13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (245+ words) Extreme heat and drought leave Belgian potato fields with smaller tubers, raising concerns over supplies for the country’s world-leading frozen fries industry. (Courtesy: PotatoPro / AI-generated image) In Amay, near the eastern Belgian city of Liège, farmer Mathieu Comijn is harvesting…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (89+ words) Potato late blight, the disease behind the Irish potato famine, remains the most damaging pathogen of the world’s third most important food crop, and breeders have long struggled to build resistance that the pathogen cannot quickly dismantle. Now a comparative…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (866+ words) A dry growing season has taken its toll on some Scottish pumpkin crops, with one Aberdeenshire grower describing this year's harvest as her worst ever. Owner of Westerton Farm near Laurencekirk, Fiona Smith said the farm has seen a significant…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (470+ words) Through its subsidiary FINPOM Oy, based in Tyrnävä, EUROPLANT produces and multiplies high-grade seed potatoes in a specialised production zone covering the municipalities of Tyrnävä and Liminka. The area is subject to specific requirements designed to protect high-quality seed production…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (262+ words) FreshPlaza The summer drought is still the main talking point in the open-field vegetable sector "It is not only affecting the current market situation, but also many crops that were planted in dry soil up to week 35 We'll be dealing…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (510+ words) streamlinefeed.co.ke Forced into what industry leaders now describe as a permanent state of operational survival, agricultural producers across the European continent are uprooting generations of traditional cultivation to plant highly resilient cash crops in direct response to accelerating…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (209+ words) In the Poltava region, most farmers have suspended the sowing of winter crops due to low soil moisture reserves and are waiting for autumn rains. Overall, this season in the region, it is planned to sow winter crops on almost…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1078+ words) Tell us about Mais Company, what achievements have been made? Mais is a scientific-production farm founded in 1992 by corn breeder Viktor Borisov. Since 1993, the company has been conducting breeding work and has been expanding its program continuously. It is a…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (860+ words) Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what's normal. After a late October rain last year, the fourth-generation farmer was optimistic about…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (423+ words) More than 4,500 visitors from across the Dutch potato sector attended Aardappeldemodag 2026 Aardappeldemodag was opened by Richard Harrison, Managing Director Plant Sciences Group at Wageningen University and Research. He also reflected on the dynamics of the potato sector and what they…...