News on The Potato Supply Chain

The Potatoes USA Executive Committee: (back row from left to right) Mike Pink, Jay LaJoie, Jason Davenport, Blair Richardson, John Halverson, Doug Poe, Marty Meyers, David Tonso. (front row from left to right) Steve Gangwish, Phil Hickman, Jerry Tomin
March 27, 2017
Potatoes USA Elects New Leadership During 2017 Annual Meeting
The Potatoes USA grower membership elected new leadership during its Annual Meeting held in Denver earlier this month.
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Potato Field in Bloom on Prince Edward Island, Canada
March 27, 2017
The Government of Canada provides funding to Expand Markets for Canadian Potatoes
The Canadian Horticultural Council has received over $274,000 in Growing Forward 2 funding to help expand markets for Canadian potatoes.
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Graphic representation of the working principle of the Mooij Climbing Airbag in a box storage.
March 27, 2017
A safer and more efficient solution for box potato storage: the Mooij Climbing Airbag
Potato Storage specialist Mooij Agro presents its latest innovation for box storage: the Mooij Climbing Airbag
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United Kingdom based Potato Processing company M&F produced fresh cut and peeled potato products and supplied these to companies who further process these potatoes into ready meals for the UK’s major supermarkets.
March 25, 2017
UK based manufacturer of cut and peeled potato products closes shop
Potato Processing company M&F Ltd. - based in the United Kingdom - has closed after losing one of its main customers. M&F produced fresh cut and peeled potato products and supplied these to companies who further process these potatoes into ready meals for the UK’s major supermarkets.
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Ms Amanda Ayres, KP Intersnack
March 25, 2017
HZPC: In conversation with Ms Amanda Ayres, KP Intersnack
From the HZPC Series 'Linking potato people': In conversation with Ms Amanda Ayres, KP Intersnack
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Aerial view of the headquarters of Interseed in Wittmund, Germany. The facilities include breeding station, multiplcation and storage facilities
(Courtesy: Interseed Potatoes GmbH)
March 25, 2017
German Potato Breeder Interseed New Shareholder Breeders Trust
The seed potato breeding company Interseed Potatoes GmbH located at Wittmund Germany, recently became the newest shareholder of Breeders Trust.
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Innate Potatoes are less sensitive to bruising, which means less waste throughout the potato supply chain. (Courtesy: Simplot Plant Sciences)
March 23, 2017
After 15+ years of absence, genetically engineered potatoes will return to Canada
Since Monsanto took their genetically modified Newleaf /Naturemark potatoes of the market in 2001, no GM potatoes have been grown commercially in Canada. But Simplot's Innate potatoes are going to change that in 2017.
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The Potatoes USA Board Members for 2017 were sworn in during its Annual Meeting in Denver Colorado.
March 23, 2017
Potatoes USA Board Members for 2017 Sworn in during Annual Meeting
The Potatoes USA Board Members for 2017 were sworn in during its Annual Meeting in Denver Colorado.
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In just six months, the The Big Idaho® Potato Truck will log 23,000 miles and stop in more than 60 cities
March 21, 2017
The Big Idaho® Potato Truck is back on the road for its 6th national tour
The Big Idaho® Potato Truck is back on America's highways promoting Idaho's most famous agricultural product, the Idaho® potato.
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According to the data of Belgapom, the Potato Processing Industry in Belgium last year not only set a record for the amount of potatoes processed, but also a record for investments in the sector, with over 300 million euro (325 million USD) invested.
March 21, 2017
Belgapom: Belgian Potato Processing Sector sets multiple records in 2016
According to the data of Belgapom, the Potato Processing Industry in Belgium last year not only set a record for the amount of potatoes processed, but also a record for investments in the sector, with over 300 million euro (325 million USD) invested.
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Sharing in the successes of the Irish Potato harvest in Jamaica are Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisher
March 20, 2017
St Elizabeth farmers (Jamaica) quadruple cultivation of Irish potatoes
Farmers in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, have increased cultivation of Irish potatoes more than four times over as the Government strives to meet the local demand of 15 million kilogrammes per year.
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Approval of three second generation Innate potato varieties by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration means Simplot is free to plant the potatoes this spring and sell them in the fall (Courtesy: Simplot).
March 20, 2017
US government approved 3 more Simplot GMO potato types for cultivation and sale
The US federal government has given the final OK to three more types of potatoes genetically engineered by Boise’s J.R. Simplot Co. to resist Phytophthora - the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.
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El ingeniero César Rebella, del Instituto de Clima y Suelo del INTA Castelar, durante su presentación en la 40ª Fiesta Provincial de la Papa en Comandante Nicanor Otamendi.
March 18, 2017
La superficie sembrada con papa en Buenos Aires se redujo en 1.000 hectáreas
Así lo expresó César Rebella, ingeniero del Instituto de Clima y Suelo del INTA Castelar, en la 40ª Fiesta Provincial de la Papa en Comandante Nicanor Otamendi.
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This Potato field in Belgium is featured on the homepage of the geo-information system WatchITgrow (WatchITgrow.be) that was launched last week by stakeholders of the Belgian potato sector.
March 18, 2017
WatchITgrow: Potato (Processing) sector in Belgium launches geo-information system
WatchITgrow is a new geo-information platform developed for the potato sector in Belgium with the purpose to better estimate and increase the potato yield in a sustainable way.
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Detectan en Chile nuevos focos de nemátodos en cultivos de papas
March 17, 2017
Detectan en Chile nuevos focos de nemátodos en cultivos de papas
Durante acciones de vigilancia sanitaria agrícola de rutina, el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero – SAG – detectó nuevos focos de NEMÁTODOS en siembras de papas ubicadas en la Península de Rilán, comuna de Castro.
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Great Britain potato production and estimated potato stocks by end November, January and March (Courtesy: AHDB Potatoes)
March 17, 2017
United Kingdom: January Potato Stocks reach parity with 2016 levels
Potato stock levels in Great Britain at the end of January 2017 were at a similar level as at the same time in 2016, despite a four-year low yield, according an AHDB survey of grower stocks.
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Thanks to resistant potato varieties, Late Blight is no longer a serious threat to the highland farmers in Lushoto, Tanzania (Courtesy: D. Harahagazwe CIP)
March 17, 2017
Farmers in Tanzania benefit from more resilient potato varieties
Situated in the Northeast of Tanzania, the district of Lushoto is part of the so called highlands of Tanzania where potatoes are traditionally grown. Due to heat and lack of resilient potato varieties, farmers would often lose all the crop.
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Argentina: Arranca la 40° Fiesta Provincial de la Papa de Otamendi
March 16, 2017
Argentina: Arranca la 40° Fiesta Provincial de la Papa de Otamendi
Desde este jueves y hasta el domingo inclusive, con organización del club Círculo Deportivo de esa localidad, se realizarán diferentes exposiciones agrícolas, varios shows artísticos y desfiles tradicionales. Jambao y Kapanga, los shows centrales.
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