Cadena de Suministro de Papas de América del Norte

Junio 01, 2010

Potato in 'dirty dozen' vegetables with high pesticide residue

The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit focused on public health, scoured nearly 100,000 produce pesticide reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine what fruits and vegetables we eat hav...

Mayo 30, 2010

Global Potato Tours organizes Potato tour on Prince Edward Island

Global Potato Tours is organizing its first international tour, scheduled to take place June 27 - July 4, 2010 on the largest potato producing province of Canada - Prince Edward Island. Tour members will be introduced in person to many individuals invo...

North American Potato Market News (NAPMN)

Mayo 28, 2010

Canada's export of potato products down 11% in first quarter

Canada exported 14.0 million cwt of potatoes and potato products during the January-March quarter. According to the editor of North American Potato Market News (NAPMN), Bruce Huffaker, that fell 1.7 million cwt short of the 2009 pace, a 10.7% decline. ...

Tecia Solanivora (Guatemalan potato moth larva) courtesy André Kessler

Mayo 25, 2010

Research: Moth larvae spit boosts potato yield

When a major South American pest infests potato tubers, the plant produces bigger spuds, reports a study by Cornell, University of Goettingen and National University of Colombia researchers.The secret is in the spit, write the researchers online in the...

Mayo 22, 2010

Maine potato farmers make good progress with planting

Farmers across Aroostook County are taking full advantage of a stretch of dry weather to get this year’s crop in the ground. “A majority of the farmers will have 85 percent of their crop in by this weekend,” Timothy Hobbs, director of development wit...

Late blight (Phytophthora Infestans) on a potato leaf

Mayo 20, 2010

Late blight hotlines

Worldwide, late blight is rated the worst of potato diseases. Intermittently since the 1990s, spores have turned up in commercial fields of Idaho, Washington, California and Oregon. When the spore is present it reproduces like a wildfire in cool, mois...

Mayo 17, 2010

April Potato Processing in Idaho and Malheur County Up 5.5 Percent from Last Year

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.90 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes during April, up 5.5 percent from April 2009. Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon have used 56.1 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes to May 1, ...

Mayo 14, 2010

ARS and University of California attack zebra chip disease

Developing a chemical attractant to monitor and manage the potato psyllid is the goal of a new cooperative agreement signed in March between the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of California (UC) at Riverside.

Mayo 13, 2010

US Consumers Say They Eat Healthier Today

Six out of ten American consumers say they are eating healthier (34% much/26% somewhat) since the recession began in 2008, and a majority of consumers (51%) say they have also tried to get fitter to better withstand the pressures of the recession.The L...

Mayo 12, 2010

Manitoba Potato Growers reach deal with McCain Foods

Growers of processing potatoes in Manitoba have approved a deal with McCain Foods which will see production drop by 12 percent, with prices down around 15 percent. Gary Sloik, general manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, says growers w...

Mayo 12, 2010

Analyst: More restaurant buyouts ahead

On the heels of the buyout news from Rubio’s Restaurants Inc., Keybanc Capital Markets analyst Brad Ludington has offered up three possibly tantalizing meals for the next hungry private-equity firm. Ludington said in a report Wednesday that he is con...

Mayo 09, 2010

Cavendish Farms Appeals PEI Arbitration and Mediation regulation for potatoes

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board said it is disappointed that Cavendish Farms is appealing a new mediation and arbitration rule put in place this year. Under the Potato Board order, contracts must be worked out between Island potato processing p...

Mayo 08, 2010

McCain lays off 10% of Portage La Prairie workforce, cuts price offered to farmers

McCain Foods is laying off about 10 per cent of its workforce in Portage la Prairie this fall and Manitoba potato producers are expecting a leaner crop year.About 40 people out of a workforce of about 400 at McCain's in Portage are expected to be laid ...

Mayo 06, 2010

Científicos del ARS ayudan a mejorar la capacidad de las papas para tolerar el almacenamiento

Científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) en Dakota del Norte están evaluando la capacidad de nuevas variedades de patata de tolerar el almacenamiento a largo plazo.

ARS Potato Research: inspecting microtubers

Mayo 06, 2010

Potato varieties with improved storage capabilities: ARS research

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.

Mayo 06, 2010

PEI Potato growers supplying McCain Foods get better price after arbitration

Potato farmers selling potatoes to McCain Foods have seen their contract improved after going to arbitration.The farmers had complained McCain's offer price was not even close to what Cavendish Farms is giving its farmers. The issue went to arbitration...

Defender: Green plants of the late blight-resistant potato variety Defender

Mayo 06, 2010

Defender: Late blight-Resistant Potato variety from ARS Research

Potatoes are America’s number one vegetable crop. Per capita, Americans consume about 130 pounds annually.

Mayo 06, 2010

Manitoba Potato Growers still without contracts

In Manitoba, the potato crop is off to a record start - over half the potato acreage has been planted -, but that does not mean potato growers are pleased with how the spring has progressed. Growers of processing potatoes are still without price cont...