Crop
Arctic Potato Project Bets on Storage Before Scale
Jolin Potato Variety Hits 30 Tons/ha Despite Cold Ukraine Spring
A mid-season control digging on a Ukrainian farm put the mid-late variety Jolin on track for close to 30 tons/ha, even after a spring cold snap suppressed tuber set across the crop — a data point that says as much about variety resilience as about the season itself.
Aphids Are Becoming a Second Front in the Fight Against Potato Beetle
Aphids are emerging alongside Colorado potato beetle as a serious threat to potato crops — not mainly for the feeding damage they cause, but for the viral diseases they help spread, while growing insecticide resistance in both pests is making control harder for growers.
Ukraine's Potato Institute Puts Out Eight New Varieties
Why Polish Growers Still Ridge Every Potato Field
Loskop Valley Cultivar Trial Tests Processing Potatoes Under Irrigation
Can Your Potato Variety Take the Heat All the Way to the Fryer?
Rising and earlier-than-usual heat is exposing which processing potato varieties actually hold their value from field to fryer, not just in yield charts. Breeder trial data suggests the real test isn't a good year — it's a hard one.
Every Inch Counts: Why Potato Spacing Matters More Than Ever
Rising seed, fertilizer, and labor costs are pushing potato growers to treat plant spacing as the variable that governs every other input — a case a Prince Edward Island grower-turned-inventor has built an entire equipment line around.
Storage Diseases Move From Background Risk to Seed Priority
Potato Aphid Control Comes Down to a Countable Threshold
