Onderzoek en ontwikkeling (R&D)

NPC event intensifies pro-potato pressure
oktober 05, 2011

NPC event intensifies pro-potato pressure

Doris Demers, the nutrition program director for York and Kittery schools, had a blunt response today when asked about proposed federal guidelines limiting white potato servings as part of the federally funded school lunch program. "It's ridiculo...
Potato Bowl
oktober 04, 2011

Potato Bowl French Fry Feed Breaks the Record!

Over two and a half tons of french fries were served at the annual Potato Bowl French Fry Feed at University Park in Grand Forks on Thursday evening September 22, 5,010 pounds to be exact! This breaks the old record by 120 pounds set in 2008. Sco...
oktober 04, 2011

National Potato Council applauds US Administration for sending trade pacts to Congress

The following statement is from Randy Hardy, Vice President of Trade Affairs for the National Potato Council (NPC) and owner of Hardy Farms, a potato growing operation in Oakley, Idaho, on the transmission by the Obama Administration of the pending fre...
University of Alaska Fairbanks
oktober 04, 2011

Scientists look for source of Alaska potato blight

Potato late blight, that same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine, resurfaced in Alaska this fall. This wasn’t the first time the disease, widespread in the Lower 48 and worldwide, came to Alaska. Plant pathologist Jenifer McBeath suspects it...
oktober 03, 2011

Could new potato variety upset competitive position potato regions?

Will a newly discovered russet potato variety make the Red River Valley a yield contender with the Pacific Northwest? Carl Hoverson of Larimore, N.D., thinks so, and — as one of the key growers for the Simplot-processed potato plant in Grand Forks, N....
 Kevin MacIsaac
oktober 02, 2011

Kevin MacIsaac new General Manager United Potato Growers of Canada

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a potato industry veteran as its new General Manager. Kevin MacIsaac, of Bear River, Prince Edward Island will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, October 3rd. Along with his brother, Kevin has ...
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oktober 01, 2011

William Kitchen appointed to the Michigan Potato Industry Commission

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed William Kitchen to the Michigan Potato Industry Commission. The Michigan Potato Industry Commission works to foster and promote an economically sustainable potato industry in Michigan. "William's backgroun...
 Pack Expo 2011
oktober 01, 2011

Successful PACK EXPO bodes well for the industry at large

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 was 'a ringing success', according to show owner/organizer PMMI. 'Record-breaking only begins to describe it' boasts the headline on packexpo.com.
 Nora Olsen
september 29, 2011

Nora Olsen unearths potato mysteries

Because of the research she does on many different issues important to the potato industry, University of Idaho potato specialist Nora Olsen is a rising star. Her work on a new inhibitor that prevents potatoes from sprouting while in storage is the la...
Record au gratin potato dish prepared in Skagit Valley
september 29, 2011

Record au gratin potato dish prepared in Skagit Valley

It takes a village to break a world record. That’s what happened on Saturday, Sept. 24 when potato farmers, business owners, mechanics, welders, engineers, trucker, as well as school, college and Job Corps students, civic groups members and even som...
september 29, 2011

Mark Szymanski appointed director public relations at the National Potato Council

Mark Szymanski has joined the National Potato Council as director of public relations. Szymanski brings more than 10 years of combined experience in communications, new media and regulatory affairs to the NPC. He will lead the association's media outre...
september 27, 2011

Potato farmers more likely to use electronic technology than students

To learn more about use of electronic technology among its clients, the University of Idaho Extension surveyed 80 university students and 135 potato farmers. It was found that the farmers were likely to use more technology than the students were. It...
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Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine's potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation's school lunch programs. New guidelines ...
september 26, 2011

Potato Storage Research Facility ceremoniously handed over to University Wisconsin

Today, the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) has ceremoniously “handed over the keys” of the Potato and Vegetable Storage Research Facility (SRF) to the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW). The ceremony gives the WPVGA a cha...
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september 24, 2011

Idaho Potato Commission Recognized for its Retail Ad Campaign by Produce Business Magazine

The Idaho Potato Commission's (IPC) popular comic book themed Retail advertising campaign was the recipient of Produce Business' 23rd Annual Marketing Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year. This action-packed campaign, delivered both as ad...
september 23, 2011

New formula to calculate potato selling price applied in PEI

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