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La productora de papas McCain volvió a paralizar la producción y a suspender al personal en la planta de Balcarce. La firma canadiense debió frenar las operaciones el mes pasado por el cierre de importaciones que aplica el gobierno de Brasil a product...

Potato prices are expected to remain firm for the next few months in West Bengal. Prices have gone up by almost 34% for regular variety of potato over the last few months.

Potato pests can vary across Canada’s potato-growing regions. Whether they are new or notorious, their reach and severity depends upon Mother Nature’s whims.

Late blight has not been reported in North Dakota, Minnesota or Manitoba. With the fair weather, late blight severity values are unchanged since Friday.

Late blight, the same disease that caused Ireland's potato famine in the 19th century, was confirmed in three Pennsylvania counties last week.

The West Bengal government (India) would revamp the ailing potato seeds institute at Kalimpong to keep its supply line intact for the benefit of farmers in the state without depending on Punjab or Haryana.

McCain Foods Pvt Ltd will bring 8,000 acres under potato cultivation in Gujarat (India) by 2014.

Monitoring and addressing slug control issues will be discussed at this year’s South East Potato Day to be held at Brookland Village Hall, Romney Marsh, Kent on June 27.

Potato Council has recruited an exciting new team of growers to act as ‘Potato Ambassadors’ and inspire the nation to eat more potatoes.

Researchers recommend potato growers in the Pacific Northwest intensify their field scouting programs for the potato psyllids that spread the crop disease zebra chip.

El Ministerio de Agricultura (MINAG) reconocerá a dos asociaciones de pequeños productores de la provincia de Huancavelica quienes lograron la certificación orgánica al cultivo de papa nativa y quinua, informó Jorge Sáenz Rabanal, asesor de la Alta Dir...

Irish agribusiness are being offered financial and political support to set up in Africa.

Wisconsin potato grower-shippers don’t see an end to sluggish markets before new-crop harvests later this summer.

Rather than relying solely on acreage estimates from a USDA growers' survey, the U.S. potato industry is physically visiting every spud field in Idaho and other major potato production areas for a fourth year.

The US State Georgia is known for its peaches, its poultry, its peanuts and pecans — but not so much for its potatoes. However, at least two farming operations in Decatur County have made potatoes a successful crop.

Black Gold Farms, an industry leader in the potato industry, has kicked off their summer red potato harvest with a five-month, locally grown program. The locally grown program transitions through all of their summer potato growing locations.

The following is a commentary published this week in Nature, on the GMO situation in Europe, focused on potatoes:

US potato growers hope that this could be the year they are allowed to ship fresh spuds into all of Mexico, which would be a $120 million opportunity.