COLLABORATION between businesses, experts and farmers will be a key focus at the South West AgriTech Showcase, which takes place later this month, with the support of Wiltshire Council, Devon County…
US President has hit out at crisps companies he's accused of practising 'shrinkflation'. During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said many corporations raise prices to "pad…
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco is seeking to increase consumers' awareness on how to store potatoes effectively, for longer. In a bid to cut down food wastage and help with the cost…
FAMILY supplier Albert Bartlett has tasked its agronomy team with finding a more resilient variety to replace customer favourite Maris Piper, after seeing the variety's prices rise dramatically at the…
THE demand for free-buy supplies of potatoes in the EU remains robust, but the supply is tightening, according to Mintec Analytics. Last year's wet harvest is the culprint, with many…
UK crisp producer, Fairfields Farm, has appointed David Nairn as the company’s new Non-Executive Director, while promoting Tash Jones to Commercial Director, after seeing its business grow by more than…
FOLLOWING India's export ban on onions, smugglers are falsely labeling them as potatoes to exploit the global price spike. The December embargo was imposed to control domestic costs and has…
THE Philippines has made a significant move to double the import volume of chipping potatoes to 60,000 tons under the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) scheme, aiming to bolster the local…
THE Pakistan Agricultural Research Council's Plant Sciences Division has emphasised the need for collaborative efforts to develop potato varieties that adapt well to local conditions in Pakistan, following a recent…
THE Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) is urging local growers to increase potato production, in a bid to reduce the country's N$138 million annual bill for potato imports. Currently, Namibia only…
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