Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board today welcomed the confirmation of assistance for storage losses that occurred as a result of the extreme wet weather in the fall of 2008.  The Board learned of the assistance via a federal government news release...

Idaho potato farmers are planting the state's signature crop, and some are making changes based on reduced processing contracts.Processors that make french fries and other frozen potato products have reduced overall contracted potato acreage in the Nor...

Remember the days of sticking a fork into a potato a couple times, then popping it into the microwave for 10 minutes or so? That’s ancient history … or, at least it’s heading in that direction. Microwaveable packaging is quickly catching on, according...

El ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería, Héctor Hernández, inauguró el Centro Nacional de Producción de Semilla de Papa que incluye el laboratorio e invernaderos en esta comunidad El fin es producir 19 mil 500 quintales de semilla certificada y dar acc...

Harvest a red, yellow or purple specialty potato and its skin color will be shiny and bright. That’s paramount, because skin quality drives buyers to put a particular potato in their shopping cart. Store that potato for a month or two, and its skin co...

The most anticipated retail promotion of the year, the 2009 Potato Lover’s Month Retail Display Contest, proved to be yet another blockbuster hit for the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) with over 2,150 entries, an 11% increase in participation over 2008....

With a record yield of produce like potato and tomato, agricultural workers in the central-eastern of Ciego de Avila support Cuba's national food plans amidst the current world economic crisis. Reports say that private and state-owned farms in the terr...

Just when it looked as if spring had arrived, southern Alberta was hit with one last snowstorm. However, for potato growers, it should not cause much concern.That was the word from Edzo Kok, executive director of the Potato Growers of Alberta. He esti...

Private label growth didn't start gaining momentum in the downturn. Not only have private label brands been gaining share for the past decade, experts say these gains are the single-biggest problem facing branded packaged goods players. House brands,...

The potato industry is backing a bill that would change the 20 year-old national truck weight restriction from a maximum of 80,000 pounds up to 97,000 pounds, which could allow them to ship 19% more potatoes at the same cost.Potato grower-shippers and ...

Potatoes are 55 per cent more expensive now than a year ago, Statistics Canada says, and grocery prices overall rose more in March than at any time in the past 28 years.Potato prices are particularly hot, but double-digit increases have been recorded f...

Members of the United States Potato Board recently elected Maine chip stock grower Tom Qualey as Chairman of the Board, an honor last bestowed upon a Mainer more than two decades ago. It is an achievement not easily earned but rather the result of hard...

The 13 major potato States held 115 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2009, down 9 percent from a year ago and 5 percent below April 1, 2007. Potatoes in storage accounted for 31 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production, slightly b...

Despite their microscopic size, Columbia root-knot nematodes (CRN) have potential to inflict huge losses—about $40 million annually—by tunneling into potatoes to feed.

Productores y Técnicos de las Agencias Agrarias de la Región Apurimac, convocados por la Dirección Regional Agraria de esa región, visitaron la Estación Experimental Agraria Andenes del INIA en el Cusco, ubicada en el distrito de Zurite de la provincia...

The Tobique-Mactaquac Member of Parliament has called for the RCMP to investigate why eight Grand Falls region farmers were never paid for potatoes shipped to a Quebec processing company between August and December of 2008.Conservative member Mike Alle...

You don't need your own private Idaho to grow potatoes. Greg Lutovsky, who has been growing potatoes as a business since 1993, says you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 square feet.

Como iniciativa para promover el mayor consumo de papa en el país, el ministro de Agricultura, Carlos Leyton Muñoz, y representantes de la Municipalidad de Lima, lanzaron los novedosos “carritos paperos”. Los carritos “paperos” ofrecerán al público pl...