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In the late 1960s, researchers from the US Department of Agriculture, Penn State University, and the Wise Potato Chip Company teamed up breed a very special potato, which they named the Lenape.

Idaho processors have cut potato acres under contract for the coming season by roughly 3 percent, officials with Southeast Idaho Potato Cooperative recently learned.

Potato growers In Australia have been forced to wait longer for the outcome from an inquiry of the Australian Senate into New Zealand potato imports after the report release date was further delayed.

The potato (Irish) that has fed the people of southwestern Uganda (Kabale) for generations is being threatened by several pests and diseases, including the potato bacterial wilt.

Las mariquitas podrían ser la clave para la salvación de un insecto transmisor de una bacteria para la industria de la papa de Nueva Zelanda.

A fin de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria del pueblo, el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), está en proceso de validación y estudio de nuevas variedades de semilla para la siembra de papa.

Potato company Produce Investments on Friday reported a loss as wet weather in 2012 impacted crops and pushed up costs.

A delayed start to Europe's potato's plantings has prompted ideas of a revival in potato prices, whose decline this year on futures markets, despite inventories at a "historically low level"has puzzled investors.

La revista PAPA de la Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa (FEDEPAPA) ha publicado un artículo sobre el potencial de desarrollo y fortalecimiento de la seguridad alimentaria en base a papa, en Colombia (2013).

The pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, is one bad roundworm. Unchecked, it invades the roots of potato and other host crops to feed, obstructing the free flow of nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves, and other symptoms that can event...

The variable weather conditions in the United Kingdom, leading to a dramatic drop in potato stocks made 2012 the worst year in living memory for growers.

Idaho seems to have won an international trademark dispute over its most famous product.

For the past two seasons, Brendon Rockey has planted peas, chickling vetch and buckwheat in the same rows as potatoes, using a specially designed seeder.

The National Potato Council is investigating options to restore USDA potato stocks estimates cut due to budget sequestration, including industry funding to cover the work or identifying offsetting cuts to less important potato reports.

Restructuring and corporate advisory firm McGrathNicol was yesterday appointed as receivers following Heard Phillips being appointed administrators of the company.

Minka-dev está recibiendo propuestas de impulsores o inversores para agregar valor a la papa nativa y que esta pueda consolidarse como un producto de alto valor agregado.

Potandon Produce LLC announced that Kent Romrell, senior vice president of sales, will retire at the end of March after a career in produce spanning over 30 years.

Entre los datos compartidos por el entomólogo Graham Walker de Nueva Zelanda, durante su visita a la Universidad de Chile, uno de los generó más impacto hace relación con el ingreso a aquél país del psílido de la papa. La pregunta obligada: ¿es esa pla...