News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Manitoba potato farmers could face steeper cuts in contracted potato production unless they can become more cost competitive with other areas of North America, a senior official with McCain Foods says.

La inminente llegada de la polilla Tuta absoluta, que barrena las hortalizas y ocasiona la pérdida total del cultivo, preocupa y alerta al sector agrícola nacional.

Idaho potato farmers who sell to McCain Foods have agreed to a contract that maintains roughly the same pricing as last season, said Dan Hargraves, who negotiated on their behalf as executive director of Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative.

El pasado 27 de febrero representantes del sector productivo le presentaron al Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural un proyecto que busca conseguir recursos por $70 mil millones. Esta semana tendrán respuesta.

Twenty-four potato growers and industry representatives joined together to form the 2014 class of the Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI), an annual program jointly administered by the National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) that identifies and cultivates the next generation of leaders within the industry.

Alejandra Arce, a Ph.D. student in the Genetic Resource Program in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Health Program of the International Potato Center (CIP).

The third largest manufacturer of Sweet Potato Fries in North America - Russet House, has launched Organic Sweet Potato Fries.

Mario Coca Morante es un investigador boliviano que posee un amplio conocimiento del cultivo en su país. En este documento nos da su visión sobre la nueva realidad de la producción de papa en Bolivia

Kathleen Triou - former VP of Domestic Marketing for the U.S. Potato Board - has accepted an offer to lead Fresh Solutions Network (FSN).

Sandi Aarestad who operates Valley Tissue Culture near Halstad, Minnesota received the Meritorious Service Award from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association

Rick Vivatson of Cavalier, North Dakota became the Northern Plains Potato Grower's Association's 65th Chairman.

Potato growers from throughout Washington state visited the state’s capital this week as part of the annual Potato Day event held in Olympia, Washington

On February 6, the Idaho Advertising Federation presented I.E. Productions, an Idaho Falls Multimedia Advertising agency with a 1st place Diamond Gem Advertising Award in the Magazine Category for a series of print ads they produced for Klondike Brands™ potatoes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the United States Potato Board. The board is composed of producers, importers and a public member, with approximately one-third of the board appointed each year.

Potatoes bred to make great potato chips were the feature attraction at the annual unveiling of new potato varieties at the federal Potato Research Centre in Fredericton this week.

Con una inversión cercana a los USD 2 millones, una planta procesadora de papas industriales tipo bastón se levanta en la población de San Gabriel, en el cantón Montúfar, de Carchi.

Resultados de nuevos estudios por científicos con el ARS sugieren que un tratamiento con el ácido salicílico podría prevenir o reducir la infección de plantas de cultivos por el fitoplasma de la punta morada de la papa, el cual es una bacteria sin paredes celulares.

El geógrafo Karl Zimmerer, de la Universidad estatal de Pennsylvania, presentó sus conclusiones en un simposio sobre biodiversidad en la agricultura durante la reunión anual de la Asociación Estadounidense para el Avance de la Ciencia (AAAS) realizada en Chicago.