News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Despite below-average yields in many States, a 7-percent increase in harvested area boosted U.S. production of fall potatoes to an estimated 387.4 million hundredweight (cwt), 6 percent above last year’s crop.

Potato industry representatives who met with top-level officials of major food companies during Idaho's trade mission to Mexico and Brazil believe the meetings will translate into more sales of frozen spud products in Mexico.

When the Utah State Aggies and the University of Ohio Bobcats go head to head in the inaugural Famous Idaho® Potato Bowl, there will be no question that the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is sponsoring the "spudtacular"showdown.

The Capper-Volstead Act does not protect United Potato Growers of America from charges it illegally reduced the supply of potatoes in order to raise prices.

McDonald’s Corp. previewed a new ad campaign Wednesday on Twitter, sharing a 15-second commercial that showcases the brand’s ingredients and recognizes the farmers and ranchers in its supply chain.

The first acrylamide test results have become available from the Washington and Idaho National Fry Processor Trials (NFPT).

Con el objeto de proteger el área libre de enfermedades cuarentenarias de la papa, mejorar su sanidad y productividad, el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG, y el Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario, INDAP, firmaron convenios de colaboración con los siete municipios de la Provincia de Arauco.

The lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer who has been jailed in Lebanon for the past nine months says that a letter from Ottawa (Canadian Government) is all that's needed to free his client. Henk Tepper, 44, has been held in a Beirut prison since ...

An independent researcher in a presentation at a meeting in Oregon, Nov. 30 challenged potato growers to stop relying on neonicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticides.

Potato industry officials are touting the health benefits of three colorful new varieties developed by the Tri-State Potato Research and Breeding Program in the US.

The creators of a massive, inflatable potato cellar that recently hit the market promise their product will cut costs dramatically for growers in need of short-term storage while their spuds await processing. Idaho growers, however, say the Airstore, ...

FAO Food Price Index November 2011 The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 215 points in November 2011, marginally (1 point) down  from October and 10 percent (23 points) below its February 2011 peak. Among the various commodities, a recovery of...

El libro analiza la cadena de la papa en el Perú, su estructura, dinámica y evolución histórica, con énfasis en la primera década del nuevo siglo. Los hallazgos de la investigación permiten afirmar que a lo largo de los últimos diez años, se produjeron...

El presente estudio se orienta a sistematizar la experiencia de la Alianza Institucional para el Desarrollo Competitivo de la Papa y sus Derivados, destacando el sector productivo de la tunta, dada la importancia social y económica que tiene este produ...

FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced that it has acquired Rovral® iprodione and Sportak® prochloraz fungicides from Bayer CropScience. The transaction includes the use of these two fungicide families and their product trademarks for agricultura...

Maureen Storey wants doctors, dieticians and nutritionists singing the praises of potatoes. Storey heads the Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE) that was formed about one year ago in the US to combat the decline in potato consumption.

Potato farmers are not exempt from antitrust laws that prohibit collusion, including "acreage reductions, production restrictions or collusive crop planning,"according to a federal judge. Chief U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill in Idaho has r...

For the eighth year running, Progressive Grocer magazine, a nationally acclaimed grocery and supermarket trade publication, has recognized the United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Retail Marketing Program with a 2011 “Category Captain,” award in the F...