News on The Potato Supply Chain

Aardappeltelers in de EU oogsten dit jaar gemiddeld 31,37 ton aardappelen per hectare. Dat is 10,7 procent meer dan vorig jaar. De hectareopbrengsten liggen dit jaar 10,2 procent boven het gemiddelde over de jaren 2006 tot en met 2010, zei econoom Chr...

The 83rd annual Idaho Grower Shippers Association convention, held here Aug. 31-Sept. 2, featured a plethora of educational sessions and networking opportunities as well as a dose of controversy, as the top officials of two leading potato organizations...

Washington potato growers have voted in favor of continuing their federal marketing order program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 80% of growers representing 52% of participating volume voted in favor of the marketing order. The continuance ...

The legislative fight over to what extent potatoes can be served at schools in the United States is not over yet. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has delayed an amendment that would challenge the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposal to limit potatoe...

Bintje blijft voorlopig dé pijler van de Belgische aardappelteelt. Die boodschap kwam duidelijk naar voren tijdens de internationale aardappelbeurs Potato Europe, dit jaar in het Belgische Kain. Het bleek niet alleen uit de talrijke rassenproeven, wa...

De handel blijft een belangrijke rol spelen in de aanvoer van aardappelen naar Lutosa in Leuze-en-Hainaut. In Nederland is het belang van de aardappelhandel flink gereduceerd, maar voor zo’n ontwikkeling kiest PinguinLutosa niet, zegt Emanuel Van den B...

La Iniciativa Papas Andinas y sus socios presentan una gran variedad de papas nativas coloridas que ofrecen sabor y nutrición en Mistura. Son 10 días de feria donde se podrán conocer su potencial y versatilidad en la gastronomía y los aspectos nutricio...

Emmeloord staat bekend als 'aardappelhoofdstad van de wereld'. Al jaren bestond de behoefte bij betrokkenen om meer aandacht te geven aan die unieke positie. Dit heeft geleid tot het opzetten van de Potato Business School Emmeloord. De eerste cursuswee...

Gold Dust Potato Processors and Walker Brothers farm held their 11th annual Open House and Field Day on Tuesday, August 23rd. Held every year towards the end of August, the Open House Field Day gives Gold Dust’s customers and vendors an opportunity to...

Armenia plans to maintain the volume of export of potato in 2011 on the level of 2010 in the amount of 3723 tons and even increase the indicators, said Deputy Agriculture Minister of Armenia Robert Makaryan on Thursday. He did not make any forecasts ...

With the arrival of fall a little over two weeks away, some farmers in Saskatchewan are just breaking ground on the potato harvest, but early reviews for the province's seed potatoes are great. The Thompson family farm, near Riverhurst, is growing clo...

Sometimes size does matter, but not when consumers are buying bags of russet potatoes, according to research results presented at the Idaho Grower Shipper Association convention. “Consumers don’t see an issue here. If they want big potatoes, they buy ...

The “Many Sides of Potatoes” campaign of the United States Potato Board is outperforming the previous “Peel Back The Truth” campaign. That’s on both “Total Recall” and “Action Taken” ad testing measurement averages. The Potato Board says this means th...

Phytophthora en latín significa "destructor de plantas", y Phytophthora infestans es el patógeno que causa el tizón tardío de la papa. Este patógeno es responsable de la devastación de los cultivos de papa, y es especialmente conocido como l...

Phytophthora is Latin for “plant destroyer,” and Phytophthora infestans is the pathogen that causes potato late blight. This pathogen is responsible for widespread devastation of potato crops, and is especially known as the cause of the mass starvati...

Today, the annual European potato event Potato Europe started in Tournai (Kain) in Belgium. This international event for potato professionals alternates between the countries Belgium, Germany, France and The Netherlands.

Another potato harvesting season has started this month on Fiji and will continue till the end of October. 142 farmers were engaged in planting 117 hectares and they will be harvesting about 760 tons for this year’s crop. Agriculture Director of Exte...

Na de succesvolle editie van 2010, wordt op Potato Europe te Kain het startschot gegeven voor de tweede InnoPotato Award. Met deze wedstrijd worden Belgische aardappeltelers beloond die innovatie binnen hun bedrijf hoog in het vaandel dragen. Innovat...