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With more and more villages getting connected with farm roads, the Samdrupjongkhar auction yard is experiencing an increase flow of potatoes, according to officials. Food Corporation of Bhutan manager Purna Tamang in the border town said the potato su...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a detection of potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) in garlic from a two-acre farm field in the Ottawa region of Ontario. Potato rot nematode (PRN) is a regulated quarantine pest in Cana...

La presente guía ha sido diseñada para proporcionar información actualizada de las principales plagas que afectan al cultivo de la papa a los facilitadores (agricultores líderes, técnicos extensionistas, profesionales o estudiantes de colegios agropecu...

Potato growers in Pembrokeshire are facing up to their lowest returns for years after the fine spring meant a bumper early crop from eastern England hitting the marketplace just as the season peaks for Welsh farmers. One of the major buyers described ...

De Frites Español, bedacht door Marvin Meeuwig van Vitaria Eeterij Family Nieuw Vennep, is winnaar van de Frites Special Wedstrijd die formulehuis FHC-formulebeheer onder haar franchisenemers hield. Het winnende frietje staat binnenkort bij alle bij aa...

Potato prices are dropping and its still not over;that's the way professionals from the sector, like producers and warehouse managers define it, due to a slow market movement that causes prices to keep going down. In fact, despite the clash between al...

La mesa de la papa de la provincia de Castilla y León acuerda un descenso de 15 euros por tonelada para la jaerla y de 10 para la roja La papa se hunde por momentos y no es una frase hecha;así lo señalan los propios profesionales, productores y almac...

The Aunt Bessie’s brand is aiming to drive growth in the frozen potato category by expanding its range of frozen ‘home-style’ potatoes. The launches will bring new varieties and flavours to the category. Building on the success of Midweek Mini Roasti...

Late blight has been identified in eight parishes across the Canadian province New Brunswick, threatening the crops of potato farmers. Scientists are urging potato farmers who have the fungus in their fields to treat it quickly and aggressively. &quo...

SAC 1st Class Honours graduate, Amanda MacLennan, from the Black Isle used the recent Potatoes In Practice Event near Dundee to present the results of her research into Pit rot of potatoes.

BASF Plant Sciences verwacht dat vanaf 2012 de genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelrassen Amflora, Amadea en Modena geteeld kunnen worden in Nederland. De teelt van Amflora is al toegelaten in Europa, de twee andere ggo aardappelrassen bevinden zich nog ...

This year’s weather conditions in potato-growing regions of Canada are very conducive to an onslaught of late blight, which is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, and is considered one of the most devastating diseases of potato- and tomato-g...