A television campaign featuring Desperate Housewives’ Marcia Cross helped boost profits at Airdrie-based vegetable giant Albert Bartlett by 67.6% last year to £9.9 million.

Minimising risk of Dickeya solani infections in Scotland is a key policy for the Scottish government.

A purple potato that growers say is healthier than the standard variety is going on sale in UK supermarkets.

The Scottish seed potato industry has reacted with anger to the confirmation of another crop of potatoes being infected with the highly infectious and transmissible potato disease dickeya solani which was found in a sample of ware potatoes grown last y...

A SCOTTISH potato processor is hoping to inject a bit of colour into meal times with the launch of Purple Majesty, a purple spud that is made for mashing and could boost health. It will produce a beetroot-coloured mash!

Desparate Housewives star Marcia Cross has been signed up by potato company Albert Bartlett. Marcia will front the new rooster potato ad campaign which is the biggest yet by the UK’s leading fresh potato supplier. John Hicks, marketing manager for Al...