News on The Potato Supply Chain

The British Potato Trade Association (BPTA) will launch revised terms and conditions surrounding the sale and purchase of seed potatoes on May 1 2012, providing growers with much needed confidence that claims for contamination will be dealt with effectively.

Growers could start seeing the benefits of the potato genome being sequenced within the next decade, with varieties bringing new traits such as PCN resistance or improved tuber shape.

The United States Potato Board’s (USPB) Vietnam Representatives partnered with the Washington Apple Commission and the US Meat Export Federation at the 2012 Saigon Professional Chef Guild (SPG) Annual Meeting.

Farmers in Bogra (Bangladesh) could produce huge quantity of potato this year and they are also getting good price for it. The bumper production of potato as well as its good price has encouraged the farmers to go for more production next season. Pot...

You say potato. I say Colorado. When First Lady Michelle Obama and a passel of schoolchildren recently planted vegetables in the White House kitchen garden, three of five potato varieties plunked into the soil were developed by Colorado State University.

Practical solutions for efficient potato storage and maximising marketable yields will be some of the topics on the agenda at World Potato Congress 2012 (May 27-30, Edinburgh).

With potato prices at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from northern India have started to import Pakistani potatoes that are 20% to 40% cheaper.

With potato prices ruling at Rs 20 a kg in retail in the domestic market, traders from Jammu and Kashmir have started importing potato from the two Line of Control (LOC) trade posts of Srinagar and Poonch.

Productores de papa de los estados Mérida y Carabobo se declararon en emergencia ayer luego de que el Tribunal Primero Agrario, en la ciudad de Barquisimeto, declarara inadmisible un recurso de amparo que introdujeron el viernes pasado ante esa instancia en rechazo a la importación que hizo el Gobierno de 3.150 toneladas del rubro desde Ecuador.

A Florida potato grower and its labor contractor have been accused of labor trafficking and taking advantage of drug-addicted workers

The Dutch agency nVWA, responsible for phytosanitary inspections has discovered the potato disease ring rot at 8 potato farms in the South of thne Netherlands (Zuid Holland and Zeeland). The infected lots are identified and the potatoes are removed fro...

According to independent potato specialist of Root Crop Consultancy Howard Hinds, Alternaria has become much more of an issue in UK potato crops, with severe infections being experienced in susceptible varieties such as Markies.

En esta primera temporada de evaluación, los mejores rendimientos en la variedad Puyehue-INIA se obtuvieron con una densidad de plantación de 53.000 plantas por hectárea

At this time of year the United Potato Growers of Canada is refocusing its attention from last year’s crop towards planning for this year’s upcoming crop.

Preliminary Research presented today at The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Conference in San Diego demonstrates that habitual consumption of white potatoes (baked, boiled and mashed) is not associated with obesity, ty...

After plummeting to a record low two months back, the retail price of potatoes has risen sharply due to lower supplies.

AVR bvba, manufacturer of agricultural machinery for potato production, recently announced that negotiations between AVR and TKS led to an agreement whereby AVR acquired the potato planter activities from Underhaug / TKS as of April 10, 2012. AVR is...

Fenmarc, one of the leading fresh produce suppliers in the UK, has been shortlisted for Packer of the Year in the Re:fresh awards.