Potatoes

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Tim Rooke, North Yorkshire potato farmer and vice-chair of the NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board

The CIPC Residues Monitoring Group (CRMG), a cross-industry body, has submitted its second-year draft report with the Health and Safety Executive's Chemical Regulation Division

NFU welcomes move which will see horticulture sector workers allowed to return earlier

Tariffs, changing climate and the rise of China and India as major players is changing the global potato market, which impacts the UK as one of the world’s largest importers

With maincrop potato lifting well underway, we catch up with two agronomists to see how crops have fared after the hottest summer on record

Spreading the risk over more than one venture is helping to mitigate the inevitable peaks and troughs of farming for the Dowell family

A focus on science and changing consumer needs means that the Scottish potato industry is evolving to be fit for the future

Trials carried out by agronomy firm Hutchinsons are exploring how varieties and other emerging biological products can be better used to combat potato cyst nematode

Potato growers are entering the 2025/26 season with trepidation after a collapse in old crop values and a low-priced start

Dry weather may have kept late blight risk low, but concerns are mounting for unirrigated potato crops