News on The Potato Supply Chain

Tong Peal Engineering is exhibiting its latest range of farm and pack house equipment at Cereals 2011.

Aan het inzakken van de aardappelverkopen in Frankrijk is nog geen eind gekomen, hoewel de daling wel minder sterk is dan een paar maanden geleden.

According to a recent survey, only 19% of Americans rate potatoes as excellent for being gluten free (2011 USPB’s Attitudes &Usage Study). In fact, potatoes are 100% gluten-free!

When it comes to heart-healthy produce, consumers can put a check next to Idaho® potatoes on their shopping list.

The National Restaurant Association today announced the recipients of its first annual Food &Beverage Product Innovations Awards, which recognize progressive food and beverage products that will make a significant impact in the restaurant industry...

The Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has been commissioned to undertake technical identification examinations for registering new varieties of potato in Spain

A shipment of potatoes that landed a New Brunswick potato farmer behind bars in Lebanon has launched a complicated legal action involving three Canadian provinces.

A new USDA-funded consortium will provide nationwide tracking of late blight infections of potato and tomato.  A web site currently under development will allow users to report where late blight has been found, and to sign up for automatic notifications by email or text message when late blight is found nearby.

Today, Jan van Hoogen was appointed managing director of potato cooperative Agrico. He will lead the organisation in close cooperation with a management team.

In the future, plant breeders may be able to develop potato varieties that are better able to withstand long drought spells than the currently grown varieties.

Lack of rain has affected most of England and Wales and unusually dry ground may result in higher levels of common scab than in the last few years, says Potato Council technical executive Chris Steele.

On May 6, 2011 Otter Tail Corporation completed the sale of Idaho Pacific Holding to affiliates of Novacap Industries III, L.P., for approximately $87.0 million in cash.

Boeren in het noorden, oosten en zuidoosten van Nederland hebben flinke schade geleden door de nachtvorst in de nacht van woensdag op donderdag. Vooral vroege percelen aardappelen zijn beschadigd door de vorst. Dat meldt de Land- en Tuinbouw Organisati...

Het wordt in de toekomst waarschijnlijk mogelijk om via plantenveredeling aardappelplanten te ontwikkelen die beter tegen droogte kunnen dan de planten die tot nu toe op de akkers staan.

A New Brunswick potato farmer who has been detained in Lebanon for more than 40 days is being improperly held on an international criminal warrant at the request of the Algerian government, according to his lawyer Rodney Gillis.

There were no positive findings of the potato disease Dickeya during post-harvest sampling of the Scottish 2010/11 potato crop, SASA has announced.

Bangladesh Potato exports surged 71 percent to 16,570 tonnes in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year, exceeding the total quantity of the tuber exports last year.

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Neiker-Tecnalia, se encargará de realizar los exámenes técnicos de identificación para el registro en España de las nuevas variedades de patata que provengan de la Unión Europea