The non-renewal of CIPC in the European market has left a huge gap in the potato storage sprout suppression market and growers are urgently looking for alternatives for their potato crops.
Er is een groeiende nichemarkt voor gekleurde aardappelen. Veredelaars willen niet alleen nieuwe variëteiten ontwikkelen, maar ook de landbouwkundige eigenschappen en voedingswaarde verbeteren.
We’re happy to have a potato crop, even if it’s below average because many areas didn’t have the opportunity to finish harvesting.”
In some sections of the fresh market, potato prices have risen sharply on the back of a falling supply. This is the effect of many growers across NSW struggle to get a crop in due to drought, low water allocations and high water prices.
Les paysans sont verts de colère et le font savoir.
PepsiCo registered FL-2027 variety in 2016 and introduced it in Gujarat for cultivation. The company uses it for production of wafers.
Last year, the West Bengal state government allowed traders to stock potatoes in cold storage till 31 December but with the rise in prices, it has been decided that stocks have to be cleared from the cold storages by this month itself.
Despite a delay in the end of potato harvest season due to rain and cold weather, Maine growers are calling this year’s potato crop a success.
