News on The Potato Supply Chain

Keeping up with food and beverage trends is crucial to develop the right menu mix. That’s why restaurateurs turn to the National Restaurant Association to help them stay abreast of the hottest menu trends.The Association each year surveys professional ...

Prices of potato, a must on most Indian tables, have started moderating, falling anywhere 15-20% on the back of strong arrivals across major mandis in the country. During the last one year, the humble tuber’s price had more than doubled. In the Jalandh...

Het afgelopen jaar is de Algerijnse aardappelteelt met 30% gegroeid ten opzichte van 2008. Er wordt momenteel op 40.000 hectare geteeld, dat is 6.000 hectare meer dan 2008. De verwachte oogst is 300.000 ton aardappelen

The United States Potato Board (USPB) Philippine Representative Office organized a Thanksgiving Dinner for its trade partners and media who have been supportive of US frozen potato products and events over the past several years. The dinner was held at...

Het totale exportcijfer van consumptie- en industrieaardappelen van seizoen 2009/2010 loopt ver achter op dat van de voorgaande seizoenen. Het totaalcijfer t/m november bedraagt 246.500 ton (bron N.A.O.) tegen 301.000 ton totaal t/m november 2008 (322....

India' potato output is likely to rise by 5.1 percent to a record 32.7 million tonnes in 2009/10 as higher prices prompted farmers to cultivate the tuber crop on more area, a senior official said on Friday. "Because of scanty rains in some areas t...

Met een omzet van € 235 miljoen bij 850.000 ton product heeft aardappelcoöperatie Agrico ook in het boekjaar 2008-2009 het gehele in de markt behaalde resultaat uitbetaald aan haar telers. Dit was mogelijk door de sterke solvabiliteitspositie van de gr...

For the second year in a row, wet weather late in the year is prompting Prince Edward Island potato growers to watch their warehouses carefully."You'll know it when you smell it,"Elmsdale farmer Peter Griffin told CBC News of what farmers are...

2009 crop production estimates for Ware potatoes in the EU 5 countries are now complete.Reports from representatives of the Northwest European Potato Growers (NEPG) highlight the favourable growing conditions this season, despite the dry planting condi...

El área restringida se implementó en estos campos porque reunían las condiciones agroecológicas necesarias, aunque la razón de mayor peso es que no había cultivos de papa cercanos. Es decir, no había fuente de contagio de enfermedades. En la última cam...

The Commission has given permission to import Egyptian potatoes to the EU during the import season 2009/2010. This although shipments were confiscated last year because of contamination with Pseudomonas solanacearum.   During the last import season 6...

Potato processors in the 9 major potato processing States have used 60.9 million cwt of potatoes this season (harvest 2009), down 12 percent from the same period last year and down 17 percent from 2 years ago. Dehydrating usage accounted for 11.0 milli...

In the United States, the 13 major potato States held 265 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2009, up 9 percent from a year ago but slightly below December 1, 2007. Potatoes in storage accounted for 69 percent of the 2009 fall storage State...

A joint Washington – Oregon agricultural trade mission was indeed a cross-cultural experience for the visitors as well as the target markets in four Asian cities, November 13-24, 2009. Organized by the Washington and Oregon potato commissions, the purp...

“Putting Sustainability into Practice” is the theme of the University of Idaho’s 42nd Annual Potato Conference Jan. 20-21 in Pocatello. Participants will learn how to more efficiently use fertilizers, pesticides, water, fuel and other inputs.John Kee...

Binnen twee jaar heeft de aardappelverwerkende industrie in België een grotere verwerkingscapaciteit dan de Nederlandse.De grote verwerkingscapaciteit zorgt echter niet voor een hogere prijs voor de telers. Dat zei commercieel directeur Jan van Hoogen ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a final rule relaxing the rules for imports of smaller-sized Canadian potatoes.The rule, published Dec. 10 in the Federal Register, exempts U.S. No. 1 grade potatoes imported in certain small containers fro...

At a meeting today in Twin Falls, the University of Idaho Board of Regents heard details about a proposal between the University of Idaho and the J.R. Simplot Co. focused on the university's Parma Research and Extension Center that both preserves a vit...