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五月 30, 2012
NDSU Names Boerboom Extension Director
Chris Boerboom is the new director of the North Dakota State University Extension Service. "As you know, this is a critical position, not only for Extension, but also for NDSU and the state,"says Ken Grafton, NDSU's vice president for Agric...From the archive

五月 29, 2012
Productores de papa piden al consumidor tico comprar la papa producida en Costa Rica
Los productores de papa piden al consumidor tico comprar la papa producida en Costa Rica. La importación de ese producto procesado, les roba mercado, y el gobierno está atado de manos para frenarla. La importación de papa prefrita que viene de Canadá...From the archive

五月 29, 2012
Scottish potato seed exports at record high
Scottish seed potato exports are at record high, the Scottish Government’s Rural Affairs secretary Richard Lochhead has told delegates to the World Potato Congress in Edinburgh. Mr Lochhead revealed that with another month of the season still to go, e...From the archive

五月 29, 2012
EU issues import permission for Serbian potato
Serbia can export potato to the EU again because the ban introduced back in 2000 has been lifted, which opens room for an increase in the local production, Branislav Gulan of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) told Tanjug. He explained that Serbia ...From the archive

五月 29, 2012
Pounds of Fresh Potatoes Sold in Supermarkets Declines for Fifth Consecutive Quarter;Dollars Up
Fresh potatoes recorded its fifth consecutive quarter of declining movement according to a report recently released by the United States Potato Board. In the 12 months ending March 31st, fresh pounds have decreased 6.8%, but the dollar value was actual...From the archive

五月 28, 2012
Importación de papa peruana generaría precio equilibrado en Bolivia
Ante la subida del precio de la papa, que sería principalmente por la reciente prohibición a la importación de este tubérculo;el gerente general del Instituto Boliviano de Comercio Exterior (IBCE), Gary Rodríguez afirmó que el ingreso de papa peruana p...From the archive
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五月 28, 2012
Transitioning the Crop
June often represents a month where farmers can observe the crops they planted emerge from the ground, daily gaining strength on their way to reaching a yield potential that everyone would be pleased with. Although the new crop may be planted and gro...From the archive

五月 28, 2012
Lay´s relanza sus populares Lay´s Andinas en homenaje al Día Nacional de la Papa
En homenaje al Día Nacional de la Papa y resaltando la importancia que representa dentro de nuestra gastronomía y la dieta de los peruanos, este producto será relanzado con un nuevo diseño, por la popular marca Lay´s bajo el nombre de Lay´s Peruanísima...From the archive

五月 28, 2012
Potatoes, PROUD not HUMBLE
Potatoes have a massive role to play globally. As well as delicious to eat in all their many forms, they are nutritious and address many of our food security and sustainability challenges, declared Potato Council chairman Allan Stevenson in his opening...From the archive

五月 27, 2012
CIP Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health & Development
Lima, Peru -- The International Potato Center (CIP) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation. Jan Kreuze, Ph.D., principal virologist at CIP, will pursue an innova...From the archive

五月 26, 2012
Produzcamos nuestra semilla de papa de buena calidad - Guía para agricultoras y agricultores
La oficina regional del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) en Ecuador, el Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) y el Consorcio de Pequeños Productores de Papa (CONPAPA), como parte del proyecto Fortalecimiento de los s...From the archive

五月 24, 2012
Marks & Spencer launches new potato variety Athlete
Marks &Spencer is launching a brand new, loose skinned new potato variety this summer called Athlete. The first small volumes of the new variety will be harvested in May this year, and will then be exclusively available in M&S stores nationwi...From the archive

五月 24, 2012
Senators Urge Better Access to Mexican Potato Market
Cite Mexico's Agreement to Purchase Fresh Potatoes Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have joined a number of their colleagues in an effort to increase sales of U.S. potatoes to Mexico. The Mexican market for potatoes from Ida...From the archive

五月 22, 2012
McCain to Ag Connections Integration
McCain Foods USA, Inc. and Ag Connections Inc. of Murray, KY announce the integration of McCain Agriculture Systems, through their internet portal from the Ag Connections Land.db crop record keeping system. This integration allows for the electronic tr...From the archive

五月 22, 2012
Production of Belgian potato-processing sector continues to grow in 2011
The Belgian potato-processing industry continued to grow in 2011 for its entire product segment, as shown by the annual production data published by Belgapom, the Belgian federation of the potato trade and processing sector. This growth is above all tr...From the archive

五月 20, 2012
Producción de papa en Perú genera 32 millones de jornales y más de 110 mil puestos de trabajo al año
Durante la última campaña agrícola 2010 – 2011, la superficie sembrada de papa alcanzó las 303,282 hectáreas que produjeron cuatro millones de toneladas en 19 regiones, generando aproximadamente 110 mil puestos de trabajo permanentes y 32 millones de j...From the archive

五月 19, 2012
Brasil frena el ingreso de papas desde Argentina
La decisión de Brasil de suspender las licencias automáticas de importación para una decena de productos perecederos, –entre ellos, manzanas, trigo, uvas pasas y papas– encendió una luz de alerta en las principales empresas productoras de papas congela...From the archive

五月 18, 2012
El 92% de la papa producida en Perú se consume en el mercado nacional y el resto se exporta
El Ministerio de Agricultura (Minag) señaló hoy que casi el 92 por ciento de la papa peruana se consume en el mercado nacional, y el resto se exporta, dado que la demanda del tubérculo se ha fortalecido en los últimos años. “El mercado nacional es fue...From the archive