Nieuws

At the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2015 Annual Meeting, held January 9-10, 2015, in Orlando, Florida, Dan Lake from Lake Seed, Inc. of Ronan, Montana, was elected to serve as NPC’s president for 2015 and to lead the council’s Executive Committee.

Key Technology announces the availability of Information Analytics, a powerful suite of software capabilities embedded within Key’s digital sorters.

El tizón tardío de la papa puede ser controlado con varias estrategias, incluyendo la resistencia del huesped. Desafortunadamente, los esfuerzos hasta la fecha para utilizarla han llevado a un éxito limitado. Este es el tema principal del artículo escrito por G. A. Forbes; M. Huarte para la Revista Latinoamericana de la Papa, Volumen 18 (2), 2014.

Resumen de la ponencia que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado recientemente en Bogotá.

Cinco comunidades andinas usan conocimientos ancestrales y científicos para proteger más de 1.300 variedades de papa de las plagas y el cambio climático,

Tong Peal Engineering has announced it is launching an upgraded version of its market-leading Caretaker mobile grader for 2015.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 188.6 points in December 2014, down 3.2 points (1.7 percent) from November.

Argumentos sobre problemas de distribución y falta de divisas forman parte de la discusión en redes.

Once again, the Washington State Potato Commission and Oregon Potato Commission have joined forces in the planning and execution of the 2015 Washington/Oregon Potato Conference, Jan. 27-29.

Integrated food packaging and processing solutions provider tna is pleased to announce the appointment of Sonia Loeza as general manager - Latin America.

Resumen de la ponencia que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado recientemente en Bogotá.

TOMRA Sorting Food will display two of its state-of-the-art sorting machines and steam peeling XP valve at the Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA) Expo and Conference 2015.

The company which owns the Albert Bartlett potato brand has increased its profits by more than 31 per cent in spite of small fall in turnover. The company shows remarkable growth in international sales and 40% growth in its Scotty Brand business.

Nearly 20 fire departments responded to flames at a Montcalm County potato farm (Michigan) Wednesday, but none of the potato storage buildings, housing farm equipment and millions of potatoes, could be saved

Late December, Potato Processor Cavendish Farms detected again sewing needles stuck in potatoes processed at its New Annan plant on Prince Edward Island.

Romain Cools, secretary of the Belgian Potato Processors Association Belgapom expresses his views on the free potato market.

The Nyandarua government is partnering with the National Potato Council and German organisation GTZ to introduce varieties of potatoes suitable for processing

Tras detectar el incremento de la enfermedad debido a la diseminación y aumento de las poblaciones de su vector la 'mosca blanca de los Invernaderos', el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) declaró el estado de emergencia fitosanitaria en los cultivos de papa.