Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

Scientists from Solynta and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have published the most complete genome sequence for potatoes to date. A unique aspect is that both sequence and plant material are made available for research.

Chinese delegation confirms UK seed potato exports to the world's most populous country won't be affected either Brexit outcome. British seed potatoes will continue to be accepted by Chinese customs whatever the outcome of Brexit, according to AHDB.

Together with its partners, Equipment Manufacturer Kiremko delivered and installed a complete potato processing line capable of producing a variety of pasteurized potato products.

The United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) has released its most recent Canadian Potato Crop Report.

The National Potato Council (NPC) has named University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Sofia Giron the winner of its annual $10,000 scholarship. Giron is a fourth-year grad student studying plant pathology.

In Ireland, dryer weather is welcomed this week by areas where harvesting conditions are problematic, particularly Donegal. This dry period will hopefully aid the digging of the main Rooster crop. National Potato Day takes place on October 4th this year.

Canadian potato grower, shipper and packer Thomas Fresh launches a unique line of Alberta grown potatoes

The Lincolnshire Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer Scotts, which manufactures a range of vegetable harvesting machinery, celebrated its Silver anniversary on 11th September.

La organización agraria Asaja muestra su preocupación por los precios, cuya campaña arranca ahora de forma generalizada en la provincia de León, después de que estos hayan experimentado importantes caídas en los últimos días.

El alcalde de Coristanco, Juan Carlos García dio ayer inicio a la Festa da Pataca de Coristanco, que arrancó de la mejor de las maneras posibles: con una jornada técnica sobre el producto característico del municipio, muy beneficiosa para los productores.

Ibérica de Patatas lleva de nuevo a la gran distribución la patata nueva de la Comunidad de Madrid. Bajo la marca La Auténtica Patata-Especial Castiza, la compañía prevé comercializar en esta campaña unos 550.000 kilogramos.

The first of Tong Engineering’s latest Fieldloader machine, the FieldLoad PRO, is proving to bring a dramatic reduction in loading times at one of the UK’s larger vegetable producers and processors; MH Poskitt Ltd.

The mood was upbeat and confident at the Malin Potato Cooperative in February of 2015. The Merrill, Oregon, agricultural co-op was preparing to open a brand-new, $7 million state-of-the-art potato packing plant.

Dutch-based company Aviko, one of Europe’s biggest producers of fresh, frozen, dried and specialty potato products, has announced a major investment in its production capacity in Poperinge, Belgium.

TOMRA Food sobre el lanzamiento de la TOMRA 3A, la nueva máquina de clasificación para patatas. La TOMRA 3A mejora a su antecesora en todos los aspectos: mayor capacidad, detección de patatas enverdecidas.

La feria Potato Europe contó con la participación de muchos productores y proveedores. Hubo demostraciones de cosechas y mucho más en la edición de este año, que tuvo lugar en la ciudad belga de Tournai los pasados días 4 y 5 de septiembre.

El NEPG, asociación que agrupa a los productores de patata del noroeste de Europa (Alemania, Francia, Holanda, Bélgica y el Reino Unido) estima la producción para 2019 entre 27 y 27,3 millones de toneladas.

Potato farmers are asking U.S. agricultural officials for support in expanding export trade into Mexico. Currently, American potato farmers and exporters are mostly barred from selling fresh potatoes in Mexico due to restrictions by the Mexican government