Potato News from the Americas

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: Post), a consumer packaged goods holding company, announced today it has agreed to acquire Potato Products of Idaho, L.L.C. .

En el marco de una alianza interinstitucional público-privada, el Banco de Desarrollo Productivo (BDP) promueve el mejoramiento de las condiciones productivas y el incremento de rendimientos de papa en el altiplano paceño

El precio de la papa tipo ágata aumentó en São Paulo, mientras que en Belo Horizonte se mantuvo estable y en Río de Janeiro disminuyó.

Did you know that behind every delicious, crunchy, perfectly sized potato chip are years of research, development, experimentation and analysis by some of the brightest minds in the industry?

Cavendish Farms is planning a nearly USD 150 million investments at its Jamestown potato processing plant. Breaking ground in spring 2025 is an USD 100 million expansion that will increase the annual production capacity from 410 to 450 million pounds.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are working on a new research project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllid insects — particularly the zebra chip disease, which has impacted potato production for decades.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. is moving to tear down its french fry plant in Connell, dashing local hopes that another company might take it over and bring fresh industry and jobs to the small city.

A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming, showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions.

Haith and its US agent, Fox Solutions, will be putting the spotlight on packhouse innovations and box filling at next month's Potato Expo (Jan 9-10, Orlando, Florida). 

Urschel, the Global Leader in Food Cutting Technology, has released two new machines. The Comitrol® Disc Mill 380 (DM380) and the Comitrol® Processor 3640A (3640A).

La papa del desierto, una planta que crece en condiciones extremas, tiene un alto valor nutricional y podría establecerse como un nuevo cultivo en suelos marginales.

Roger Hidalgo Panduro, alcalde de Amarilis, busca fortalecer a los agricultores locales para aprovechar la producción agrícola y participar económicamente en el Mega Puerto de Chancay.

Agronomist, plant breeder, farmer. writer, philanthropist, mentor, potato ambassador, leader, Dr. Charles Higgins has been doing all those things for the better part of the past 50 years.

The 2024 PEI Potato Industry Awards Banquet was held Friday, November 22 in Charlottetown and two very deserving members of the potato industry were recognized at the event.

La Asociación de Importadores y Comerciantes Frutihortícolas (Asicofru) pide medidas “urgentes” para importar papa.

Los productores de papa de la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo temen que el arancel del 25% propuesto por Trump afecte gravemente sus exportaciones a EE. UU.

Heladas causaron daños en 5,500 hectáreas de cultivos de papa, frijol y maíz, afectando a 3,000 productores con pérdidas cercanas a los 8 millones de pesos.

Aunque no hubo detenidos, el caso evidencia la necesidad de mejorar las investigaciones para combatir este ilícito que afecta la producción nacional.