VegetablesKurigram cold-store potatoes sell at Tk 11-12, a loss of Tk 8-9 a kilo
Growing and storing a kilogram of potatoes costs more than Tk 20, yet in Kurigram they sell for Tk 11-12; one cold store alone still holds 5,000 tonnes unsold.
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VegetablesAgribusinessRajshahi cold stores still hold 150,000 tonnes of unsold potatoes at a Tk 11 loss
A month before the early crop comes in, Rajshahi's cold stores still hold about 150,000 tonnes of last season's potatoes. Wholesale prices are Tk 12 to 14 a kilo against a cost of Tk 22 to 25 including storage.
VegetablesPotato prices crash in Joypurhat, with 45 percent still in cold stores
Potatoes are selling for about half what they cost to grow, a loss of 500 to 600 taka a sack. With storage contracts ending on 15 November, some 45 percent of the potatoes in the district's 22 cold stores have not been taken out.
VegetablesHow a Cambridgeshire grower plans to keep 5,000t of drought-stressed potatoes in store
Steve Edgley is spreading his crop across five store types, using maleic hydrazide, DMN and orange oil to hold sprouting, as spot prices near £360 to £380 a tonne bring relief after two hard years.
VegetablesPotatoes cost Tk 24 a kg, fetch Tk 12: Rangpur farmers lost money 7 years in 12
Extension and marketing department data show Rangpur potato growers made losses in seven of the twelve years from 2014 to 2025; the region grows a quarter of the crop but can cold-store only 22 percent of it.
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Potato at Rs 6 a kilo: a Falakata petrol pump gives free potatoes to back growers
With cold-stored potatoes fetching only Rs 6 a kilogram wholesale in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, farmers are leaving them in storage, and a Falakata petrol pump is giving 2 kg of potatoes free with every Rs 2,000 of fuel.
CropsEurope's processing-potato heartland harvests almost a quarter less
DCA Market Intelligence puts the 2026 crop in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany at about 20.8 million tonnes after acreage cuts and a hot, dry season.