AS of mid-June, the Fight Against Blight monitoring and reporting service run by the James Hutton Institute has reported more than 35 confirmed cases of late blight in Great Britain.
JOHN Sedgwick, UK Potato Supply Manager at Lamb Weston in Wisbech, has been formally appointed as the new Board Chair of the UK Potato Processors’ Association (PPA).
THE Seed Potato Organisation (SPO) now has more than 40 grower members throughout Scotland and is looking to recruit seed growers in the rest of the UK.
AS consumer demand for potatoes has waned over the past 50 years, Scotland’s potato industry has slightly bucked the trend and its seed sector has an important role to play…
BREEDERS exhibiting new varieties at the annual Caythorpe Open Days, which will take place on August 28th and 29th near Grantham, have given British Potato Review a sneak preview of…
THE first International Potato Day took place recently, a new annual event which pays homage to the crop, its diverse farming systems globally, its contribution to food security and nutrition,…
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