News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Desde 2008, la fecha de hoy (29 de junio) fue escogida como un día especial para honrar a la papa y a sus agricultores. Por eso, ayer jueves, con una degustación gastronómica, exposiciones y un acto protocolario, se dio inicio a las 18h00, a las celebr...

Two adult potato psyllids were found on yellow sticky cards that were collected June 19 from a Twin Falls County potato field, according to an alert issued Tuesday by University of Idaho Extension staff.

The disease risk in potatoes has increased with the wet weather over the last few weeks. Luckily, so far no late blight hasbeen found in Manitoba.

During the 373 days he spent in a Lebanese jail on allegations he tried to export rotten potatoes to Algeria, Henk Tepper says the day his daughter graduated from high school was among the most difficult. The farmer from New Brunswick spoke for the fi...

Researchers cooperate to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.

The Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE) is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at www.apre.org

Currently, eliminating a virus from an infected plant requires considerable time and money. The price is more than US$500, and the process can take up to a year. Searching for a more cost- and time-effective solution, scientists at the International P...

Hyun-Jun Kim - Es Director del Proyecto Internacional Coreano para la Agricultura  (KOPIA, por sus siglas en inglés) para Bolivia y especialista en temas de agricultura, principalmente sobre la papa. Llegó a Bolivia con el objetivo de instalar dicho ce...

Grandevo is approved for use on ornamental plants and edible crops in field and greenhouse applications, and allows flexibility in air and ground applications.

Por mandato legal, el Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú tiene la responsabilidad de implementar un Registro Nacional de la Papa Nativa Peruana (RNPNP). El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) está encargada de inscribir las diferentes varie...

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 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.

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...

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.