News on The Potato Supply Chain

Aceto Agricultural Chemical Corporation announced that Nathan Oberg has been hired as its Director, Business Development.

A partir de esta semana, México permite la importación de papa si los países proveedores cumplen con los requisitos fitosanitarios, según un acuerdo publicado por la Secretaría de Agricultura en el Diario Oficial.

'Nacho Usual Breakfast' is the creative and catchy title of the Grand Prize winning recipe in the US Potato Board's Guilt-Free Potato Goodness consumer recipe contest, selected by 'Hungry Girl' Lisa Lillien.

There was a time when Italian new potatoes ruled the Central and Northern European markets, but this is ancient history.

The National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased that effective today, May 19, 2014, the Mexican government has implemented its final rule to allow U.S. fresh potatoes to enter all of Mexico.

Did you know that in the United States participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program can buy nutritious potatoes with a voucher at a farmer’s market, but not at their local grocer?

HZPC Holland, world leader in potato breeding, announces that during the stock trading day of last Friday 16 May, the value of the HZPC-certificate was set at € 93.50.

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, maakt bekend dat tijdens de beursdag van vrijdag 16 mei jongstleden de HZPC‑certificaatkoers na Beursdag Mei 2014 is vastgesteld op € 93,50 (gedaan, bieden).

La Asociación de Distribuidores de Papas de Gran Canaria (ADIPA), que se presentó oficialmente este viernes (16 de mayo), es una agrupación que tiene como objetivo el de revertir la tendencia actual de consumo y conseguir que el 80% de la papa que se compre en la isla sea de la tierra.

This week, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with AIB (Anti Infringement Bureau) and Breeders Trust. The agreement means that the Food Fraud Detection Inspection of the ministry (ICQRF) and the Inspection Service for seed potatoes and seeds (CRA-SCS) will work closely with AIB and Breeders Trust.

In the United Kingdom, many potato crops are now emerging well - straight into conditions that pose a high risk of blight.

Black Gold Farms has recently kicked off their 2014 summer red potato harvest with their extremely popular locally grown programs. The programs correspond with Black Gold Farms harvesting schedule.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board signs on as a partner in Farm Credit Canada’s successful Agriculture More Than Ever program.

Portugal's potato acreage has been reduced by around 5% compared to last year, reports the German Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI) on its website.

The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) and Peru-based International Potato Centre (CIP) will introduce a late blight resistant potato for use in next season: Bari Potato - 46

Some 300 Irish potato farmers in Cameroon received 30 tonnes of quality Irish potato seeds and farm inputs to improve production and productivity.

The imposition of 25 per cent regulatory duty on potato exports from Pakistan and making its import at zero per cent have yet to make the vegetable cheaper in domestic markets.

The Australian vegetable and potato industries are calling for consumers to be given certainty about the food they are eating once-and-for-all, through refined Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) laws, according to AUSVEG.