FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS
Strong expectations for tomatoes at Bayer Seminis
The company expands its tomato portfolio with its first export plum variety, Peramy, along with new high-performance varieties and rootstocks
Bayer strengthens its leadership in autumn lamuyo peppers
Bultaco has established itself as Bayer’s flagship variety, soon to be joined by a new material in the same segment incorporating resistance to powdery mildew and nematodes
Rijk Zwaan: “High resistance in tomatoes without compromising other attributes”
The seed company expands its commercial portfolio with varieties featuring high resistance to ToBRFV while maintaining yield, quality and flavour
BASF | Nunhems: new solutions with HR against ToBRFV
The company brings its tomato genetics closer to key production areas
HM.Clause expands its ION range with Sulis F1
The late-cycle variety combines high resistance to powdery mildew, open plant architecture and large-calibre fruits in a portfolio that also strengthens short and mid-cycle segments
Patatas Córdoba: “It could be a year of opportunities”
The 2026 potato campaign is shaping up as an unknown for the sector, but also as a potential opportunity. This is how Fernando Córdoba, director of Patatas Córdoba, sees the start of the season—approaching it with caution, yet not ruling out a favourable scenario
Meléndez strengthens its alliance with growers and advances its European expansion
Patatas Meléndez will maintain a planting area similar to last year, supported by a model based on contracts with growers and away from the open market
Potato: acreage adjustment in 2026?
The overall reduction in potato acreage this season could reach 20% across Spain
Alarm bells for Mallorca’s potato sector
Between phytosanitary restrictions, rising costs and a lack of generational renewal, potato cultivation in Mallorca is going through a critical moment
Patatas Lázaro: The Third Industrial Revolution
Lázaro makes its biggest technological commitment by combining field expertise with the intelligence of the future
The strength of imports
Potato imports represent a cumulative volume that, when combined with production surpluses in Spain, creates an imbalance between supply and demand
Ibérica de Patatas adds a new storage facility
Alongside significant technological innovation, the Madrid-based company has acquired a new refrigerated space dedicated exclusively to potato storage
