News on Potato Cultivation from Europe

HZPC Americas Corp. (HZPC) and partners are embarking on a new phase of supporting the North American potato industry with the creation of a Seed Potato Dealer Network.

Leading potato supplier Branston is once again encouraging schools to sign up for the Grow Your Own Potatoes programme this year, as one of the sponsors of the primary school-based farm-to-fork initiative.

2024 has been a good year for the potato sector. So much so, that there is growing interest in potato cultivation, to the detriment of other crops, according to Patatas Meléndez. However, 2025 will be posing the same challenge as 2024: a limited supply of seed potatoes and an even higher demand.

The stable profitability of potato cultivation compared to cereals, rapeseed and corn, which has been maintained for several seasons, has made many farmers in Poland interested in growing potatoes.

En el país Vasco, las perdidas se elevan hasta el millón de euros y el suministro de patata de siembra se ajusta aun más.

Todo parece indicar que la disponibilidad y la calidad serán superiores a las del 2024. En cualquier caso, la temporada no está libre de dificultades.

Vultus AB (publ) and Agdir Drift AS have combined their sales activities and their joint offer is received by the market as expected: The two companies have entered into cooperation with the Latvian starch producer Aloja Starkelsen and the Norwegian part of Findus Group.

Most potato farmers across the NEPG zone had a lot of luck during October and the beginning of November to finish harvesting, even though some of the harvesting was done in very difficult and expensive conditions.

This year in Ukraine the demand for seed potatoes is higher than in previous years, there is a significant shortage of quality seeds, EastFruit reports .

Pese a que la producción ha crecido ligeramente, las tendencias de consumo, la cadena de valor y la cadena de suministros representan obstáculos mayúsculos.

Patatas Tarsa fue premiada en la categoría 'Sector Primario' por su enfoque sostenible en la agricultura.

Meeting the challenges will be the focus of the 26th annual gathering in Dundee of the country’s leading potato producers and the companies that support them.

AVR, manufacturer of a full range of potato harvesting machines and a world player in that market segment, is concluding its 175th anniversary year with the festive opening of its revamped head office.

INTERPOM has broken all records with an impressive 23,998 visitors! Over the past few days, the potato industry gathered from all corners of the world at Kortrijk Xpo.

La producción total en España es un 1,4% menor que en 2023, con una reducción del 1,9% en el área de cultivo, y un aumento en los rendimientos por hectárea del 0,55%.

Dewulf, a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops, will also be exhibiting at Interpom this year, the premier European indoor trade fair for the potato sector in Kortrijk.

PotatoEurope is an international event exclusively dedicated to the entire value chain of potatoes: from Farm to Fork! The event takes place each year in one of the event’s four partner countries: the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France.

El alcalde, Fernando Fernández, ha solicitado al Gobierno de Cantabria una ayuda de 200.000 euros para mitigar las pérdidas y asegurar la continuidad de la producción local.