Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

n Australia the humble spud is in short supply, with the Tableland now the only place in Australia currently in season to harvest a potato crop.

Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

A soggy September has been a catastrophe for many Lower Mainland (region around Vancouver, BC, Canada) potato and vegetable producers, who are still trying to salvage their crops.

In the United Kingdom, potato values fell in the week to 15 October as better weather boosted availability and lower value supplies dominated sales.

consumptieaardappelen gerooid Door het goede weer in de eerste helft van oktober is begin week 42 naar schatting tussen de 75 en 80% van de consumptieaardappelen gerooid.

The Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began tracking the potato industry in 1866, a year before statehood. Then, acreage was 5,000;yield was 36 cwt/a (cwt = hundredweight = 100 lb), and the crop value was $500,000.

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) launched the newest installment of its award-winning, “Comic Book” advertising campaign featuring a brand new cast of characters, The Idaho® Potato Field Force.

PepsiCo today announced plans to roll-out its new i-crop farming technology on a global basis.

In Nederland nemen de winterrisico’s toe en de aardappeloogst is nog lang niet binnen.

Nadat de Gourmandine vorig jaar in Frankrijk de onafhankelijke consumentenprijs ‘Saveur de l’Année’ won, is deze culinaire aardappel, behorend tot het commerciële rassenpakket van Agrico, ook in de smaak gevallen bij de Nederlandse consument.

De weersomstandigheden in West Europa dit jaar - een koud voorjaar, een warme en droge start van de zomer en een natte nazomer - zijn ongunstig geweest voor het groeiseizoen van zetmeelaardappelen

Rain has hampered harvesting progress for potato growers in many regions in the United Kingdom

Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice today welcomed the first Potato Day (Thursday 14 October), which marks the start of the new campaign ‘many faces of potatoes’

Een Nederlands consortium van elf bedrijven wil nieuwe technieken en machines voor de akkerbouw verkopen in Rusland.

The Scottish Government has outlined further measures it is taking to prevent the spread of the highly aggressive potato bacterial pathogen Dickeya Solani.