Closed potato market in Norway keeps the local potato chain afloat

This year’s Europatat Congress 2025 will take place in Lille, France, from 11 to 13 June. Organized by Europatat and the French potato trade-organisation Fedepom, this event gathers professionals from across the European potato industry, providing a key platform for discussion, knowledge exchange, and networking.

This month, the World Potato Congress will be held in Adelaide Australia.  This will be the 12th World Potato Congress event since the inception of the organization over 30 years ago, says Ellen Kouwenberg, Executive Director, World Potato Congress Inc.

There are many benefits to attending the World Potato Congress. Networking opportunities build relationships and…

From 12-18 November Agritechnica takes place in Hannover, Germany. During the event there is a main focus on potatoes. Dr. Rolf Peters presents his vision on trends in potato technology. He states that potato growing has required a particularly high degree of flexibility from farmers in this year’s growing season due to the intensive change…

Irrigation with sprinklers, rain guns, center pivots or linear systems – as opposed to furrow and drip irrigation delivering water under the canopy – distributes water overhead, much like natural rainfall does.