News on The Potato Supply Chain

This season’s harvest is shaping to be a bit backwards for Aberdeen, Idaho, grower Ritchey Toevs. Normally by Aug. 23, Toevs would be winding up his grain harvest, leaving his potatoes in the ground for another month. Due to cool, damp weather this su...

Cafetaria’s hebben in het tweede kwartaal van dit jaar gemiddeld 9,4 procent meer omzet behaald dan in dezelfde periode een jaar geleden. De cafetariasector is daarmee de best draaiende sector in de horeca. De omzetsprong volgt op een goed eerste kwart...

In heel Nederland worden aardappelen geteisterd door phytophthora. De infectiedruk is erg hoog, maar telers hebben moeite een strak spuitschema te hanteren door het aanhoudende slechte weer. In de Veenkoloniën is de aantasting in een perceel aardappel...

In response to criticism from the Idaho Potato Commission, the U.S. Potato Board has created a new set of rules for the use of its Potatoes: Goodness Unearthed logo. The biggest change governs the accepted size of the logo on retail bags, according t...

An investigation into how a small Ottawa garlic farm became infested with a pest called potato rot nematode will include Prince Edward Island even though it's highly unlikely it came from there. P.E.I. is the only province in Canada where the pest has...

Idaho potato producers will spend $2.49 million over six years for the naming rights of a college post-season football bowl game, according to a contract between the Idaho Potato Commission and Humanitarian Bowl Inc. The contract was released to the C...

After centuries of relying on rice and noodles to feed its hungry masses, China is now turning to a familiar British staple to meet the needs of its 1.3bn-strong population – the humble potato. Facing more frequent droughts, falling water tables and w...

Desicant application trials to monitor spray deposition in different parts of the potato crop canopy have demonstrated that the angled Syngenta Potato Nozzle gives better all-round coverage of leaves and stems at all heights of the leaf canopy, compare...

Op maandag 22 augustus werd bij biologische aardappelboerderij Hoeve Doelwyck het tweejarig bestaan van het Pieperpad gevierd. Guido van Woerkom, hoofddirecteur van de ANWB, fietste een stukje van de route en werd benoemd tot eerste officiële ambassade...

A US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist, Xiaohong Wang - a molecular biologist - has created a new weapon in the war being waged against the potato cyst nematode-a diagnostic test that identifies the type of nematode infesting a grower's field.

Portion control is a tenet of healthy eating, and it appears that consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of managing the portion size of the foods they eat, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. For a recent report...

Una científica del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) ha creado una nueva arma contra el nematodo quiste de la papa–una nueva prueba diagnóstica que identifica el tipo de nematodo infestando el campo agrícola. Xiaohong Wang, quien es una bióloga...

The Potato Association of America held its annual meeting last week in Wilmington, North Carolina. Each year they recognize leaders in their industry with Honorary Life Membership Awards for both technical and non-technical achievement in their careers...

Focus on Potato announces the launch of two new webcasts for practitioners in the potato industry, titled “Mid to Late Season Irrigation Management” and “Integrated Management of Storage Diseases.” View “Integrated Management of Storage Diseases” “I...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee has issued the steps they are taking to implement new procedures that have been approved by the USPB Administrative Committee and Domestic Marketing Committee to set a new direction for our nutr...

Matthew Smallwood has been appointed as SAC’s Senior Potato Consultant and will be based at SAC’s Perth Office. Matt will work closely with Dr Stuart Wale, who continues to work for SAC on a reduced-days basis. He will co-ordinate activity with the oth...

This month it became known that at least two Dutch potato varieties can thrive in salty soil. Several Dutch scientists and farmers think this discovery could have tremendous consequences for the potato industry worldwide. However, can these special po...

Een lage knolzetting en een alsnog snel groeiende aardappel zette het Belgische PCA aan tot het doen van een steekproef bij het ras Fontane. Hieruit blijkt dat tot nog toe de angst voor holle aardappelen ongegrond is. Dat meldt Kürt Demeulemeester va...