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Seed potato crops in Punjab must be planted by 15 October and have their haulms cut by 31 December, under a new standard procedure. The aim is to protect seed tubers from viruses carried by aphids.
Austria's weekly potato market report says supply remains tight and that continuous supply with domestic table potatoes alone is now considered unrealistic.
Manitoba Agriculture's weekly potato report says digging ranges from not yet started to 40% done across farms, with rain forecast to interrupt the harvest.
Almost 90% of responding companies see a need to move to robust varieties. More than 80% say a new variety has failed for them, and robust potatoes are about 1% of the Belgian field volume.
The potato industry expects about 8 million tonnes in 2026, 6% less than in 2025. The Urals have harvested 294,000 tonnes so far, and retail prices fell by 3.4% in a week.
Following directives from Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk, Egypt's horticultural producers' union and state agencies agreed to survey farmers' seed needs and set up demonstration fields for locally produced seed.
Nicaragua's Ministerio Agropecuario says eight northern municipalities harvested about 6,500 tonnes of potatoes in September, mainly for the domestic market.
During a farm visit in the Mogilev region, the Belarusian president said the country must grow more potatoes and told the government to find sales markets, naming Russia and Uzbekistan.
The Texas A&M AgriLife potato programme has released 14 commercial varieties since 1998, licensed by nearly 150 companies, and is focusing on russets that cope with heat and potato virus Y.
New figures from trial digs in early September show a very wide spread between fields, a low share of large tubers and a growing gap between Flanders and Wallonia. The Belgian farmers' union shared the data with…
Fontane covers more than half of Belgium's potato area, yields are estimated 20% below average, and new varieties need at least five years of testing before processors list them.
Bill No. 1341065-8 would move two requirements of the seed production law — genetic passports for varieties and mandatory spatial isolation — from 1 September 2027 to 1 September 2028.
