Potatoes

Close to Qonce (King William's Town), the potatoes on Thulani Magida's farm Juta Agritech will be harvested in May. Throughout the year they grow cabbage, pumpkin, and butternuts, which will rotate with green mealies (corn) in summer, onion and carrots in winter. Right: Thulani Magida of Juta... read more

Close to Qonce (King William's Town), potatoes on Thulani Magida's farm Juta Agritech will be harvested in May. Throughout the year, they also grow cabbage, pumpkin, and butternuts, which will be rotated with green mealies (corn) in summer, and onion and carrots in winter. Pictured on the right is Thulani Magida of Juta... read more

The last of this year's storage potatoes from Bavarian cultivation are now being distributed, signaling the end of the season. Normally, the final batch of regional packaged goods hits the market by mid to late April, according to Maximilian Hofbeck, Deputy Managing Director of the sorting company of the same name. read more

The last batch of storage potatoes from Bavarian cultivation for this year is now being distributed, signaling the end of the season. Typically, the final shipment of locally packaged goods reaches the market by mid to late April, according to Maximilian Hofbeck (r), Deputy Managing Director of the sorting company with the same name. read more

The drought that affected many parts of Brazil earlier this year has caused producers in the country to observe numerous quality issues on sweet potatoes, including "holes and scratches on the skin," resulting in significant rejections for exports, primarily to Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter, commented on this situation. read more

Instead of researching precise details about strawberries and potatoes, the interest of the associations was to develop recommendations for the industry on how to better reach young people - in their language, in their media. The results of this study have now been published. read more

Instead of researching precise details about strawberries and potatoes, the interest of the associations was to develop recommendations for the industry to better reach young people - in their language, in their media. The results of this study have now been published. read more

Import of fruits and vegetables to Greece increased by 36.96% in March 2024, according to the Association of Greek Export Companies for Fruits, Vegetables, and Juices, INCOFRUIT-HELLAS, reaching 103,890 tons compared to 75,856 tons in the same month of 2023. Potatoes took the lead in imports,
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The first early spring potatoes are already being harvested in the Spanish municipality of Cartagena. The season is also a few days away from starting in Seville. "We have already loaded the first truck of the early Soprano variety from Cartagena, although the volumes are still very limited,"
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During Easter week, demand for early varieties from Italy and Cyprus significantly picked up, according to BLE, being sold alongside the offered quantities of asparagus. Generally, storage and early potatoes continued to share the market, with the latter especially gaining popularity. Cypriot
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The first early spring potatoes are already being harvested in the Spanish municipality of Cartagena. The season is also a few days away from starting in Seville. "We have already loaded the first truck of the early Soprano variety from Cartagena, although the volumes are still very limited,"
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Whether potatoes, apples or cucumbers - under the motto "Come to the place of freshness", the new social media campaign presents the variety of fresh products at Aldi Nord in a humorous way, according to the discounter. Alexander Marcus is the interpreter of the song "ALDI Nord x Patata": A
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A recent survey by OnePoll provides further positive evidence that Britons are increasing their consumption of fruit and vegetables, with 73% saying they are eating more leafy greens, 62% more salad and 68% eating more root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots.

A recent survey by OnePoll found that Britons are increasing their consumption of fruit and vegetables, with 73% saying they are eating more leafy greens, 62% more salad and 68% eating more root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots. read more

Amidst continuous rainfall and saturated conditions, Irish potato farmers are grappling with the potential scarcity of the Rooster variety, a staple in Ireland. Meath farmer Ivan Curran, who typically yields 11,000 tonnes of potatoes annually, highlighted the dire situation, noting that 40% of
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The marketing of table potatoes proceeded fairly calmly overall. Domestic storage potatoes continued to dominate the scene, complemented by a few Dutch and French offerings. Quality was generally convincing. According to BLE, availability was sufficient to satisfy the demand. Nevertheless,
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My Roots & More is the newest branch on the Dutch root vegetable import and export market tree. "But it's one that's been growing and flourishing for over 20 years," Martin Oudenes points out. He started his home office in the Netherlands on February 1st to focus on marketing root vegetables,
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Last week, dumpling specialist Burgis from the Upper Palatinate hosted a webinar focused on potatoes. Experts Petra Müller, Head of Foodservice & Export Sales, and Manfred Mottl, Regional Key Account Manager for Northern Bavaria, discussed "everything worth knowing about the main ingredient of
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In 2017, Green Goose was founded by Christiaan van der Goes, specializing in supplying the European market with sweet potatoes. In December 2023, Green Goose Exotics was established by Christiaan, in collaboration with Marc de Bruijn. "The goal is to achieve something similar with exotic fruits,… read more

Last year, families embraced a new craze, scrambling up their Easter traditions and painting Easter potatoes. This breakout trend had everyone hopping onboard, with media outlets from CNN to "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" getting in on the fun. This year, Potatoes USA is providing an
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The approaching Easter holidays lead to an increase in demand for various crops, artichokes, asparagus, broad beans, but also potatoes and strawberries.For asparagus, the season started slightly early. The harvest of long green Friggitelli peppers has begun. Instead, it is about to
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