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Lukie Pieterse

Lukie Pieterse

Editor & Publisher at Potato News Today

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Influence score
21
Location
Canada
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • Agriculture
  • Food

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Recent Articles

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Transforming potato industry waste into valuable ingredients for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics...

Scientists at The James Hutton Institute, alongside Grampian Growers and Aberdeen University, are developing the Phytoscosmo project to convert potato shaws into valuable ingredients for the pharma…
11 days ago
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Urban soils, rural spuds: Linking World Soil Day to the potato chain

World Soil Day 2025, themed “Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities”, turns the spotlight on urban and peri-urban land – where future growth in potato demand and production increasingly meet. This piece …
15 days ago
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New UNECE standards strengthen international trade framework for se...

Since its inception in 1949, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards has created over 120 quality standards for various agricultura…
18 days ago
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Coal, gas, wind, and fries: Inside the global potato industry’s qui...

This article explores how the shift from old energy – coal, oil, gas – to new energy – wind, solar, biomass, biogas – is reshaping the potato industry from field to fryer. I…
21 days ago
potatonewstoday.com

Head, heart and hectares: Why farmer mindset may be the potato indu...

This feature explores how farmer mindset is becoming a decisive yield driver in modern potato systems, alongside soil, climate and genetics. It shows how curiosity, small experiments, data use, col…
24 days ago
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When the weather turns hostile: How climate change is supercharging...

Heat, humidity and shifting weather patterns are reshaping the pest and disease risk map for potatoes. Warmer seasons mean more insect generations, changing late and early blight windows, and the s…
26 days ago
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‘Potato Flood 2025’: How Europe’s glut is rippling through the glob...

Record crops in western Europe have flipped the potato market from shortage to surplus, driving free-buy prices down and pushing surplus tonnes into feed, biogas and waste outlets. This article unp…
28 days ago
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Potatoes and humane farming: Where crop fields and animal welfare meet

This article explores how potatoes are quietly entering the humane farming conversation. It traces the links between potato production, livestock feed, manure use, plant-based proteins, and farmer …
27 days ago
potatonewstoday.com

Brazil and the Netherlands strengthen cooperation ties in the seed ...

Representatives from Brazil’s seed sector met with Dutch officials to explore regulatory and technical cooperation, particularly regarding seed potatoes. The meeting introduced Brazilian dele…
29 days ago
potatonewstoday.com

The rise of baby potatoes: How creamers became a global sensation

The rise of baby potatoes, or creamers, marks a significant shift in agriculture, transforming them from byproducts into a premium category. Key factors include innovative breeding, effective marke…
about 1 month ago
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Traceability on trial: Is blockchain and end-to-end tracking finall...

Potato traceability is maturing, but value depends on execution, not buzzwords. Most gains come from standards-led, batch-level tracking using GS1/EPCIS and cloud platforms; blockchain adds weight …
about 1 month ago