News on The Potato Supply Chain

De termijnmarktprijs voor fritesaardappelen voor levering april 2011 is gedaald tot onder de telersprijs. De VTA betwijfelt of de aardappelmarkt inzakt.

De aardappeltermijnmarkt beleefde een zeer slechte handelsweek.

Breeders Trust, an organisation looking after the interest of potato breeders, is taking the Belgian Federaal Agentschap voor de Veiligheid van de Voedselketen (FAVV;Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain) to court.

El Índice de la FAO para los precios de los alimentos ha bajado por vez primera tras ocho meses seguidos de incrementos, según anunció hoy la Organización de la ONU. El Índice tuvo un promedio de 230 puntos en marzo de 2011, un descenso del 2,9 por ci...

Although consumers are spending a limited amount of their total and food expenditure on fresh fruit and vegetables, price is among the top purchase criteria. However, market observations show that fruit and vegetables are not expensive or becoming more...

School cooks across the country are being offered new inspiration for using potatoes on healthy menus for children

Volgens het NAPMN (North American Potato Market News) zal het areaal aardappelen in de Verenigde Staten t.o.v. 2010 voor oogstjaar 2011 met 5% toenemen.

De prijs voor aardappelen is aan een steile val bezig. Eind januari werd op de veiling nog meer dan 26 euro betaald voor 100 kg, nu is dat maar 18 euro meer.

There is still no word on why Henk Tepper of New Brunswick is in custody in Lebanon.

A New Brunswick potato farmer has been detained in Lebanon. Grand Falls-area farmer Henk Tepper of Tobique Farms has been arrested upon entry to the country that sits on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

Tasmanian potato growers supplying McCain Foods have accepted a price rise for their current crop.

The Koenig distillery is beautifully industrial--a steampunk's dream--and today all that gleaming, steaming, needle-twitching splendor is producing a glorious, colorless, odorless and seemingly tasteless liquid.

Given that world potato production is about 320 million tons per year (20 million tons per year in the United States) and world tomato production is about 120 million tons per year (13 million tons per year in the U.S.), late blight is a major problem worldwide even today.

A pesar de la temporada de lluvias importantes durante el invierno, se ha podido realizar un adecuado ritmo de siembra, por lo que el leve retraso previsto de la cosecha en el mes de enero ha quedado sin efecto. Además, el tiempo óptimo que se está dis...

So you don’t quite feel up to struggling through all 183 pages of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed menu-labeling regulation?

Het Deense parlement heeft een heffing goedgekeurd op verzadigd vet in bepaalde levensmiddelen.

Neiker-Tecnalia (the Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development) is realising a project for obtaining high quality starch in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum) using new molecular and genetic tools.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued two proposed regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines.