News on The Potato Supply Chain from the Americas

Con el objetivo de analizar la reducción de la producción, el bajo costo de la papa y el poco interés de las autoridades departamentales en la diversidad de las semillas de este producto de la canasta familiar, la Federación de Campesinos prepara la Primera Cumbre de la Papa en el departamento de Tarija.

El precio de la papa en el Mercado de Abasto aumentó a raíz del bloqueo a la importación de la hortaliza por parte del Senave.

This week, nearly 1,500 attendees from a dozen countries have traveled to Orlando, Florida, to share the latest in agriculture information and innovations. But this event is more than just numbers;it's about the bottom line. POTATO EXPO offers attend...

Este catálogo de las papas nativas de Carchi, Cotopaxi, Bolívar y Chimborazo es el primer documento de este tipo para el Ecuador. Esto lo hace una joya única. Pero es necesario también resaltar otras características que reúne este catálogo. Primero, ha...

El innovador seminario-taller denominado: Desarrollando estrategias para agregar valor al producto papa, con expositores nacionales e internacionales, tuvo lugar recientemente en instalaciones del INIA Remehue, y buscó abrir espacios de análisis entre ...

Zebra chip disease nearly destroyed a large USA potato growing business, its owner and chief executive told the Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association conference earlier this month.

This was the first year the U.S. Potato Board conducted cut-seed potato trials overseas.

Two senators who recently visited a New Brunswick man held in a Lebanese prison since March say his health is quickly deteriorating and could only get worse.

M&Q Packaging Corporation working closely with customer Agrow Fresh Produce Company of Chicago, IL has provided its MQ36 dual-ovenable steam bag as a key component in Agrow Fresh’s “Simply Season & Steam” fresh petite red potatoes.

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

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.

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.