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McCain Foods Pvt Ltd will bring 8,000 acres under potato cultivation in Gujarat (India) by 2014.

Monitoring and addressing slug control issues will be discussed at this year’s South East Potato Day to be held at Brookland Village Hall, Romney Marsh, Kent on June 27.

Potato Council has recruited an exciting new team of growers to act as ‘Potato Ambassadors’ and inspire the nation to eat more potatoes.

Late blight has not been reported in North Dakota, Minnesota or Manitoba. With the fair weather, late blight severity values are unchanged since Friday.

Late blight, the same disease that caused Ireland's potato famine in the 19th century, was confirmed in three Pennsylvania counties last week.

Researchers recommend potato growers in the Pacific Northwest intensify their field scouting programs for the potato psyllids that spread the crop disease zebra chip.

Tate &Lyle, a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, today officially opened its new Commercial and Food Innovation Centre in the Hoffman Estates suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The 110,000-sq. ft. st...

El Ministerio de Agricultura (MINAG) reconocerá a dos asociaciones de pequeños productores de la provincia de Huancavelica quienes lograron la certificación orgánica al cultivo de papa nativa y quinua, informó Jorge Sáenz Rabanal, asesor de la Alta Dir...

Irish agribusiness are being offered financial and political support to set up in Africa.

Wisconsin potato grower-shippers don’t see an end to sluggish markets before new-crop harvests later this summer.

A fin de combatir la malnutrición, investigadores de la UN buscan mejorar la calidad y explorar la diversidad genética de este tubérculo, para maximizar el uso de sus recursos genéticos y económicos. Con el análisis de los compuestos nutricionales y a...

Rather than relying solely on acreage estimates from a USDA growers' survey, the U.S. potato industry is physically visiting every spud field in Idaho and other major potato production areas for a fourth year.