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十一月 07, 2008
International Year of the Potato 2008: website of the week at Voice of America
"The United Nations International Year of the Potato 2008 is focusing global attention on the key role of the potato and agriculture generally in fighting hunger and poverty."That video is one of the many features of potato2008.org, a multili...From the archive

十一月 06, 2008
Sormac's successful carrot topper WOS-1A solves frying colour problems in potato processing.
During the production of par-fried french fries, problems can occur if the potatoes used in the process start becoming opaque. This happens when the starch in potatoes is converted into sugars.From the archive

十一月 01, 2008
North Dakota Seed Potato deal with Cuba stalls
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says a deal to ship seed potatoes to Cuba has stalled, in part over a langcode barrier. “There is zero chance North Dakota seed potatoes will be going to Cuba this fall — the calendar just got away,” ...From the archive

十月 30, 2008
PEI Potato Prices way up
Farmers on Prince Edward Island (PEI) are enjoying much higher potato prices this year, but also estimate about 10 per cent of the crop isn't worth harvesting.Ten-pound bags are going for as much as 23 cents a pound, compared with four to 10 cents at t...From the archive

十月 30, 2008
Gain Report: Potatoes and Potato Products Canada 2008
Canadian harvested area for potatoes in 2008/09 could fall to 148,000 hectares, more than 11,000 hectares, or 7% below the year earlier level reflecting a combination of lower planted area and harvest problems due to wet weather in Prince Edward Island...From the archive

十月 28, 2008
Ronald Piper honoured posthumously for his work for New Brunswick’s potato industry
A farmer well known to Carleton County potato growers was inducted posthumously into the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.Ronald Ouellette, minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture, announced the 2008 New Brunswick induction of Ronald Ray Piper at a c...From the archive
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十月 26, 2008
To Counter Problems of Food Aid, Try Spuds
With governments having trouble feeding the growing number of hungry poor and grain prices fluctuating wildly, food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes.Grains like wheat and rice have long been st...From the archive

十月 24, 2008
McCain Foods Canada honours top potato growers in Manitoba
It was an exciting time for two dedicated area producers on Wednesday evening when they were selected in the top spot for 2008 in the McCain Top 10 Growers for Portage la Prairie competition. Anton Wiebe and Sheldon Falconer, from Anton Wiebe Ltd. of...From the archive

十月 22, 2008
Gain Report: Korean Potato market in 2008
This report contains market data on potato and potato products.Domestic potato production in Korea expected to rebound in 2008 reaching 608,000 metric tons.Imports of U.S. fresh potato are forecast to end the year at a record 15,000 tons, equivalent to...From the archive

十月 22, 2008
Keystone Potato Products: sustainable potato dehydrates
Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...From the archive

十月 21, 2008
Diagnostico de la situacion actual de la cadena agroalimentaria de la papa en el Ecuador
El Año Internacional de la Papa (AIP) se convierte en una oportunidad para impulsar y consolidar una serie de acciones alternativas para el sector de la papa en Ecuador, a través del fortalecimiento organizacional de los productores;de mejorar su gesti...From the archive

十月 21, 2008
“Western” diet increases heart attack risk globally
The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Associ...From the archive

十月 17, 2008
Profits vary for fresh market, processed potatoes
Potato harvest is winding down in the Columbia Basin this week, with contracted growers reporting decreased profits and fresh market prices more than doubling from last year.Fresh market prices for Russet Norkotahs increased last year from between $4.7...From the archive

十月 16, 2008
Food and Beverage Industry Concerned About Impact of 'Credit Crisis'
In a survey conducted by Clear Seas Research on October 13th, food industry insiders expressed concern over the impact of the current credit crisis -- both on their companies and on the food/beverage industry as a whole. While some believe the credit c...From the archive

十月 16, 2008
Winners International Year of the Potato Photo contest announced
A Peruvian and a Chinese photographer have won the world photography contest “Focus on a global food” launched by FAO and the United Nations as part of International Year of the Potato celebrations in 2008.Photographic essays by Eitan Abramovich, profe...From the archive

十月 13, 2008
Snow Puts Idaho Potato Harvest on Hold
The first snow storm of the year hit during Idaho's spud harvest. Now growers have to stop digging the state's famous crop. One grower who explains about the snow and cold and what happens now with the harvest. A wet spring delayed some growers fr...From the archive

十月 13, 2008
Potatoes: in all shapes, sizes, varieties
Potatoes are just big and brown on the outside and white on the inside, right?Wrong."There are hundreds of varieties of potatoes out there,"said Meredith Myers, public relations manager for the U.S. Potato Board.Most people recognize the basi...From the archive

十月 12, 2008
El III Congreso Iberoamericano de la Patata concluye con acuerdos de colaboracion para el intercambio de recursos
El III Congreso Iberoamericano concluyó hoy en Vitoria con el acuerdo, por parte de las empresas productoras, de la industria procesadora y de compañías de biotecnología, para intercambiar recursos genéticos y tecnológicos, y establecer colaboraciones...From the archive