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augustus 10, 2015

National Potato Council awards 2015/16 academic scholarship

The National Potato Council awards its 2015-16 Academic Scholarship to Shunping Ding, a PhD. student in Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

augustus 10, 2015

Wisconsin Badger CommonTater now available online

Badger Common’Tater, a leading source of news, education and highlights of Wisconsin’s potato and vegetable industry is now available online.

augustus 08, 2015

México: Sin apoyo gubernamental cerca de 300 productores de papa

Sin ayuda de las Secretarías de Gobierno se encuentran cerca de 300 productores de papa en comunidades de las faldas del Volcán Pico de Orizaba; la causa, no hay apoyos para este producto que es el sostén de cientos de familias.

Lay's Potato Chips: Finalists of the Do-Us-A-Flavour contest Tastes of Canada - 2015

augustus 06, 2015

Lays announces the finalists for the Do-Us-a-Flavour Tastes of Canada contest

After receiving almost 950,000 flavour submissions, Lay's Canada has revealed the four finalist flavours for this year's Do Us a Flavour Tastes of Canada contest

Matt Porter of Porter Farms in Presque Isle cultivates crops on his sixth generation farm in July 2015 where he works with his father and where he himself has farmed for 15 years (Courtesy: Bangor Daily News / Brianne O'Leary)

augustus 06, 2015

McCain Foods’ nurse crop project may help increase potato yields

Representatives from McCain Foods are excited about a new project under way in Aroostook County that has some farmers planting their usual acreage of potatoes right on top of a bed of winter rye, barley or oats.

augustus 06, 2015

TOMRA Sorting at PROCESS EXPO and PACK EXPO Las Vegas

TOMRA Sorting Food will exhibit its wide range of innovative solutions for food sorting and peeling at two of the industry’s largest trade shows – PROCESS EXPO and PACK EXPO.

augustus 04, 2015

La papa fue uno de los cultivos más afectados por la sequía en Chile

Las indemnizaciones pagadas por pólizas contratadas durante la temporada agrícola 2014-2015 (abril-mayo) alcanzaron la suma de $613 millones (aprox. un millón de dólares) de pesos en la región de La Araucanía, entregando un promedio de $900.000 pesos por agricultor, lo que les permitió cubrir sus costos y poder mantenerse en el sector, de acuerdo a cifras entregadas por el Comité de Seguros del Agro (Agroseguros).

juli 31, 2015

México: Crean plaguicida para atacar presencia de gusano en cultivos de papa

Investigadores del Instituto de Ecología (INECOL) logran disminuir con un plaguicida denominado bionematicida un gusano llamado nematodo dorado, el cual es responsable de la baja producción de papa en México.

juli 31, 2015

Agricultores costarricenses podrán cultivar nueva variedad de papa

La variedad Elbe es producto de una investigación que realizó la Universidad de Costa Rica por una década. El nuevo tubérculo es de fácil industrialización.

Exhibitors display potatoes during the China Potato Expo in Yanqing County of Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2015 (Xinhua)

juli 31, 2015

Beijing World Potato Conference highlights research and development

Research and development was at the top of the agenda at the ninth World Potato Conference in Yanqing, Beijing.

juli 29, 2015

Australian potato industry researcher honoured at World Potato Congress

Australian horticulture researcher and industry stalwart Dr Kevin Clayton-Greene has been honoured with a prestigious Industry Recognition Award at the 9th World Potato Congress in Beijing, China.

Producers hope potatoes takes root in China

juli 29, 2015

Producers hope potatoes take root in China

Potatoes seem like an unlikely ingredient for ice cream, but the allure of tasting the strange concoction had dozens of visitors lining-up at the China Kitchen exhibition at the 2015 World Potato Congress in Beijing.