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Pakistan Develops New High-Dry-Matter Potato Lines for Fries and Chips
Bryansk Region's Potato Harvest Reaches 27% of Plan at Strong Yields
Russian Growers Shift From 'Whether' to 'How' on AI Sorting
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UK's First Precision-Bred Potato Clears Defra Approval
A disease-resistant Maris Piper line has become the UK's first potato approved under the Precision Breeding Act, opening a path toward fewer fungicide sprays and a possible reshuffling of where British seed potatoes get grown.
What One Engineer's Career Reveals About French Fry Megaprojects
Two of the world's largest French fry factories were built by the same in-house engineering team over eight years — and the person who led that work then left to advise the industry at large. That trajectory says something about how capital projects in potato processing are actually staffed now.
AI Sorting Technology Targets Potato Post-Harvest Losses in Russia
Amur Region Offers Up to 70% Machinery Subsidies for Potato Growers
Ukraine's Potato Consumption Figure Was Off by Nearly Half
Chile's Potato Trade Gap Widens as Planted Area Shrinks
Chile's potato imports outran its exports by roughly 38 to 1 in the first half of 2026, even as wholesale prices jumped 44% year over year and the country's own planted area contracted.
The Living Soil Beneath the Potato Crop
Potato fields are also underground ecosystems, and decades of intensive tillage, fertiliser and monoculture have quietly worn down the microbial communities that keep that soil productive — a pattern an industry analysis says is now showing up as rising disease and diminishing returns from fertiliser.
Arctic Potato Project Bets on Storage Before Scale
Azerbaijan's Potato Exports Rise, But Unit Prices Slip
Ukraine Breaks Ground on Largest Potato Processing Hub to Cut Import Reliance
Jolin Potato Variety Hits 30 Tons/ha Despite Cold Ukraine Spring
Scientists Find a Genetic Safety Lock Behind Crop Immunity
Aphids Are Becoming a Second Front in the Fight Against Potato Beetle
Ukraine's Potato Institute Puts Out Eight New Varieties
Spain's New Potato Symposium Bets on the Crop's Strategic Image as EU Output Slides
Spain's first-ever International Potato Symposium arrives as EU production keeps shrinking and the country's own acreage rebound remains outpaced by import dependency — a bid to rebrand potato as a strategic, food-security crop rather than a commodity in decline.
Kaliningrad's Potato Imports Near 1,500 Tons as Local Supply Gap Recurs
Kaliningrad has imported nearly 1,500 tons of potatoes from four countries since the start of 2026, a pattern that traces back to the 2025 season when local stock ran out in mid-April and retail prices spiked.
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?
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
Fusarium dry rot, silver scurf and other tuber-borne diseases are quietly undermining seed potato quality as storage periods stretch longer and thin-skinned processing varieties prove more vulnerable to damage.
French Storage Potato Area Set to Drop 9.7% in 2026 After Record Year
Rwanda's Late Blight-Resistant Potato Trials Move Toward Real-World Scale
Peru's Sierra Norte Potato Program Nears Its 2026 Finish Line
Huánuco Growers Land First Direct Sale of Yellow Potato to Processor
Potato Aphid Control Comes Down to a Countable Threshold
Beijing Symposium Launches CCCAP 2030 Strategy for Regional Potato Security
Peru's Potato Plantings Rise 0.5% for 2025/2026, But Regions Diverge Sharply
UK Potato Growers Face Rising Manganese Deficiency This Season
A nutrient problem that soil sampling alone won't catch is showing up across UK potato fields this season, with cool nights and waterlogged soils locking manganese away from roots even when it's present in the ground.
Peru Issues Regulation to Push Potato Processing and Exports
Peru's potato sector now has the operating rules behind a three-year-old law meant to shift the crop from raw tuber sales toward flakes, chips, instant mash and starch for export markets — though much of the machinery is discretionary rather than guaranteed.
Nigeria's 2026 Farming Facts Carry Extra Weight for Tuber Growers
Syngenta, McDonald's, McCain Sign China Potato Supply Pact
Why Potato Storage Season Never Really Ends
France's Potato Growers Get an AI Tool to Read the Fine Print
A national grower body has built an AI-based contract reader to flag imbalanced clauses before French potato producers sign, starting with the fresh market and set to expand to processing contracts.
The Frying Oil Question: Why What We Cook Potatoes In Matters as Much as the Potato Itself
Frying is chemically hostile to oil, and the type of oil used shapes a fried potato's flavor, cost, and health profile as much as the potato itself — a case food-safety advocate Steven Horton has spent years making to kitchens and processors worldwide.
Meijer Potato's Nitrogen Trials Flag Varieties That Need Less Fertilizer
Managing Reducing Sugars in Potatoes Stored for Chip Processing
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