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“In Scotland even if we don’t start planting until the 15th of April it is no big crisis"

"Buyers should be more concerned about security of supply than price"

"Buyers should be more concerned about security of supply than price"

Prices rising with 15% of the Scottish crop still in the ground and ready to rot

Potato volumes expected to be low despite good growing conditions

"Potato growers won’t be able to sustain this for another year and businesses will close in a big way"

SO the Tories are annoyed at the SNP party political broadcast which asks an older women how far she trusts a Tory. Myself I think it is quite an…

Despite the many challenges the industry was facing, the general mood at British Potato 2021 (BP2021) was upbeat and by lunchtime on its first day,…

2 people allege sexual assault, abuse at Brewster school over 50 years ago News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 21, 2021, 5:48pm EDT Two people are filing a lawsuit that alleges they were abused as children more than 50 years ago at the Green Chimneys School in Putnam County. For more than 70 years, the Brewster school has been serving children as a special education school. The pair, who wish to remain anonymous, are filing a lawsuit under the New York Child Victims Act. They allege that they endured...

Robert Doig - Caledonia Potatoes Seed potato growers are having to make serious decisions on what and how much to plant for the coming season Although discussions are continuing between the UK and the EU on equivalence measures for seed potatoes it is very unlikely that any Scottish seed potatoes will be exported into Europe this season. Growers are having to make serious decisions on what and how much to plant for the coming season. Scottish growers exported around 20,000 tonnes of seed potato...