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SPACE POTATOES SHOW IMPRESSIVE YIELDS

ULANQAB city, located in one of China’s leading potato-producing regions, Inner Mongolia, has seen an impressive potato harvest this year and the seed used is particularly special, having come from…

Potato growers examining potato crop in field in Mongolia

HOW MONGOLIA HAS CHANGED OVER 2 DECADES TO BECOME POTATO-SUFFICIENT

MONGOLlA had harvested 244,500 tons of potatoes by the start of October, representing a yield increase of 68,600 tons on the same period last year.

SCOTTISH POTATO GROWERS ASKED TO SHARE SOIL SAMPLES …

SCIENTISTS at The James Hutton Institute are leading a nationwide soil sampling campaign to help major European project, ECHO, to collect a total of 16,500 samples across Europe.

Two sets of potato plant leafs, one healthy and one showing sulphur deficiency

LEACHING OF LOWER-FOCUS NUTRIENT NEEDS ATTENTION BY POTATO GROWERS

AS most potato growers will already know, some nutrients have higher mobility levels within soils than others, meaning they are at a greater risk of leaching out of soils (or…

Panelists behind front table at conference

‘POTATO INDUSTRY MUST DRIVE INNOVATION’

IN order to be profitable and sustainable, the potato industry must drive innovation, attract talent, and use data to drive decision-making for better resilience, leading industry voices agree at the…

Chinese sauteed potatoes and spring onions on plate

5M HECTARES USED FOR POTATO CULTIVATION

FIVE million hectares are used today to cultivate around 100 million metric tons of potatoes in China, which is acknowledged as the world's foremost potato producer.

potato seedlings showing different traits

FERTILISING POTATOES COULD BECOME EASIER AND LESS COSTLY IF GENETIC WORK PAYS OFF

A GENE that controls when potato plants form their tubers also limits nitrogen uptake, scientists have discovered.

Newspaper cutout of potato advert from Ministry of Food on top of scattered potatoes

WAR-TIME MINISTRY ADVOCATED THE VIRTUES OF POTATOES

A WAR-TIME advert from local newspaper, the Stamford Mercury, was recently discovered in which potatoes were highlighted as playing a key role in the war.