Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) today launched the iTuber Take II video contest on the popular website, YouTube, inviting spud lovers from across the country to work their magic in front of the camera with America's favorite vegetable: the Idaho Pot...

ULSTER snack giant Tayto has issued an appeal to farmers across the Province to help it meet a major shortfall in potatoes required to produce its famous crisps. The firm has orders involving 20,000 tonnes of potatoes this year but only 9,000 secured...

Aardappelplanten die via genetische modificatie zijn uitgerust met het een gen dat codeert voor het zogenoemde T4-lysozym, hebben geen aantoonbare onbedoelde effecten op de samenstelling van de microflora in de grond dicht bij de wortels en de samenste...

Langzaam verdringt de aardappel bij Cosun de suikerbiet. De diep insnijdende maatregelen van Europa in de suikermarkt doen suikeromzet, aantal fabrieken en aantallen telers slinken.Tegelijk groeit de omzet van aardappelpoot Aviko en vliegen ook de prij...

ConAgra Foods Inc. bought Watts Brothers, a private vegetable-processing and agricultural company, for about $132 million in cash and assumed liabilities. In a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, ConAgra said that the assumed ...

Nedato, gespecialiseerd in aardappelverwerking, heeft haar vestiging in Oud-Beijerland voorzien van automatische tracking &tracing-apparatuur ten behoeve van het scannen van de Serial Shipment Container Code (SSCC) op rolcontainers en CBL-fusten. A...

BASF Plant Science, part of German chemicals group BASF, has been given approval to plant GMO potatoes on 30,000 square metres divided among three locations between 2008 and 2012. "The BVL's safety assessment came to the conclusion that the open...

Four months after potato growers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota agreed to join Salt Lake City-based United Potato Growers of America, that membership could be in jeopardy, adding another chapter to an on-again/off-again relations...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has established a new destination inspection process for Canadian potatoes entering the U.S., as part of a new trade agreement between the two countries.The objective of this process i...

Bart Connors of Pasco, WA, was elected Chairman of the United States Potato Board (USPB) on March 14 at the organization’s Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Connors is the general manager of Skone & Connors Produce.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) grower membership elected new leadership during its Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. The following sections list the leadership for the coming year. CHAIRMAN             Bart Connors (Pasco , WA) DO...

Mc Cain Argentina, con sede en Balcarce, emitió un comunicado. Suspensión de personal.   Balcarce, 30 de Marzo de 2008    A la Comunidad de Balcarce     Cómo empresa integrante de ésta comunidad, esperamos que el Gobierno Nacional y El Campo Argentin...

Post-harvest, potato prices have gone down sharply this year in the main growing areas, especially in West Bengal. The price of the ‘Jyoti’ variety procured directly from the farmers is currently ruling at around Rs 100 per 50-kg packet, down from Rs 1...

Vale's Fresh has launched parcooked potatoes developed for the school market and to meet the demands of the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI). The potatoes are 100% British, 100% natural, with no additives or preservatives, and have a ...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended Feb. 24, 2008. Current-quarter diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.63;items impacting com...

Local counties can't require restaurants to post nutrition information about their menu items under a bill that easily passed the (Georgia) Senate Thursday. The bill, which sailed through the House earlier this session, now goes to the governor's desk...

Overview of the different potato nematodes that occur in North America and a description of their life cycle, effects and management.

Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...