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七月 14, 2010
World Potato Congress 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland
World Potato Congress Inc (WPC Inc) President, Allan Parker and Potato Council Chairman Allan Stevenson, announced today that Edinburgh has been selected as the site of the 8th International World Potato Congress to be held in May 2012.It is the first ...From the archive

七月 13, 2010
KMC's Michael Jensen (CEO) says farewell
KMC's board of directors announced today that Michael Jensen, CEO has resigned his position with immediate effect.A resignation agreement has therefore been made and part of this agreement is that neither party states the reasons for termination of the...From the archive

七月 13, 2010
Euro Potato: Northern Europe crop and market development
Heavy rainfall at the start of the second week of July has benefited parts of Northern European, where the dry conditions are affecting the whole European potato industry. Most areas have crops two weeks behind last year. New crop tuber size and yields...From the archive

七月 12, 2010
Evolución del brote de tizón tardío en Canadá
Los productores de papa de la Provincia de Manitoba están considerando cambiar a un ciclo más corto de pulverización de fungicidas si el tizón tardío continúa apareciendo en los campos de cultivo de la región. Vikram Bisht, patólogo vegetal de la Inic...From the archive

七月 12, 2010
Schools Harvesting Renews Vigour For Potatoes
Potatoes have been the centre of classroom activity as thousands of Earlies, grown as part of the Potato Council ‘Grow Your Own Potatoes’ project, have been unearthed.Nearly half a million pupils have had a hand in growing their own potatoes this year ...From the archive

七月 12, 2010
EU funding to support potato marketing in UK, France and Belgium
The promotion of fresh potatoes in the UK is to be boosted by additional funding from the European Union. This follows an application for co-financing of a European programme for the promotion of fresh potatoes, made jointly by the UK, France and Bel...From the archive
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七月 12, 2010
Late blight developments Canada
Manitoba Potato growers may consider switching to a shorter fungicide spray cycle as late blight continues to show up in fields throughout the potato growing regions of the province.Vikram Bisht, plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Ru...From the archive

七月 11, 2010
Consumers hungry for restaurants
Consumers’ appetite for dining out has grown significantly from six months ago, according to a new study from consumer research firm Market Force Information.About 25 percent of the 4,600 respondents to a Market Force poll indicated that they plan to e...From the archive

七月 11, 2010
Lack of rain threatens Fiji's new potato crop
The lack of rain in the Kavanagasau area on Fiji has affected potato farms in the area and many farmers fear losing their crops. A Kavanagasau farmer Jagar Nadan Naidu says they have requested for water pumps from the Agriculture Department.Naidu says ...From the archive

七月 11, 2010
Potato Industry works at ways to build foodservice sales
With restaurant sales down over the last year or so, potato shippers and marketing directors are looking at options to get their product on more plates.Some say that progress has been made.“It’s slowly coming back,” said Kevin Stanger vice president of...From the archive

七月 11, 2010
Agrifirm: Dosering virusolie aanpassen in droge pootgoed percelen
Door het aanhoudende warme en droge weer is op veel pootgoedpercelen de loofontwikkeling tot stilstand gekomen. Op percelen waar niet beregend kan worden, wordt nauwelijks nog nieuw blad bijgevormd. Gedurende deze periode is het advies van Agrifirm o...From the archive

七月 10, 2010
Belgische aardappeltelers vrezen doorwas en lage opbrengst
Voor het toerisme is het warme weer een zegen, voor de landbouwers een nachtmerrie. De aanhoudende droogte brengt de oogst in gevaar. Het verlies wordt geschat op veertig procent.Een fikse regenbui. Dat is waar de boeren voor bidden. De aanhoudende dro...From the archive

七月 09, 2010
Aardappelprijzen omhoog;oude aardappelen vullen gat ontbrekende vroege
Nog geen drie weken geleden werden de Agria verhandeld voor krap € 9,00 per 100 kg af teler. Let op dit zijn de laatste die we nodig hebben dit seizoen werd er gezegd. Er zaten nog veel aardappelen, en in week 28 – 29 werd er over gegaan naar de nieuwe...From the archive

七月 09, 2010
US Fall potato acreage down 4%;Idaho acreage down 8%
Idaho: Potato growers in Idaho have planted an estimated 295,000 acres in 2010, an 8 percent decrease from the 320,000 acres planted in 2009. Harvested acres, at 294,000, are also down 8 percent from a year ago.These are the least potato acres planted...From the archive

七月 08, 2010
La base de datos más grande del mundo sobre alimentos, el hambre e información agrícola se puede consultar en línea
La FAO está permitiendo el acceso libre y abierto a su depósito central de datos, FAOSTAT, la base de datos estadísticos más grande y completa del mundo en materia de alimentos, agricultura y el hambre, anunció hoy la Organización. Anteriormente era p...From the archive

七月 08, 2010
Prijzen Agrico pootgoedpool hoger dan verwacht
Aardappelcoöperatie Agrico maakt deze week in diverse telersbijeenkomsten de uitbetalingsprijzen over oogst 2009 bekend. De poolprijs is uitgekomen op € 24,69 per 100 kg over alle geleverde pootaardappelen. Door de hoge opbrengsten viel de financiële o...From the archive

七月 08, 2010
Manter introduces high speed potato weigher 16000
Manter International, manufacturer of weighing and packaging machines, has a new model added to the package. Especially for large packers it is important to deliver quickly large numbers of packages in a short time. The available floor area is usuall...From the archive

七月 08, 2010
'Focus on Potato' offers webcasts and science backed information for crop protection
The Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit publisher of applied agricultural and horticultural information, announces the launch of Focus on Potato, a resource that features webcasts and other science-backed information tools that will help potat...From the archive