Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Los Estados Unidos

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

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 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.

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 05, 2010

Miembros de la Junta de Papa de EUA expresaron sus dudas sobre la salud de la industria de producción, comercialización y consumo de papas

Miembros de la Junta de Papa de Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en inglés) expresaron sus dudas sobre la salud de la industria de producción, comercialización y consumo de papas. Esperan que la industria sufra las consecuencias disminución de dem...

Mayo 04, 2010

US Government buys more potatoes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy $18 million in fresh and frozen potatoes from the U.S. market. The announcement was part of a move by the federal government to purchase $161.4 million worth of 12 commodities for federal food and nutritio...

Mayo 03, 2010

Providing Nitrogen for organic potatoes

Conventional potato growers can topdress commercial fertilizer to meet a growing potato crop's need for nitrogen, but certified organic growers don't have that option. Meeting the crop's nitrogen needs during the transition period from conventional to...

Mayo 03, 2010

HVP recall continues – but far smaller than feared

Two more products have been recalled due to the possibility that they may contain salmonella-tainted hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) from Basic Food Flavors – but fears of a large-scale recall have proved unfounded.At the beginning of March, Food an...

Idaho Potato Commission Potato Lover Display Winner

Mayo 03, 2010

Idaho Potato Commission Announces 2010 Potato Lover’s Month Retail Display Contest Winners

The Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) 19th Annual Potato Lover’s Month Retail Display Contest triggerred retailers to pull out all the stops: Floor-to-ceiling, head-turning displays and increased retailer participation demonstrated that this retail promo...

Mayo 02, 2010

Idaho Potato growers hopeful things are turning around

The last couple of years have been tough on our potato industry. With a high supply and a low demand, it's been a farmer's nightmare. But this year, farmers say things should turn around.Last year the potato industry was hit with the perfect storm. &qu...

Abril 25, 2010

Walker Brothers potato farm received NPC Environmental Stewartship award

Walker Brothers has received one of two Environmental Stewardship Awards from the National Potato Council. Along with a farm in Washington State, Walker Brothers farm was praised for their leadership in habitat conservation for wildlife as well as pro...

Abril 24, 2010

Will there be a sequel to last summer's late blight with tomatoes, potatoes?

Many readers are no doubt aware of last summer's late-blight infestation, in which a fungus, Phytophthora infestans, decimated local tomato and potato plantings. The fungus overwinters in southeastern United States but does not generally overwinter in ...

Abril 24, 2010

Idaho potato growers plant potatoes without deal

Idaho potato growers are taking to the field this spring without a collective agreement with major processors. The collective bargaining process broke down in Idaho last year following a dispute with ConAgra Foods. Growers blamed ConAgra, and the compa...

Abril 22, 2010

US Potatoes 2010: Processing down 6%, Spring Production Up

Production of winter and spring potatoes is estimated at 25.6 million hundredweight(cwt) in 2010, a 3-percent increase over 2009 and the highest level since 2004. (As of 2010, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service includes California winter ...

Abril 22, 2010

2009 US Organic Food Sales up 5.1% to $24.8 Billion

U.S. sales of organic products continued to grow during 2009 despite the distressed state of the economy, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) revealed today in releasing findings from its 2010 Organic Industry Survey. In fact, organic product sales in...

Packaging Machinery shipments US annual growth

Abril 14, 2010

PMMI economic outlook: US Economy in mild recovery

According to PMMI’s Quarterly Economic Outlook, the U.S. is in the early stages of a mild recovery. The Industrial Production Index reached a low point in October, ending its worst economic downturn since 1946. Most industries are showing increasing a...