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十一月 17, 2007
Addy Risseeuw wordt technisch directeur NAK
Addy Risseeuw wordt met ingang van 1 januari 2008 benoemd tot technisch directeur van de NAK, de Nederlandse Algemene Keuringsdienst voor zaaizaad en pootgoed van landbouwgewassen. Risseeuw volgt Ineke Mastenbroek op. Risseeuw was sinds 2001 als direct...From the archive

十一月 16, 2007
Potatoes lost in floods? Still must meet contract
A Herefordshire potato grower who lost nearly £500,000 of crop in this summer's floods has vowed never to grow potatoes again for one the country's biggest processors after it refused to make allowances for the damage inflicted to his crop. Peter Vaugh...From the archive

十一月 15, 2007
2009 World Potato Congress to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand
Allan Parker, President of World Potato Congress Inc., announced today that Christchurch has been selected as the site of the 7th International World Potato Congress to be held in March 2009. It’s the first time the Congress will be held in the South...From the archive

十一月 14, 2007
Calbee secures potato supply for snacks through partnership with R.D. Offutt
Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...From the archive

十一月 12, 2007
Idaho Potato Commission wants potatoes on food aid list
Potatoes aren't on the list developing nations can order as part of the U.S. food aid program, and Frank Muir, president and chief executive officer of the Idaho Potato Commission, wants to change that.It's something of a Catch-22 situation. Potatoes c...From the archive

十一月 12, 2007
Canadian Potatoes for Algeria turned back
The Algerian Agriculture ministry ordered to turn back the potato loads imported from Canada. Agriculture ministry order the immediate turn back of the Canadian potatoes quantities blocked in Algiers harbour for twenty days. An official source within ...From the archive
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十一月 09, 2007
NASS: US Potato harvest fall 2007
Production of fall potatoes for 2007 is forecast at 408 million cwt, up 2 percent from last year. Area harvested, at 997,800 acres, is virtually unchanged from the July estimate but 2 percent above last year.The average yield is forecast at 409 cwt pe...From the archive

十一月 09, 2007
UK sees lowest potato production in years
The British Potato Council’s provisional estimate of Total Potato Production in Great Britain for the 2007 crop year is 5.446 million tons, down 1% from 2006. The current crop has a planted area that is 3% higher than last year, but average yields per ...From the archive

十一月 08, 2007
Phytophthora resistente aardappel "Toluca" van Agrico op de rassenlijst
De phytophthoraresistente consumptieaardappel Toluca van handelshuis Agrico komt een dezer dagen op de Europese rassenlijst. Dat betekent dat het ras mag worden verhandeld. Agrico zet het ras in de schijnwerpers op haar rassententoonstelling die van...From the archive

十一月 07, 2007
BASF sees future profits in a genetically modified potato
BASF, the world's largest chemical maker, is weeks away from challenging European resistance to genetically modified plants with a potato that it hopes will reap profit and produce share gains along with other bioengineered crops. The BASF Amflora pota...From the archive

十一月 06, 2007
Polish farmers experience serious problems with potato sales
TVP informs, Polish farmers had high potato harvest in 2007. However, there have been no reasons for joy yet, because potato prices are still extremely low. The wholesale prices decline lower than $0.08-0.12/kg;at the same period of time past year the ...From the archive

十一月 05, 2007
Six million dollar allocated to US Potato Board for promotion of the US potato overseas
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that USDA provided more than $234 million to help market American farm products overseas in the 2007 fiscal year that ended Sept 30. The allocations were provided under the Market Access Progr...From the archive

十一月 02, 2007
Pataca de Galicia cree que la produccion de 7 millones de kilos es insuficiente para la demanda
La producción de "Pataca de Galicia"de 2007, que se comercializa por primera vez como Indicación Geográfica Protegida (IGP), es de siete millones de kilogramos, totalmente insuficiente para la demanda de este producto, sobre todo en Madrid y ...From the archive

十一月 02, 2007
Potato and potato products in the Phillipines
In the Philippines, potato is consumed as a vegetable and occasionally as a snack item. It is ideally cooked with meat, often as a meat extender in recipes such as “adobo,” “egado,” curry, and “lumpia.” There are about 12 Philippine companies that prod...From the archive

十一月 01, 2007
Arrangement Between Canada and the United States Benefits Potato Producers and Processors
The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board and the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade today welcomed the conclusion of an arrangement to facilitate bilateral trade i...From the archive

十一月 01, 2007
Sam Asiedu receives Friendship Award for potato research in China
Halting the collapse of potato production in the largest spud producing country in the world has led to a prestigious award for Sam Asiedu. This Canadian scientist from Truro was one of 50 scientists from 20 countries to be awarded the Friendship Award...From the archive