Reducing sugars set at harvest and in storage determine acrylamide risk at frying; variety choice, harvest maturity and storage temperature do most of the work.

Seventy thousand visitors at the Fries World Championship in Arras, as the CNIPT calls for flexible size rules after a summer of heatwaves.

Verticillium dahliae and lesion nematodes act as partners in early dying; pre-plant soil assays and rotation discipline decide severity more than any in-season treatment.

Fresh table demand tilts to washed, baby and microwaveable formats; traditional bulk bags shrink as households get smaller and cooking time shorter.

With older soil insecticides withdrawn, wireworm damage is rising in several regions; monitoring, rotation and new chemistry fill the gap imperfectly.

Ethylene, spearmint oil, 1,4-DMN and orange oil now anchor post-CIPC sprout control; costs per treatment are higher and management more demanding.

Peru guards more than 3,000 native potato varieties in the crop's center of origin — a genetic treasury for mountain food security and premium gastronomy.

The average price of a 10 kg bag of potatoes on South Africa's fresh produce markets dropped by 23.14% in a week to R63.46. Analysts point to high arrivals, large carryover stocks, weak consumer demand and heat-related quality problems.

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Diesel prices are 40–73% higher than a year ago in the US and major EU markets, adding to harvest, haulage and contract pressures for potato growers. Governments are responding with temporary tax cuts and relief schemes, but none is potato-specific yet.

The Ulster Farmers' Union has urged potato growers to negotiate firmly rather than accept unsustainable returns. A Cambridgeshire grower storing up to 5,000 tonnes explains how contracts and careful storage carried his business through tough seasons.

CONPAPA's cost breakdown puts seed at 32% of Mexico's MXN 300,000 per-hectare potato production cost, with post-harvest freight at 23% — while a smaller 2026 crop points to tighter supply from December.

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Four buyers of Indian potatoes compared: Nepal takes 57% of fresh exports, Malaysia pays ₹328 crore, Sri Lanka ₹30.9 a kilo, Vietnam's fries overtook fresh.

INTERPOM 2026 brings 332 exhibitors to Kortrijk for talks on future potato supply, water management, innovation and AI-ready processing.

Imports of Egyptian potatoes into Russia may become more expensive this season because cargo is expected to go through St Petersburg, says Tatyana Gubina of the Potato Union. She forecasts the commercial crop at 7.5–8 million tonnes.

A fourth-quarter outlook from the Commodity Board points to reduced plantings in the United States, the European Union and China and to firmness in the fresh-potato market. Large stocks of fries, starch and dehydrated products are holding back processing.

With ware potato production in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands estimated by NEPG at about 20.7 million tonnes, 25.4% below its 2025 estimate, growers’ organisations are asking buyers for flexibility on tuber size and length. The sources reviewed…

Colombia's agriculture ministry and Fedepapa will work four fronts — irrigation, certified seed, knowledge transfer, mechanization — to cut small growers' labor costs by up to 50%, with field sessions starting 25 October in Villapinzón.