News on The Potato Supply Chain

Onderzoekers van Plant Research International (PRI) en de divisie Plant van de nieuwe Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (nVWA) zijn in staat om DNA te isoleren van de veroorzaker van wratziekte bij aardappelen.

Uit de laatste proefrooiingen door het PCA blijkt dat de gemiddelde hectareopbrengst in Belgie van het ras Bintje uit zal komen op 46,5 ton.

El reporte incluye la siguiente información: Producción de papa para el año 2009 Producción de papa durante el invierno Producción final de papa durante la primavera Producción de papa durante el verano Producción de papa durante el otoño Produ...

Storage conditions can be ripe for diseases to develop and devastate potato crops, leading many universities to seek ways to control or prevent diseases before they become a problem. At the University of Maine (UM) a fungicide testing program looks at...

The USDA has recently published their annual potato summary, reviewing the 2009 potato crop.Potato production in 2009 is revised to 431 million cwt, down slightly from the estimate in the January Crop Production 2009 Summary but 4 percent above the 20...

This month's Euro-Potato report focuses on the potato harvest and provides an overview of estimates and predictions currently available on acreages, yields and prices

A new potato variety will be appearing on retail shelves in Australia, Asia and the Middle East in coming months from the South Australian Potato Company

A truck shortage in Washington, Idaho and California is causing potato packers to scramble for available vehicles to bring their product to market.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon begin contacting potato producers to learn about their production practices during the 2010 growing season.

El 8 de octubre se efectuará un día de campo con el fin de conocer las bondades técnicas y culinarias de la variedad Iniap- Natividad. Se trata de una variedad de papa mejorada por el Iniap. El evento se desarrollará en la finca La Valeria, ubicada en...

The potato, known as "foreign yam"in Chinese, was once planted in China as a life-saving food to survive famines.But as China moves towards being the center of potato production in Asia, the humble potato is now bringing wealth to some in wes...

At the annual Idaho Grower Shippers Association’s Industry Breakfast held in Sun Valley, ID, Commissioner R.J. Andrus was appointed Chairman of the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and Commissioner Jim Tiede was appointed Vice Chairman. Both Andrus and Ti...

daho potato farmers are in the thick of harvesting the new crop following a dismal year for many producers.

The West Bengal government Monday announced it will release six lakh tonnes of potatoes to arrest spiralling prices before the coming festive season.

De prijs van consumptieaardappelen zal na nieuwjaar fors de hoogte ingaan als gevolg van een tegenvallende oogst en de massale aankoop van aardappelen door Rusland.

Representatives of early potato producers from different European areas, among which is Andalusia, will constitute a working group within Europatat, the European Association for potato trade, in order to defend and promote the early potato sector on a...

Confronting the challenges facing the British seed potato industry and planning a path to prosperity will be the focus of Potato Council’s Seed Industry Event which takes place on October 26, 2010, at Crieff Hydro, Crieff, near Perth in Scotland.