Potato News from the Americas

Frieda's Star Spangled Spuds (left) and Stokes Purple® Sweet Potatoes (right)
January 25, 2016
Make Your Potato Display Pop With Purple Specialty Spuds
Celebrate Potato Lover’s Month with a purple flare! Attract shoppers with colorful, specialty varieties on your potato display.
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A selection of the thousands of native potato varieties that grow in Peru
January 22, 2016
Perú: Presentan catálogo con 130 variedades de papa nativa
El catálogo puede usarse para vigilar el estado de conservación de las variedades a futuro; como una guía para estudiar nuevos atributos de estas variedades, precisó el INIA.
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Honduras: Taiwán entrega 350 mil dólares para producir semilla sana
January 22, 2016
Honduras: Taiwán entrega 350 mil dólares para producir semilla sana
El embajador e la República de China (Taiwán), Joseph Kuo entregó al secretario de Agricultura y Ganadería, Jacobo Paz 8.3 millones de lempiras, como apoyo al proyecto Reproducción de Semilla de Papa Sana en Honduras.
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Experto francés estudia crecimiento de la papa bajo estrés hídrico
January 21, 2016
Experto francés estudia crecimiento de la papa bajo estrés hídrico
El investigador e ingeniero agrónomo, Guillaume Lacavé, está estudiando cómo reaccionan las papas (patatas) nativas sometidas a estrés hídrico y su producción de antioxidantes y otros bioactivos.
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Ten of 2015's monthly global temperatures tied or broke existing records (January 2016 | NOAA/NASA - Annual Global Analysis for 2015)
January 21, 2016
Climate change: 2015 was the warmest year on record by far
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that according their independent analyses, Earth's surface temperatures in 2015 were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880.
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Beginning February 8, Lay's fans in the United States can go to FlavorSwap.com and vote for their favorite flavor in each of four "Flavor Swap" pairings - and win prizes along the way.
January 21, 2016
Flavor Swap: Lays Potato Chips Invites America To Help Choose New Flavor Line-Up
With flavor exploration on the rise, the Lay's brand is asking Americans to put their taste buds to the test and help choose between four all-new potato chip flavors and the classic ones they know and love.
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Neil Gudmestad (left), a potato pathologist with North Dakota State University, is The Packer's 2015 Potato Man for All Seasons. The award was announced Jan. 14 by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst (right) at the National Potato Council meeting in La
January 18, 2016
The Packer: Neil Gudmestad honored as the 2015 Potato Man for All Seasons
Neil Gudmestad, a potato pathologist with North Dakota State University, has been awarded the 2015 Potato Man for All Seasons award by produce magazine The Packer.
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Innate® late blight resistance demonstrated at Michigan State University, 2013 (Courtesy: J.R. Simplot Company)
January 17, 2016
Simplot's Second Generation Innate® Potato Receives FDA Safety Clearance
The Food and Drug Administration has completed its food and feed safety assessment of the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation of Innate® potatoes. Simplot will still need to complete its registration with the Environmental Protection Agency for these potatoes before introducing them for sale in the U.S. marketplace.
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One of the recipes offered by the PEI Potato board: Rustic Prince Edward Island Potato, Beef, and Mushroom Stew
January 16, 2016
PEI Potatoes Remain a Cost-Effective Vegetable for Canadian Consumers
The softening Canadian dollar has in many cases driven up the cost of imported produce and this is being reflected in grocery store prices. However, one staple vegetable that has not experienced the same jump in prices is Prince Edward Island Potatoes.
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En esta imagen de 2013 difundida por J.R. Simplot Co., se muestra un campo muestra para la nueva papa transgénica, diseñada para resistir el patógeno que provocó la gran hambruna irlandesa, en la Universidad Estatal d Michigan en East Lansing, Michiga
January 13, 2016
EEUU aprueba papa genéticamente modificada
En una carta dirigida el martes a J.R. Simplot Co., con sede en Idaho, la FDA dijo que la papa no es sustancialmente diferente en composición o seguridad a otros productos que ya están en el mercado, y no suscita ningún cuestionamiento por el que la agencia tuviera que realizar exámenes más rigurosos antes de que sea comercializada.
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Agricultores venezolanos piden aplazar la Ley de Semillas porque los perjudica
January 13, 2016
Agricultores venezolanos piden aplazar la Ley de Semillas porque los perjudica
La Federación Nacional de Productores de Hortalizas solicitará formalmente que a la Ley de Semillas se le aplique un período de 'vacatio legis', más allá de la fecha estipulada para su entrada en vigencia, según apunta el texto legal.
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Hoegger's separation technology is very well suited for the production of potato specialties such as croquettes, Pommes Duchesse and Pommes Noisette
January 12, 2016
Swiss Hoegger highlights unique separation equipment at Potato Expo Las Vegas
The Swiss Food Processing Equipment Company Hoegger is showing its latest implementation of their (potato) separating technology at the Potato Expo 2016 in Las Vegas
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TOMRA's Halo sorter in action sorting potatoes. Visit TOMRA Sorting Food at Booth 1102 in the Mirage Hotel and Casino Convention Center to learn more about the Halo sensor-based optical food sorting machine.
January 07, 2016
Potato Expo 2016: Come see the HALO effect at the booth of TOMRA Sorting Food
TOMRA Sorting Food is set to demonstrate one of its innovative potato sorting systems at this year’s Potato Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 12-14.
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¿Qué quieren los habitantes del páramo en Colombia?
January 06, 2016
¿Qué quieren los habitantes del páramo en Colombia?
Los científicos sostienen que la producción indiscriminada de cultivos (como la papa) están deteriorando las cuencas hídricas que nacen en los páramos. Sin embargo, si estos son conservados y protegidos para garantizar que el recurso siga llegando a las ciudades, ¿qué pasará con los pobladores para quienes el páramo más que un ecosistema es su hogar?
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The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company in Hartland NB, has seen rapid growth since its establishment in 2008.
January 05, 2016
Covered Bridge Potato Chips workers on strike
Unionized employees at Covered Bridge Potato Chips near Hartland have walked out and are now on strike to back demands for a first contract with the company.
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¿Por qué la NASA quiere llevar papas peruanas a Marte?
January 04, 2016
¿Por qué la NASA quiere llevar papas peruanas a Marte?
La agencia espacial estadounidense, NASA, junto con el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), con sede en Perú, están haciendo experimentos para probar qué tal se darían los tubérculos peruanos en suelo marciano.
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Aerial impression of the McCain Foods (Canada) potato processing plant in Carberry in July 2015 (Courtesy: Gordon Goldsborough)
January 03, 2016
McCain Foods Canada investments in Carberry plant supported by government
Local and Federal Government (Manitoba, Canada) have announced an investment of nearly $380,000 for the McCain Foods potato processing plant in Carberry to increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of Manitoba’s potato industry. The governments’ investment represents half of the total equipment cost.
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Meteorólogo andino usa señales de la naturaleza para ayudar al agro
December 21, 2015
Meteorólogo andino usa señales de la naturaleza para ayudar al agro
Incontables flores moradas sobre los campos no solo revelan que la tierra esconde una buena producción de papa sino también que no habrá granizadas, dice un meteorólogo andino que usa bioindicadores para ayudar a municipios a planificar sus cultivos.
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