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Alex Docherty says this new harvester is 'priceless,' because of the way it sorts rocks from the potatoes.(Courtesy: CBC News)
oktober 25, 2016
Modern Potato Harvesters make rock picking obsolete
Up until recently, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers on the Island still do today - hire rock pickers. But this fall, his new Spudnik AirSep Harvester is separating the rocks from the potatoes
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JC Hutchinson, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Hedda Pitter, business development manager, Newport-Fersan, at a sensitisation seminar for the National Irish Potato Expansion Programme hel
oktober 25, 2016
Jamaica is expanding its potato programme to new areas
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica announced they will be expanding the Irish potato programme to new planting areas for the 2016/17 crop year.
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From left to right: Michael Murphy ’17; Kathryn Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; State Sen. Thomas O’Mara, R, C-Big Flats; Melanie Wickham, executive director of Empire State Potato Growers and Walter DeJ
oktober 20, 2016
Cornell University receives state grant to upgrade Golden Nematode Lab
Cornell University receives $1.2 million of new state funding to upgrade the Federal Golden Nematode Lab
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Gladys Clemente, coordinadora del proyecto ganador en INNOVAR 2016
oktober 19, 2016
Argentina: Premian proyecto sobre gestión de calidad de sanidad de papa
En la categoría Investigación Aplicada, el denominado Sistema de Gestión de Calidad de Sanidad de Papa presentado por la Unidad Integrada Balcarce, bajo la coordinación de Gladys Clemente, del grupo ProPapa, obtuvo el prestigioso premio INNOVAR 2016.
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Cómo preservar la calidad poscosecha de la papa
oktober 19, 2016
Cómo preservar la calidad poscosecha de la papa
Phillip Nolte, extensionista de la Universidad de Idaho, especializado en semilla de papa, explica la forma de influir en el estado de los cultivos al salir de las bodegas.
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Ecuador: Semilleristas identifican ventajas al sembrar plántulas de papa
oktober 19, 2016
Ecuador: Semilleristas identifican ventajas al sembrar plántulas de papa
Cada plántula cuesta seis centavos de dolar y en una hectárea se puede sembrar unos 38 mil brotes.
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Old Oak Farms’ Party Potatoes make fingerling potatoes the life of the party!
oktober 18, 2016
RPE launched Old Oak Farms’ Party Potatoes at PMA Fresh Summit
RPE Inc., has created Old Oak Farms Party Potatoes. Quick and easy to prepare, Party Potatoes are fingerling potatoes that transform ordinary dinners into extraordinary parties!
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Un jardín de tubérculos para siempre
oktober 14, 2016
Un jardín de tubérculos para siempre
El clima cada vez más caliente conduce a sequías y plagas: en Perú, el banco de germoplasma in vitro más grande del mundo combate sus efectos.
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Experto mundial en virología analiza situación de la papa en Chile (Entrevista)
oktober 10, 2016
Experto mundial en virología analiza situación de la papa en Chile (Entrevista)
El Dr. Luis Salazar visitó el país invitado por el Consorcio Papa Chile. Su visión de la situación actual de la papa frente a los virus que le atacan; las debilidades y fortalezas del rubro en Chile, y sus consejos, en esta entrevista exclusiva.
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Productores colombianos afectados por importaciones y posible lavado (narcotrafico)
oktober 09, 2016
Productores colombianos afectados por importaciones y posible lavado (narcotrafico)
El gremio no se explica cómo sigue ingresando el alimento con el precio actual del dolar, factor que despierta sospecha porque no solo ingresa papa a un país que produce el tubérculo sino que se fomenta pobreza y deterioro en el tejido social rural.
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Venezuela: científicos del INIA rescatan semilla de papa auctóctona
oktober 08, 2016
Venezuela: científicos del INIA rescatan semilla de papa auctóctona
Científicos del Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria (INIA) rescataron la semilla de la papa autóctona del estado venezolano de Mérida, evitando su desaparición.
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Producen nueva variedad de la papa en Colombia
oktober 06, 2016
Producen nueva variedad de la papa en Colombia
Se trata de la papa 'Perla Negra' que por su contextura facilita las labores para la industria, para el consumo casero, o para su procesamiento y corte.
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Colombia: Primera cosecha de papas criollas más nutritivas
oktober 05, 2016
Colombia: Primera cosecha de papas criollas más nutritivas
En Ciudad Bolívar (Cundinamarca), se dio la primera cosecha de papas criollas más nutritivas en el departamento, gracias a un trabajo conjunto entre la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (U.N.), la Universidad McGill de Canada y los agricultores de la zona.
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Potatoes USA sponsored a U.S. demonstration plot at the Panama-hosted Latin American Potato Congress (known as ALAP).
oktober 05, 2016
Potatoes USA highlights US seed at ALAP field day in Panama
Potatoes USA sponsored a U.S. demonstration plot at the Panama-hosted Latin American Potato Congress (known as ALAP).
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Earthfresh Farms introduces a first to North America: The Carisma, a Low Glycemic Response potato variety.
oktober 03, 2016
Earthfresh Farms introduces first Low Glycemic Response Potato Variety Carisma to North America
Earthfresh Farms introduces a first to North America: The Carisma, a Low Glycemic Response potato variety.
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The record setting potato display at the Atlantic Superstore in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island that brings the record back to Prince Edward Island.
oktober 02, 2016
Record for largest potato display back to Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island recaptured the unofficial record for the largest potato display, with a 140,000 pounds display at the Superstore in Charlottetown last Thursday.
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Lower retail prices for several foods, including eggs, whole milk, cheddar cheese, chicken breast, sirloin tip roast and ground chuck resulted in a decrease in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey. However, potato price
september 29, 2016
Market Basket Survey: US Food prices down 8% compared to last year, but potatoes slightly more expensive
Lower retail prices for several foods, including eggs, whole milk, cheddar cheese, chicken breast, sirloin tip roast and ground chuck resulted in a decrease in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey. However, potato prices were up slightly.
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Earlier in the season, rain, hail and flooding caused major damage in some parts of the Red River Valley
september 27, 2016
Rains again cause trouble for Potato farmers in the Red River Valley
Just when some potato growers in the Red River Valley were beginning to make some progress with the harvest, Mother Nature stepped in and slammed the door.
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