El portal de la papa en Argentina
Fred Searle speaks to Greens of Soham MD William Shakeshaft to hear about the main challenges and opportunities for the Cambridgeshire-based potato producer, from water security to sustainable technologies
Despite, or perhaps because of, a record harvest, the potato crisis has arrived. Potatoes are rotting in Lower Saxony’s fields – and the problem is largely self-inflicted.
In Carmen de Patagones and Luis Beltrán, Martín Pasman farms land that was once arid. As in other provinces, he rotates crops, placing potatoes at the heart of his business.
Ten Brinke, Theunisse, and Hoogland are jointly launching Potato-e. This is a new and improved concept using ethylene storage for seed potato cultivation.
This year’s potato harvest is exceptional. Potatoes are plentiful… causing prices to plummet on the open market, but not in supermarkets. How can this difference be explained?
Protecting potato crops from diseases in wet years is key to maintaining a healthy leaf surface that can generate photoassimilates to achieve higher crop yields.
Khairul Islam, a farmer from Nabdigonj in Rangpur, invested Tk 10.92 lakh, borrowed from a local credit firm and a relative, to grow potatoes on seven acres.
Idaho’s potato crop is good. "The size is ideal, and honestly, we couldn’t ask for better potatoes," says Ryan Wahlen of Pleasant Valley Potato, adding that this is due to the near-perfect growing conditions year-round.