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八月 19, 2011
Sri Lanka increases import taxes on potato
The Cooperatives and Internal Trade Ministry of Sri Lanka said today that import taxes on several food items have been increased. The Ministry has said the taxes on big onions, potatoes and garlic have been increased. Taxes on a kilo of potatoes have ...From the archive

八月 19, 2011
Colorado potatoes have a steady year
Despite a cold, dry spring with lots of wind, the Colorado potato crop is poised to have a slightly better-than-average year. Jim Ehrlich, Executive Director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, notes that despite the wind, the quality and...From the archive

八月 18, 2011
East Bhutan supplies bumper potato crop
With more and more villages getting connected with farm roads, the Samdrupjongkhar auction yard is experiencing an increase flow of potatoes, according to officials. Food Corporation of Bhutan manager Purna Tamang in the border town said the potato su...From the archive

八月 18, 2011
Potato Rot Nematode Confirmed in Ontario
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a detection of potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) in garlic from a two-acre farm field in the Ottawa region of Ontario. Potato rot nematode (PRN) is a regulated quarantine pest in Cana...From the archive

八月 18, 2011
Guía de identificación de plagas que afectan a la papa en la zona andina
La presente guía ha sido diseñada para proporcionar información actualizada de las principales plagas que afectan al cultivo de la papa a los facilitadores (agricultores líderes, técnicos extensionistas, profesionales o estudiantes de colegios agropecu...From the archive

八月 18, 2011
Bumper English crop means potato growers are facing lowest returns for years
Potato growers in Pembrokeshire are facing up to their lowest returns for years after the fine spring meant a bumper early crop from eastern England hitting the marketplace just as the season peaks for Welsh farmers. One of the major buyers described ...From the archive
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八月 18, 2011
Henk Tepper's lawyers hopeful of man's release
A Lebanese prosecutor now has the final piece of documentation needed to rule on whether Canadian potato farmer Henk Tepper will be released from his Beirut jail cell into a lawyer's custody. Tepper, 44, has been held in Lebanon since March 23, accuse...From the archive

八月 17, 2011
Spain: Potato market is a 'disaster that could turn into chaos'
Potato prices are dropping and its still not over;that's the way professionals from the sector, like producers and warehouse managers define it, due to a slow market movement that causes prices to keep going down. In fact, despite the clash between al...From the archive

八月 17, 2011
El mercado de la papa es un "desastre que puede llegar incluso al caos"
La mesa de la papa de la provincia de Castilla y León acuerda un descenso de 15 euros por tonelada para la jaerla y de 10 para la roja La papa se hunde por momentos y no es una frase hecha;así lo señalan los propios profesionales, productores y almac...From the archive

八月 16, 2011
Teelt genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelen op commerciele schaal in Nederland vanaf 2012
BASF Plant Sciences verwacht dat vanaf 2012 de genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelrassen Amflora, Amadea en Modena geteeld kunnen worden in Nederland. De teelt van Amflora is al toegelaten in Europa, de twee andere ggo aardappelrassen bevinden zich nog ...From the archive

八月 16, 2011
Late Blight threatens potato crops in New Brunswick
Late blight has been identified in eight parishes across the Canadian province New Brunswick, threatening the crops of potato farmers. Scientists are urging potato farmers who have the fungus in their fields to treat it quickly and aggressively. &quo...From the archive

八月 15, 2011
Targeting Late Blight in Canada
This year’s weather conditions in potato-growing regions of Canada are very conducive to an onslaught of late blight, which is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, and is considered one of the most devastating diseases of potato- and tomato-g...From the archive

八月 15, 2011
Merger gives Farm Fresh Direct claim to being largest grower-owned fresh potato shipper in nation
An Aug. 12 merger between Colorado-based Farm Fresh Direct LLC and two out-of-state potato shippers has FFD laying claim to being the largest grower-owned fresh potato shipper in the United States. According to Dave Yeager, vice president of business ...From the archive

八月 15, 2011
Export vital for Scottish seed potato business
Securing the recent growth in Scottish seed potato exports was as important as looking to develop new markets, Mark Prentice, the Potato Council's head of seed and export told growers at Potatoes in Practice held near Dundee. Total seed exports had sm...From the archive

八月 15, 2011
Damp weather helps spread of late blight in Maine potato crop
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension says late blight sightings have been confirmed over the last month throughout Aroostook County and the Midcoast areas. Meanwhile, the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association has received reports...From the archive

八月 14, 2011
Aardappeloogst West-Brabant deels verloren door regen
Op veel plaatsen in West-Brabant rotten de aardappelen van het land als gevolg van de hevige regenval in de afgelopen weken. Bij de verzekeringsmaatschappijen zijn al tientallen schadeclaims van boeren binnengekomen. Taxateur Willy Litjens van de Onde...From the archive

