News on Potato Stats, Trade, Prices

Oregon potato-promoter Jim Cramer recently returned from what he called a “potato mission trip” to Vietnam. As the Southeast Asian economy expands and young people’s tastes become more global, the market for American products, like potatoes, has grown.

South Australia will actively pursue the Asian market for export of its crisping and seed potatoes.

The potato harvest production in Sinaloa, Mexico ended slightly lower than expected because of the problems brought about by climate change, which reduced yields by nearly 2 tons per hectare this year.

Wada Farms is currently planting next year’s crop. While potatoes from last season are still plentiful in the market and there is no issue with supply, large-sized Russet potatoes will be short in Idaho until new crop comes on.

Potato Producers Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick all have reached a deal with the French Fry manufacturers.

Speculation has arisen that Turkey may soon begin to purchase cheaper potatoes from its neighbor Iran.

The North-western European potato area is estimated to decrease by 2.5% to 530,000 hectares in the coming season.

The 13 major potato States held 130 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2015, up 9 percent from April 2014.

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Finance announced April 25, 2015 that the import taxes on big onions and potatoes have been increased with immediate effect.

Each year, large quantities of ware and seed are exported from the United Kingdom to the Canary Islands. Potato Council’s head of seed and export, Rob Burns, updates on the current difficulties affecting this long established trade agreement.

The Premier of Western Australia, Colin Bartlett, reportedly told The West Australian that it was time for rules that dictated the varieties, quantities and price of potatoes grown in Western Australia - and the Potato Marketing Corporation - to go.

South Korea could help provide Australian potato growers with some relief from domestic cost pressures via a potentially lucrative growth market for exports.

Los paperos del departamento de Boyacá conocieron que multinacionales como Frito-Lay, le solicitaron al Ministerio de Agricultura su autorización para ingresar a Colombia cientos de toneladas del tubérculo.

Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative growers have agreed to a contract that slightly reduces potato prices but requires processors to accept at least 90 percent of their 2014 acreages with individual farms.

Tony Galati, owner of the West Australian Produce Chain 'Spud Shed', wants to add up to four extra stores to his existing Spud Shed network over the next few years and is working on opening up export markets for Western Australia potatoes.

La Unión de Pequeños Agricultores de Andalucía (UPA) hace esta advertencia a los consumidores del país.

After several years of negotiations, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.

New research from the United States Potato Board (USPB) reveals the complexity and range of price sensitivities within the potato category.