Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Las Américas

The price of potatoes in Brazil reached the highest level in the last 10 years. Farmers say that this increase is due to the reduction in the planted area and the lack of product on the market.

BMO released the results of a survey which found that supporting regional economies, farmers and jobs, along with fresh food and taste, all trump the cost of food for people choosing to buy local.

In a typical year, potato growers who start digging their crop too soon give up some of their potential yield by harvesting immature spuds. But growers who wait this year may miss out on unheard-of prices.

Industry leaders with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that after a wet and soggy spring which forced some growers to do some replanting, crops are recovering and if the weather holds, Aroostook County is on track to have a bountiful potato harvest.

A small amount of glyphosate drifting into a seed potato field can cause thousands of dollars of damage.

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by this time last summer, but far fewer of the tiny, winged insects have tested positive for the Liberibacter bacterium, which causes the crop dise...

La reducción de la superficie plantada y la falta de producto en el mercado son mencionadas por los productores como las causas de este aumento.

Una pequeña cantidad de glifosato a la deriva de una parcela de papa para semilla puede causar miles de dólares en daños.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) has named produce industry veteran, Blair Richardson, as President/CEO, effective August 1, 2013.

SignalDemand recently announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected SignalDemand's EnterpriseOptimizer(TM) software solution to provide additional insight into how to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and production capacity.

A través de esta iniciativa se quiere desarrollar la producción de semillas, asesorar a productores en todo el proceso productivo, comercial y estratégico y mejorar los manejos productivos e innovación en el cultivo de papa.

After many years of frustrating work to gain access to Brazil for U.S. seed potatoes as well as corresponding market development, U.S. seed potato growers are finally making sales.

Two truckloads of potatoes from the Gaza Strip have been denied entry into Jordan on the grounds that the beleaguered territory "does not produce potatoes"

There has not been a single case of late blight reported on Prince Edward Island's potato crop this year, a situation agriculture officials are calling unusual.

Resumen, presentación y audio de la charla "Producción y uso de semilla de calidad de papa en agricultura familiar campesina"que Nicola Mastrocola presentó en el V Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa, realizado en Ecuador entre el 25-27 de juni...

The whims of Mother Nature and the marketplace may have aligned this year for Washington's potato farmers. Thus far, potatoes appear to have weathered the heat, although some potatoes are turning out a little smaller than normal.

For the past 25 years, Don Odiorne, Vice President-Foodservice for the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), has focused his considerable energies on creating national awareness and customer preference for Idaho® Potatoes in the foodservice sector.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is hoping a new investment in oil seed research will help farmers make the most of a growing oilseed industry.