News on The Potato Supply Chain

American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) and its subsidiary Amvac Chemical Corporation today announced plans to introduce a new crop protection product that inhibits the growth of sprouts on potatoes.

Ondanks dat de groei van de aardappelen dit jaar achter loopt ten opzichte van andere jaren. Dat stelt het marktbureau Agra Europe in een rapport over de aardappelmarkt. Volgens het marktbureau heeft de verwerkende industrie in de vijf belangrijkste aa...

Syngenta warns potato growers not to compromise blight control programmes during high risk conditions when tackling the threat of Alternaria.

The Potato Council is seeking nominations for this year’s British Potato Industry Award. The award is presented to an individual recognised for their outstanding contribution to the GB potato industry.   Allan Stevenson, PCL Council chairman, comments...

Bruce Huffaker, editor of North American Potato Market News (NAPMN) forecasts the total area planted to potatoes in Canada to be 356,000 acres - 15,100 fewer acres than planted in 2009, a 4.1% reduction.

TEN passionate potato growers, ONE aim: to increase potato consumption and sales across the country. That’s the role of the ‘Potato Ambassadors’ who have been recruited and unveiled by Potato Council last night in London

Wild potato germplasm that offers resistance to some major potato diseases has been identified by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

On Thursday, May 10th the EPA announced that it would begin phasing out all uses of the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan. According to the Agency the pesticide is particularly harmful to both workers and the environment.

Científicos del Servició de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) han identificado germoplasma de una especie silvestre de papa que ofrece resistencia a algunas enfermedades principales de la papa.

After 15 months, there’s been no change in lifting a retaliatory tariff placed on U.S. frozen potato imports. During that time, U.S. potato shipments to Mexico declined by 50 percent, according to the Washington State Potato Commission.   But Canadian ...

A fungus that could seriously damage Manitoba's multimillion-dollar commercial potato industry has been spotted at commercial nurseries, Manitoba Agriculture says. The provincial agency has issued a warning to residential gardeners after "late b...

De afgelopen week is in de regio Zanddal bij Emmen de eerste Phytophthora gevonden. Gezien het aantastingsbeeld lijkt het erop dat deze niet is ontstaan uit oösporen. Ook vandaag (maandag 14 juni) is Phytopthora gevonden in de omgeving Steenbergen.   D...

Het areaal pootgoed in Nederland stijgt komend jaar met 2,5 procent tot bijna 37.500 hectare.Keuringsdienst NAK presenteerde gisteren de Nederlandse areaalcijfers voor aardappelpootgoed in 2010. In totaal melden pootgoedtelers voor de veldkeuring dit j...

De Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie (NAO) stopt definitief met de notering voor industrieaardappelen binnen Hafpal, het gebied tussen Hamburg, Frankfurt, Parijs en Lehavre.De notering buiten Hafpal blijft bestaan.Een werkgroep van de NAO geeft dit adv...

Industry analyst Plimsoll has identified 31 small companies in the UK Potatoes industry that are in financial difficulty as the lingering effects of the credit crunch continue to bite hardest at the lower end of the market. According to market analysts...

China Essence provided the following update on its financial position, no doubt in part in response to last week's drop in stock price:It has come to the management’s attention that there were concerns regarding the debt level of the Group. The managem...

Defra has given scientists at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) the go ahead to conduct a three-year trial on genetically modified (GM) potatoes.   Scientists at TSL - part of the John Innes Centre - are testing potatoes that have been genetically modifie...

FIJI will soon be reducing the amount of potatoes imported into the country if a potato planting scheme introduced yesterday becomes successful.And chips manufacturer Flour Mills of Fiji has assured it would work closely with farmers to use the locally...