Potato News from the Americas

Forget what you thought you knew about supermarkets. How Americans buy food is changing, says Phil Lempert, the self-styled “Supermarket Guru”.

Purple potatoes that contain high levels of antioxidants could help to lower blood pressure in people with obesity, according to new research.

Chris Voigt updated growers about long-range planning in the potato industry, research programs and government regulations during the annual Washington-Oregon Potato Conference.

En 2011 hubo menos hortalizas y más frutas ingresadas al Mercado Modelo en relación al año 2010.

Oscar Soto, teniente alcalde del centro poblado Curimaray en la región Huancavelica, solicitó urgente ayuda porque días atrás cayó una fuerte granizada en la zona que destruyó 100 hectáreas de papa nativa.

En 2011 hubo menos hortalizas y más frutas ingresadas al Mercado Modelo en relación al año 2010. La caída más importante en el volumen de ingresos se dio en la papa con un 13,6% menos que el año pasado. Según un informe del Observatorio Granjero, una p...

La empresa británica de papas fritas Walker sorprendió hace unos días cuando anunció un nuevo concepto en papas fritas. Cansados del sabor del tradicional snack decidieron lanzar una línea en donde el sabor sea un misterio: así nació “What´s the flavou...

Symptoms of glyphosate contamination in seed potatoes vary by variety, and tubers sustain severe damage without exhibiting foliar symptoms when exposure occurs after bulking starts, new research suggests.

Bayer CropScience announced at the National Potato Expo (NPE) in Orlando, Fla., the launch of Good Growing Link, a Web-based tracking tool powered by food safety and traceability technology leader FoodLogiQ, Inc.

A worrisome tuber necrotic strain of Potato virus Y, called NTN, is now present in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana, according to results of the 2011 Washington Commercial Seed Lot Trial.

Wendy's Co. said Monday that a key measure of earnings dropped 30 percent in the fourth quarter, as charges for selling Arby's offset the effects of a jump in revenue.

Potato growers from across the country will descend upon the nation's capital as part of the National Potato Council’s (NPC) annual Potato D.C. Fly-In.

Mr. Dee’s Inc. is announcing a new line of microwaveable frozen potatoes that feature a revolutionary packaging technology that enables the potatoes to be steamed right in their bag.

Some of the components that go into making the actual newsprint paper of the The Columbia Basin Herald come from Columbia Basin farms.

A shortage of locally grown processing potatoes is threatening to make the Canadian province of Manitoba an importer of spuds for the first time in more than two decades and will lead to production cuts in at least one local processing plant.

Dick and Jeremie Pavelski of Heartland Farms were presented with the prestigious 2011 Environmental Stewardship Award at the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2012 Annual Meeting, held January 6-7, 2012, in Orlando, Fla.

The North American potato industry continues to battle a misperception about the nutritional value of potatoes, according to the CEO of McCain Foods USA.

En los Estados Unidos existe una serie de presiones ante el Gobierno de México, para introducir el cultivo de la papa en mal estado y enferma proveniente de ese país, lo que pone en riesgo la sanidad de ese cultivo y otras sonalaceas en nuestro país y en Sonora.