News on The Potato Supply Chain

"Focus on Potato"of the Plant Management Network has published a new webcast:Early Blight: A Global Management Issue on PotatoesBy Walter R. Stevenson, Ph.D.Professor EmeritusUniversity of WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin

Around 200 potato farmers went on strike yesterday along the Larnaca-Ayia Napa road after still not having received compensation for damage to crops due to extreme weather conditions over the last two years.

A federal judge dismissed a dispute Friday between Union Pacific and Idahoan Foods over a 2009 derailment the railroad claimed was caused by dehydrated mashed potato product.

In Britain, each person eats 207lb of this versatile vegetable every year and surveys suggest two-thirds of us believe in the case of the jacket spud at least that it qualifies as one of our recommended 'five portions of fruit and veg a day'.

In het Noorden van Frankrijk zijn de pootcondities de laatste weken prima en is men volop aan de gang met het planten van de aardappelen voor de hoofdoogst.

There may be political turmoil in the Middle East but Scottish seed potato exports to that part of the world have just risen to new heights.

A highlight from this report: UK exports of fresh potatoes to Holland in January were 11 times higher than the 3 year average

RJ Herbert Engineering recently installed a new 1300 Auto-sort and Contractor Unit for one of Sweden’s major potato packers, Svegro.

Phil Nolte, University of Idaho Extension professor and seed potato specialist, knows that potato growers face a lot of tough decisions when it comes time to plant

In Rusland kampen ze nog steeds met een tekort aan poot- en consumptieaardappelen.

Het voorjaar van 2011 kan nu al als zeer vroeg worden betiteld.

After months of failed negotiations culminating in a week of protests and a blockade of the McCain Foods factory in Ballarat, potato growers and the food manufacturer have come to an agreement.

No es que los productores de papa del Canadá sufran de la presencia generalizada del nematodo del quiste de la papa (NQP). De hecho, a diferencia de Europa, los brotes en América del Norte son pocos y distantes entre sí. Distribución del nematodo del q...

In Bangladesh, over a hundred 'contract potato growers' of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts blocked Debiganj-Nilphamari road at Debiganj upazila headquarters

It's not that Canadian potato growers suffer from widespread presence of the Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN). In fact, unlike in Europe, outbreaks in North America are few and far between.

The two partners of the international company for seed potatoes van Rijn – KWS B.V. have decided that KWS will take over the 50% shares of van Rijn as of April 1st, 2011.