Potatoes

The Sicilian new potato season started a few weeks ago. Davide Prietto Batturi's company from Syracuse is among the businesses that specialize in this product. The area is known as "Terre Rosse" (i.e. Red Land), named after the red color of its soil, which is very fertile and well-known all over
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EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in the last season the onions from the June harvest were more profitable than the potatoes from the same period. Despite the latter, seed
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Pentecost is approaching in the Netherlands, so it is time for Jac van den Oord Potatoes to bring extra attention to its spring classic: Asparagus Lover Potatoes. "Every year, when the asparagus is harvested, our asparagus potatoes are a great addition to our assortment," says Robert de Groot.
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Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern Scotland, are anticipating a 5-10% yield penalty as the optimum planting window closes. Planting
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Nearing the end of the European sweet potato season, a decline in high-quality organic volumes from producers in Europe has encouraged Dutch organic specialist Eosta to act earlier in switching to overseas imports. read more

According to NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett, there is still a huge legislative challenge facing the UK government following Brexit and the need for Defra to look into the horticulture supply chain. Under the Retained EU Law Bill, the government has the ambition to review
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In 2022, 425 million kg of fresh fruits and 439 million kg of fresh vegetables were sold in the Swiss retail sector. Thus, retail sales fell for a second year in a row, but were still above those of 2018 and 2019. The value per kilogram of fruit and vegetables sold again fell slightly in 2022.
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For the first time in quite some time, the development of sales of fresh fruit/vegetables/potatoes in March 2023 does not lag behind the market as a whole, but is even above average with a plus of twelve percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Looking at the first three months of the
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In early April, Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on some types of vegetables. Young potatoes went down from 0.71 euros/kg to 0.43 euros/kg. Pink potatoes also decreased in price. White cabbage of new harvest costs on average 2.29 euros/kg. Beets cost on average 0.27 euros/kg. Garlic has
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A meeting of the Kazakhstan government, chaired by Prime Minister Alihan Smailov, was devoted to discussing a complex of measures to control and reduce inflation for 2023-2024. These measures include steps to increase the production of domestic products, control pricing, antitrust, and foreign
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Sales in the potato market are currently marked by the low supply and high prices, which have led to a drop in consumption. In the south of Spain, the acreage for this year's spring campaign has been reduced, although Murcia is handling good productions and calibers. read more

Apofruit Italia, a cooperative of fruit and vegetable producers with more than 2,700 members that markets 100% made in Italy products worldwide, Canova S.r.l. for organic products, and Mediterraneo Group, a consortium of highly specialised companies and partners of Apofruit, are
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According to Minister of State at Defra Lord Benyon, new requirements will allow Scottish seed potatoes back into the Northern Irish market from autumn this year. Following the Windsor Framework, previously banned seed potatoes will be able to move from GB to NI as they do in the rest of the UK.
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In the current context of inflation and declining consumption, the frozen format is proving to be one of the least affected. And while the latest consumption data shared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food -corresponding to October 2022- reveal an 8.8% year-on-year decline in
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The fresh vegetable division of the Arterris cooperative covers two French regions: Occitania and PACA, which represent about 50,000 tons of production (carrots, turnips, black radishes, asparagus, potatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers…). For its commercial development, Arterris relies on 3
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In the Netherlands, the final weeks of the old onion season's harvest have begun at Meir Onions & Potatoes. "We still have some stock, but that will have run out in about three weeks. We can then stop on time for a good cleaning, and can go on vacation," says Leon van Meir. He reflects on an
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A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses on a 20-25% increase in photosynthetic performance, which could lead to a 30% increase in plant biomass. read more

It’s all about the varieties right now. That’s what Ken Gad of Cambridge Farms Inc. Says is spurring the movement of potatoes in the market today.   read more

Bananas, mandarin orange, peanuts, South American potatoes and other exotic vegetables and fruits have been found more and more often on farms throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years. read more