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Potatoes with pink and red skins are no longer an exotic novelty and have confidently taken their place both in garden beds and on supermarket shelves. Interest in such varieties is growing not only because of their…
Finally Foods, an Israeli molecular farming startup growing dairy proteins inside potatoes, has closed a pre-seed funding round, bringing its total raised to $2.6 million. The investment was led by the Central Bottling Company (CBC Group) —…
Brussels-based organization Breeders Trust, which protects plant breeders' rights, has conducted an online investigation revealing widespread violations in the sale of seed potatoes. Across various countries, closed Facebook groups and online marketplaces regularly offer table potatoes for…
EUROPLANT continues to demonstrate its innovative strength by consistently translating advanced breeding results into tangible market success, driven by close collaboration across the entire EUROPLANT Group. The cooperation between EUROPLANT Germany (breeding) and EUROPLANT France and Spain…
Farmers in northern Rasuwa are optimistic about an increase in potato production this year following rainfall in the month of Chaitra. They believe that the rain and snowfall on Monday provided essential moisture for the potato crop,…
Spring sowing of early cereal crops is underway in several districts of the Bryansk region, including Gordeyevsky, Krasnogorsky, Novozybkovsky, and Starodubsky. In the last three of these districts, farmers have already started planting potatoes. At the same…
The Kaliningrad Region is facing a shortage of seeds for several key crops and plans to procure them from other Russian regions. According to the regional Ministry of Agriculture, local seed self-sufficiency for soy stands at only…
With the arrival of consistently warm weather, seed potatoes traditionally appear at garden exhibitions, markets, and fairs. Specialists from the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for the Tver and Yaroslavl regions offer guidance on how to avoid mistakes when selecting…
The Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute (Director Kim Tae-gyeong) has completed the supply of hydroponically grown seed potatoes for the spring 2026 season, announcing the news on March 25. A total of 5.0 tonnes of the “Tamna” variety…
The Agricultural Technology Center of Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, has secured 23 boxes (460 kg) of eight domestic seed potato varieties bred by the National Institute of Crop Science and will supply them to…
Goesan County in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, has built its own seed potato production system and is accelerating sorting work to begin supply this month, county officials announced on April 2. To ensure stable seed potato…
In Dingxi, Gansu Province — known as “China’s Potato Capital” — the busy season for propagation and selection of pre-elite (mini-tubers) and elite seed potatoes is underway. Virus-free plantlets, considered the “microchip” of the potato, must grow…
