Newsletter October 2025
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Preface Mark
October traditionally marks the start of the new export season for seed potatoes. Last week, the logistics teams began shipments, primarily to Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the coming weeks other destinations in the Middle East and North Africa will also begin calling up their first volumes.
Daughtersmeeting in Edinburgh
Very recently, September 23th-25th, we had the opportunity to bring together our subsidiaries in Edinburgh for our traditional pre-season meeting. Read more about this meeting.
Desmazières’ Customer Meetings: Technical Field Visits
During technical field visits in regions like Champagne and Seine-Maritime, we presented our latest varieties. Clients got an exclusive look at our breeding work and shared valuable insights. Discover the highlights of these inspiring days.
Polish summer of meetings
This summer was a time of meetings for Agrico Polska. Meetings with colleagues, clients, producers and consumers. In this report you will find a summary of all these meetings.
Employee in spotlight - Maarten Nijenhuis
In this edition of employee in the spotlight our colleague at Agrico Research Maarten Nijenhuis. Read more about Maarten, his role at Agrico Research and what he thinks is the biggest challenge at Agrico Research.
Agrico Nordic visits Finland
Agrico Nordic has had several opportunities during late summer to present its activities, both within and beyond Sweden’s borders. Read more about our visit to our partners in Finland
Desmazières official partner of French fry championship
On Saturday 27 September 2025 the Grand’Place in Arras (Pas-de-Calais) hosted the 3rd edition of the World French Fry Championship. Desmazières is an official partner since 2023. Find out who won the championship.
Potato Europe 2025
On September 3rd and 4th, Agrico was present at Potato Europe. This year, the event was in The Netherlands. Read here what General Manager Mark Zuidhof from Agrico said about the international potato fair.