News on The Potato Supply Chain

Koppert is presenting the most recent test results for Proradix Agro at the PotatoEurope trade fair in Emmeloord, the Netherlands.

Sensor-based sorting systems pioneer TOMRA Sorting Solutions will showcase its whole potato capabilities at potato industry event Potato Europe.

Victorian potato growers will face fewer quarantine restrictions when selling their potatoes interstate.

The European Union has granted Lebanon the right to export 50,000 tons of potatoes, reversing a decadelong export prohibition, the Lebanese Agriculture Ministry said Monday.

Ben Stein - Actor, Author, Economist, and Pop Culture Icon - will be headlining the Potato Expo 2014 in Texas.

Investigadores de Inia trabajan para crear variedades de trigo y papa que se adapten al cambio climático. En total 380 genotipos de trigo y más de 200 genotipos de papa han sido evaluados para ver su tolerancia a la sequía y las altas temperaturas.

La empresa Oficinas para el estudio del agro (OFIAGRO) acaba de publicar un informe que describe la situación de las familias que cultivan papa en una de las regiones más importantes del Ecuador.

This week, Breeders Trust successfully reached an agreement with eight Italian agricultural cooperatives and producers that propagated potato varieties and marketed these as officially certified seed potatoes, without permission of the variety owner.

Machinery manufacturer Tong Peal has announced a brand new machinery finishing process, as part of continued efforts to provide farmers and growers with the highest quality custom handling equipment.

Potato production in Bangladesh in fiscal year (FY) 2012-13 hit a new record of 8.603 million tonnes surpassing the past record of 8.38 million tonnes in FY'11.

Total US potato and product exports for FY13 (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013) increased 4 percent in value to $1,639,911,793 and also rose 4 percent in volume to 1,561,896 metric tons (MT)--both record levels.

El Ministerio de Agricultura, a través del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, SAG, aumentó la vigilancia fitosanitaria y la fiscalización con el objetivo controlar la dispersión de la Marchitez Bacteriana, plaga cuarentenaria que afecta al cultivo de la papa.

La Consejería de Agricultura ha editado un nuevo boletín informativo que recoge la situación del sector en Europa, en España, y en la Comunidad, ante el inicio de la campaña de arranque.

La firma El Parque Papas, de la localidad bonaerense de Otamendi, produce anualmente más de 30.000 toneladas de papa utilizando agricultura de precisión, y es una de las líderes en su rubro.

Branston and Tesco are offering consumers the opportunity to have their moment of fame with their new ‘Pic on a Pack' initiative. Customers have at chance to have their photo featured on packs of freshly prepared Parmentier potatoes.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) desarrolló el tercer módulo del Curso “Semilla de calidad, cosecha, poscosecha y almacenamiento de papa – manejo integrado de plagas”, dirigido a promotores agrarios del departamento de Cusco.

The Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) in Shimla, India's premier potato research institute, has evolved a new technology to prevent conversion of starch into glucose in low temperature conditions, like cold storages.

Richard Newman has joined the team at R J Herbert Engineering Ltd in the role of sales manager for farm and recycling.