Potato News from the Americas

DOWNS CropVision
January 24, 2024
MAT-Harvesting brings DOWNS CropVision - a potato Sorter with AI-Powered Mobile Precision - to the US Market
The DOWNS CropVision®, a new optical sorter for unwashed potatoes, is now available in the United States Market via MAT-Harvesting.
McCain Foods 2023 Global Sustainability Report
January 24, 2024
McCain Foods Releases 2023 Global Sustainability Report
The progress McCain Foods is making towards its sustainability commitments was announced with the release of the company's annual Global Sustainability Report, which includes results from the past Fiscal Year.
HZPC field day 2024
January 24, 2024
Argentina: HZPC celebrará un día de campo para presentar sus variedades
HZPC América Latina celebrará un día de campo el próximo 1ero de Febrero en la localidad de Balcarce, Argentina.
Candid snack company founder and CEO Chris Kajander receives the USD 10,000 grand prize for his pitch to SNAC Tank highlighting the sustainability of his company's Noons™ cacao bites snack
January 23, 2024
Just started a snack brand? SNAC International Now Accepting Applications for SNAC Tank Pitch Competition
SNAC International announce the third SNAC Tank Pitch Competition: in a 'Shark Tank' like competition, innovative start-up snack brands have the opportunity to compete for a USD 10,000 prize. With featuring guest judge Daymond John!
Potatoes in the market
January 22, 2024
Brasil: high prices favor the possibility of importing potatoes
Last week in Brazil, potato prices reached a high point.
Germán Palacio, president of Fedepapa
January 22, 2024
Colombia: el sector productivo llama a defender la industria nacional
Entrevista al presidente de la Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa: "Consumir papa pero que se colombiana".
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Producción de papa
January 19, 2024
Paraguay: aumenta la producción nacional y las expectativas a futuro
La producción de papa crece en Paraguay ofreciendo buena rentabilidad e incentivos para el cultivo nacional.
Cooking with Science
January 18, 2024
USDA Scientists Work to Ensure Nutritious and High-Quality Potatoes are Available During the Winter Season and All Year Round
Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) use innovative technology to study the lifecycle of potatoes (including development, production, and postharvest storage)
Unwashed Potatoes
January 17, 2024
México: optimismo frente al comienzo de la cosecha en el norte del país
Productores del norte de México son optimistas de cara al 2024. La cosecha en el estado de Sinaloa acaba de comenzar.
A selection of the thousands of native potato varieties that grow in Peru
January 15, 2024
Perú: más de 6 millones de toneladas en producción de papa
Perú es el principal productor de papa de America Latina con más de 6 millones de toneladas anuales de producción.
Mallorca starts potato export to the United Kingdom: The Lady Christl variety is the first of the early potatoes
January 15, 2024
México fue el principal importador de papa consumo de Estados Unidos en 2023
México fue el principal importador de papa consumo desde Estados Unidos durante el 2023.
The COTX08063-2Ru potato clone by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program is being touted as the best chance for Texas to enter into the french fry market.
January 11, 2024
Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program highlights market, varietal expansions
Advances, including Texas french fry variety and nutrition qualities, to be discussed at National Potato Expo in Austin.
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January 11, 2024
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Potato LEAF Announces New ‘Leadership in the Field’ Program
January 10, 2024
Potato LEAF Announces New 'Leadership in the Field' Program
The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) is excited to announce a new program, "Leadership in the Field: From Battlefield to Potato Field," held July 15-18, 2024, at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa.
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January 10, 2024
VAM WaterTech at Potato Expo 2024
VAM WaterTech is one of the few Dutch companies that will participate in the Potato Expo 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Cayó granizo en la localidad de Azucena.
January 10, 2024
Argentina: Granizo afecta cultivos de papa
Granizo en el sudeste de Buenos Aires afecta cultivos de papa. Se mantiene alerta meteorológica para esta semana.
Texas Potato Field Day 2025
January 10, 2024
FAO: cifras actualizadas del cultivo de papa en el mundo
FAOSTAT actualiza su base de datos con cifras sobre la producción de papa en el mundo al 2022.
Mario Andrade, assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics at the University of Maine in Orono, stands in a potato field at the Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle during the September 2022 harvest. Andrade too
January 10, 2024
New head of breeding program wants to save Maine potatoes from climate change
DNA science is gaining ground in agriculture, and researchers are using it to develop potatoes that will thrive in Maine’s changing climate.

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