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februari 20, 2008

Potato expert Eugenia Banks: Treasure trove of taters

Demand for specialty potatoes, with multi-hued skin and flesh, is booming.Potato expert Eugenia Banks' cache is nestled in white paper bags piled on pallets lined against the walls. Inside are prized potatoes: River John Blues and Purple Majesties, Win...

februari 18, 2008

Highlights International Potato Exhibition PEI: GPS and modified hilling technology

P.E.I. potato farmers, as well as visitors from across the country, gathered at the Charlottetown Civic Centre over the weekend for the International Potato Technology Expo.More than a hundred booths, including everything from seed to harvesting, were ...

januari 09, 2008

Canadian potato fields clear of potato cyst nematodes

The seed potato fields in Alberta, Canada, show no signs of a potato cyst nematode infestation, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture is not ready to lift temporary restrictions placed on the Canadian potatoes, according to the Canadian Food Inspectio...

januari 05, 2008

Canada belangrijke exporteur aardappelprodukten

Canada is een grote speler in de aardappelwereldmarkt. Zowel het volume export van verse aardappelen als van voorgebakken product is aanzienlijk. Alleen al in de maand oktober 2007 werd er netto bijna 88.000 ton aan voorgebakken product geëxporteerd. ...

januari 04, 2008

Harding named general manager of PEI Potato Board

Robert (Bob) Harding is the new general manager of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board. He will take over Feb. 4 from long-time general manager, Ivan Noonan. Kevin MacIsaac, chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board, says Harding has extensiv...

november 24, 2007

Cavendish Farms takes lead in the fight against nitrates

An ambitious research effort by Cavendish Farms is identifying ways for farmers to reduce nitrate levels finding their way into Island waterwaysAnd while it may sound simplistic, reducing potatoes from the size of baseball star Barry Bonds’ biceps coul...

Video International Year of the Potato 2008

november 23, 2007

Video: the International Year of the Potato

PotatoPro recommends this video (Flash, 4:15) on the International Year of the Potato 2008, made by FAO's Public Relations and Promotions Branch. Topics covered in this video include: Role of the potato in the global food supply History of the pota...

november 23, 2007

Statcan: Canadian Potato production down 2%

For harvest 2007, good growing conditions in most of Canada resulted in a yield of 279.0 cwt per acre (31.27 tonnes per hectare), which approached the record yield of 287.1 cwt per acre (32.18 tonnes per hectare) seen in 2006. An excellent fall for h...

november 23, 2007

Video del Año Internacional de la Papa

Potatopro recomienda ver este vídeo realizado por la Subdivisión de Relaciones Públicas y Promoción, de la FAO [en inglés, Flash, 6.4Mb]. Los temas tratados son: • papel de la papa en el abastecimiento mundial de alimentos • historia de la papa • c...

november 20, 2007

Nematodes result in import shut US border to Alberta seed potatoes

The U.S. border has been closed to seed potatoes from Alberta after the plant pest golden nematode was found on two seed potato fields. USDA and CFIA were in talks as of Tuesday to determine when the border would open again. "We'd like it opened...

november 19, 2007

Markets broadened for Carolina potato growers

Potato growers in North Carolina will have improved access to Canadian markets next year, thanks to a bilateral trade agreement signed recently by the United States and Canada. Growers will have a limited amount of guaranteed access to Canadian market...

november 03, 2007

Inspeccion confirma la presencia de verruga en papa en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo

La Agencia Canadiense de Inspección de Alimentos anunció que se ha confirmado la presencia de verruga de la papa en un campo en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo.

november 01, 2007

Arrangement Between Canada and the United States Benefits Potato Producers and Processors

The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board and the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade today welcomed the conclusion of an arrangement to facilitate bilateral trade i...

oktober 19, 2007

Seed bytes October 2007: Newsletter for the New Brunswick Potato Seed Industry

Careful and wise storage management decisions are your best defences against crop losses due to potato storage diseases. It is essential to know that you cannot cure tubers of diseases, but you can minimize storage losses from tuber infections.

oktober 18, 2007

McCain sponsors the United Nations International Year of the Potato 2008

McCain Foods Limited announced its sponsorship of the United Nations (UN) International Year of the Potato 2008, at the official launch today in New York.The United Nations General Assembly has declared that the potato should be a major component in st...

oktober 16, 2007

PEI testing potatoes for wart

A virus that crippled Prince Edward Island's potato industry for six months in 2000 may have returned. A single spud from a quarantined processing field near Kensington is being tested for potato wart, a disease that poses no threat to humans but leave...

augustus 31, 2007

McCain Foods (Canada) Portage la Prairie crowns best growers

First place at the McCain Champion Grower competition came as a bit of a shock for this year’s winners. “I guess we’re certainly surprised,” said Dan Sawatzky from Sawatzky Enterprises of Mac-Gregor, named 2007 Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Foo...

juli 01, 2007

Older PotatoPro News on Cavendish Farms

20070605 Cavendish farms will save 10 million Liter heating oil yearly CA English 3 20070604 Cavendish Farms receives loan from Province for biogas facility CA English 3 20070601 Wet Spring slowing potato planting on Prince Edward Island CA Engli...