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A University of Idaho food scientist’s invention that could promise healthier processed potato products helped a student business plan team finish fifth among more than 1,600 worldwide entries in the Rice University Business Plan Competition.

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y el Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), exponen hoy innovaciones y tecnologías que aumentan la producción y calidad de la papa en la “ I Feria de Oferta Tecnológica Disponible ...

Prince Edward Island's potato industry has nothing to fear from Ottawa's decision to stop providing a spray-down service for vehicles at the Newfoundland ferry terminals, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

Wisconsin River Co-op recently announced that it has purchased Pest Pros Inc., an independent crop consulting firm and plant disease diagnostic laboratory located in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Pest Pros provides a range of crop management services to assi...

Sugar management is an important factor for potato crops. In this month's 'Focus on Potato' presentation, titled 'Sugar Management in Storage,'Dr. A.J. Bussan from the University of Wisconsin guides viewers through sugar management of tubers during various stages of crop management and storage.

Much of Maine's seed potato supply for this year is infected with blight, and the state has asked the federal government for an emergency exemption to make an effective but expensive toxic seed treatment available to growers.

El exceso de lluvias ocasionó afectaciones parciales y totales en los cultivos por la presencia de plagas, mayor impacto se produjo en las siembras de papas en Latacunga, las zonas afectadas son: Belisario Quevedo, Toacaso, Pastocalle y Tanicuchi con un total de 170 hectáreas de daños parciales.

It looks like 2012 will be a very interesting and possibly quite challenging for fresh market growers in the United States. So what should fresh growers be aware of in 2012?

Michigan potato growers have an opportunity to vote on whether to continue the Michigan Potato Industry Commission in a referendum conducted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD). The referendum will begin Monday, Apr...

The provincial and federal governments announced today that they are making a combined investment of $297,775 to help SC&W Solutions Ltd. expand its liquid fertilizer operation to meet increasing demand for its product in export markets.

The local extension center in Klamath Falls now develops new varieties of potatoes that farmers from all over the Pacific Northwest — Oregon, Washington and Idaho — will plant for years to come.

Especialista de INIA hizo una completa capacitación desde la elección del potrero, la preparación de suelo, el uso de una buena semilla, la densidad de plantación y fertilización, pasando por el control de malezas y enfermedades, cosecha y finalmente...

Con el fin de fortalecer a los pequeños productores de papa, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO, en inglés) invertirá US$1 millón en el programa Agro cadenas. “Los papicultores del país tienen tres debilid...

Excessive rains and the increased presence of late blight disease devastated Peru’s Cusco region in 2010, prompting the government to declare a national emergency.

New Brunswick potato producers who incurred extraordinary costs due to excess moisture conditions in 2011 will receive financial assistance from the federal and provincial governments

Florida potato grower-shippers reported strong demand in early April, but an early start to the northern Florida deal could yield sluggish red potato markets in May. The week of April 9, all production in the Sunshine State was coming from the souther...

A new United States Potato Board (USPB) demand metric was introduced by President and CEO Tim O’Connor at the USPB’s 40th Annual Meeting.

Es común que los cultivadores de papa tengan pérdidas por no llevar cuentas claras y constantes. Una aplicación para teléfonos móviles comenzó a cambiar sus costumbres. En el campo, la memoria es la mejor aliada del agricultor: muy poco de lápiz y pap...