In Canada, potato harvests are flourishing, yet the United States anticipates a 5% decline in potato production for 2023, with projections showing 417.8 million hundredweight and an average yield of 453 hundredweight per acre.
A cutting-edge AI tool can now predict how well seed potatoes will grow into healthy potato plants.
The ban on Ukrainian potatoes in Europe will remain in force for a long time due to the dissemination of false figures about the production.
The stable profitability of potato cultivation compared to cereals, rapeseed and corn, which has been maintained for several seasons, has made many farmers interested in growing this species.
The global potato industry witnessed significant contributions from diverse regions in 2023, with new data from FAOSTAT shedding light on production trends across continents and countries.
During Interpom 2024 in Kortrijk it became clear that the Belgian potato sector is full of ambitions, but also faces major challenges.
In Kenya, the potato industry is grappling with an inadequate supply of quality potato seed for preferred varieties, leading to a reliance on multiplying low-quality ordinary potato seed.
Belgium is one of the leaders in the potato sector. However, its farmers, like Polish producers and processors, face many challenges.
