Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas

EUROPLANT America is excited to announce that in conjunction with the reorganization of EUROPLANT Europe to incorporate their breeding and farming structure under the EUROPLANT brand, Potato Seed Solutions is now EUROPLANT America.

The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2025 'Leadership in the Field: From Battlefield to Potato Field' program, held June 9-12, 2025, at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa.

Madeleine Smith has joined North Dakota State University as an Extension pesticide specialist. Joining Oct. 2, Smith has been working on the NDSU campus in Fargo, North Dakota.

Fera scientists have made breakthrough progress with industry-steered wireworm research, highlighting where and when the pest is expected to pose the highest risk to arable and fresh produce crops over the next two decades. 

Todo parece indicar que la disponibilidad y la calidad serán superiores a las del 2024. En cualquier caso, la temporada no está libre de dificultades.

Mel Davenport, CEO of Potandon Produce, has retired after over 30 years and was succeeded by former Fresh Direct CEO David Lawrence on December 20th.

El SAG (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero) requiere que antes del último día del año todos los cultivos de papa estén registrados y geolocalizados para poder velar por la sanidad de los mismos y mantener el estatus fitosanitario de la región,.

Un mercado interno limitado y colmado por productos de contrabando hace que para los pequeños productores sea muy difícil competir.

Pese a la falta de agua que dificulta los trabajos y preocupa a los productores, las labores de siembra están cerca de culminar.

Mooij Agro, a global leader in crop storage solutions has announced its participation at the Potato Expo 2025 in the United States, where, in collaboration with PGS Equipment Ltd., it will showcase the Croptimiz-r MAX, a next-generation controller

APH Group, a distributor of agricultural equipment and installations, has acquired Kontrol-Pro in Serbia. This expansion will establish a new entity, APH Group Balkans d.o.o., which will take full responsibility for sales, service and distribution from Serbia.

Optical sorting of (seed) potatoes is becoming increasingly popular among farmers and packaging companies due to its benefits in efficiency, sorting quality, and cost savings. Innovative systems such as the Optica CS and Q from Tolsma-Grisnich have only increased growers' enthusiasm.

Tajikistan has achieved record potato production figures for the first 10 months of 2024 – 1 million 139 thousand 936 tons, which is 20.6% more than in the previous year.

La UE y Mercosur acordaron reducir aranceles agrícolas por siete años, lo que podría afectar el comercio de patatas para industria, y preocupa a los productores europeos.

Vultus AB (publ) and Agdir Drift AS have combined their sales activities and their joint offer is received by the market as expected: The two companies have entered into cooperation with the Latvian starch producer Aloja Starkelsen and the Norwegian part of Findus Group.

En el marco de una alianza interinstitucional público-privada, el Banco de Desarrollo Productivo (BDP) promueve el mejoramiento de las condiciones productivas y el incremento de rendimientos de papa en el altiplano paceño

El precio de la papa tipo ágata aumentó en São Paulo, mientras que en Belo Horizonte se mantuvo estable y en Río de Janeiro disminuyó.

La mayoría de los agricultores de patatas en la zona de la NEPG tuvieron mucha suerte durante octubre y principios de noviembre para terminar la cosecha, aunque parte de la cosecha se realizó en condiciones muy difíciles y costosas.