Potato News from the Americas

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. has applied for permits to demolish its processing plant in Connell. It closed the plant in October and aid off nearly 400 workers.
December 13, 2024
Lamb Weston has requested demolition permits for its Connell French Fry processing plant closed in October
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. is moving to tear down its french fry plant in Connell, dashing local hopes that another company might take it over and bring fresh industry and jobs to the small city.
Katherine Meacham-Hensold led work looking to improve the photorespiratory bypass of potato as a postdoctoral researcher in Don Ort’s lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
December 12, 2024
Climate-ready potato crop: RIPE team shows yield increase under heatwave conditions through photorespiratory bypass
A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming, showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions.
Rob Highfield, Sales Manager at Haith, at Potato Expo 2024
December 12, 2024
Haith and Fox Solutions Spotlight Packhouse Innovations at Potato Expo 2025
Haith and its US agent, Fox Solutions, will be putting the spotlight on packhouse innovations and box filling at next month's Potato Expo (Jan 9-10, Orlando, Florida). 
Urschel, Comitrol® Processor 3640A (3640A)
December 12, 2024
Urschel Adds Two More Machines to the Comitrol Processor Line
Urschel, the Global Leader in Food Cutting Technology, has released two new machines. The Comitrol® Disc Mill 380 (DM380) and the Comitrol® Processor 3640A (3640A).
Flores de Hoffmannseggia doelli, la papa del desierto, cultivada en condiciones controladas. Esta planta resiste condiciones extremas del Desierto de Atacama.
December 10, 2024
Chile: producción de papa en el desierto de Atacama
La papa del desierto, una planta que crece en condiciones extremas, tiene un alto valor nutricional y podría establecerse como un nuevo cultivo en suelos marginales.
December 10, 2024
Perú: productores organizados buscan vender variedades nativas al mundo
Roger Hidalgo Panduro, alcalde de Amarilis, busca fortalecer a los agricultores locales para aprovechar la producción agrícola y participar económicamente en el Mega Puerto de Chancay.
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Dr. Charles Higgins has managed Norika’s varieties for North American distribution since 1994. He is soon retiring but will remain a part of the operation as a consultant.
December 09, 2024
Charles Higgins: A Legendary Career in the Potato Industry Comes to a Close
Agronomist, plant breeder, farmer. writer, philanthropist, mentor, potato ambassador, leader, Dr. Charles Higgins has been doing all those things for the better part of the past 50 years.
Award presented to the late Kevin McKenna’s family, L-R: Donald Stavert, PEI Potato Board Chair, Nolan McKenna, Linda McKenna, Caitlin McKenna, and Grant Compton, presenter of the award
December 09, 2024
PEI Potato Industry Honours Deserving Individuals at Annual Awards Celebration
The 2024 PEI Potato Industry Awards Banquet was held Friday, November 22 in Charlottetown and two very deserving members of the potato industry were recognized at the event.
Potatoes in the market
December 04, 2024
Paraguay: presión de comerciantes para liberar la importación de papa
La Asociación de Importadores y Comerciantes Frutihortícolas (Asicofru) pide medidas “urgentes” para importar papa.
Randy Visser, who runs G. Visser and Sons, says he thinks it could be pretty devastating for P.E.I. producers.
December 03, 2024
Canadá: aranceles de Estados Unidos ponen a la producción en jaque
Los productores de papa de la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo temen que el arancel del 25% propuesto por Trump afecte gravemente sus exportaciones a EE. UU.
México: heladas destrozan la producción
December 03, 2024
México: heladas destrozan la producción
Heladas causaron daños en 5,500 hectáreas de cultivos de papa, frijol y maíz, afectando a 3,000 productores con pérdidas cercanas a los 8 millones de pesos.
La embarcación fue seguida por agentes de la Prefectura Naval
November 27, 2024
Paraguay: policía detiene operación de contrabando en la frontera
Aunque no hubo detenidos, el caso evidencia la necesidad de mejorar las investigaciones para combatir este ilícito que afecta la producción nacional.
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November 22, 2024
Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen French fries, tater tots across the United States
Four major potato processing companies, McCain Foods, Cavendish Farms, Lamb Weston, and J.R. Simplot, are accused of price-fixing in a class-action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court.

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