Potato News

In order to prepare various types of potato chips at lower costs, a potato processing plant and retail center has been opened at the Central Potato Research Station (CPRS) in Kufri, high in the mountains in Northern India.

La existencia de Phoma exigua var. foveata o gangrena de la papa, ya fue informada a los agricultores/as que tienen sus cultivos infectados y a otros productores/as de la región en una reunión informativa realizada por el Ministerio de Agricultura y el...

En Huancavelica se instalarán invernaderos aeropónicos para papas nativas, a través de un proyecto que beneficiará a productores de cinco provincias, permitiéndoles erradicar de virus sus cultivos.

La enfermedad cuarentenaria, conocida como marchitez bacteriana de la papa, fue detectada por el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero en la comuna de Galvarino de la región de La Araucanía.

Colder than average temperatures and decent snowfall totals during March have producers in the eastern part of North Dakota concerned with the potential of spring flooding, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota F...

As of April 1, 2013, fresh potatoes from the state of Colorado are approved to be shipped to Taiwan.

Green Giant™ is taking a leap from your grocer's frozen section to the snack aisle by introducing the following two new snacks: Green Giant™ Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips – Zesty Cheddar Flavor, and Green Giant™ Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips – Sea Sal...

Idaho processors have cut potato acres under contract for the coming season by roughly 3 percent, officials with Southeast Idaho Potato Cooperative recently learned.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Agricultural Services team in Kennewick, WA was among the teams awarded last week when ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced the winners of its 2013 Sustainable Development Awards

In the late 1960s, researchers from the US Department of Agriculture, Penn State University, and the Wise Potato Chip Company teamed up breed a very special potato, which they named the Lenape.

Potato growers In Australia have been forced to wait longer for the outcome from an inquiry of the Australian Senate into New Zealand potato imports after the report release date was further delayed.

McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Canada - producer of frozen french fries and potato speciality products, has introduced a new variant in its range of frozen potato based products - McCain Potato Cheese Shotz.

The potato (Irish) that has fed the people of southwestern Uganda (Kabale) for generations is being threatened by several pests and diseases, including the potato bacterial wilt.

Las mariquitas podrían ser la clave para la salvación de un insecto transmisor de una bacteria para la industria de la papa de Nueva Zelanda.

A fin de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria del pueblo, el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), está en proceso de validación y estudio de nuevas variedades de semilla para la siembra de papa.

Potato company Produce Investments on Friday reported a loss as wet weather in 2012 impacted crops and pushed up costs.

A delayed start to Europe's potato's plantings has prompted ideas of a revival in potato prices, whose decline this year on futures markets, despite inventories at a "historically low level"has puzzled investors.

La revista PAPA de la Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa (FEDEPAPA) ha publicado un artículo sobre el potencial de desarrollo y fortalecimiento de la seguridad alimentaria en base a papa, en Colombia (2013).