News on Potato Cultivation

As MountainKing readies for its fall harvest, early tests from its fields in Colorado’s San Luis Valley offer encouraging signs for several of the brand’s gourmet varieties including its yellow-flesh varietals.

Featuring a high-capacity infeed hopper, the Caretaker grading system specified for Haig Hamilton incorporates an 8-row model of Tong’s industry-leading EasyClean separator

North-western Europe will have had one of its most humid summers in the last decades! In some areas in Belgium and Western Germany, rainfall at mid-July was an absolute historic high.

Fish and chip shop owners and restaurateurs have been to see where one of their key produce comes from. Up to 60 varieties of newly harvested potatoes were on display.

Double L, a prominent manufacturer of farm equipment in the Intermountain West, announced that it has formally concluded its ownership and relationship with the company's prior management team and Board of Directors.

Patrick Makuzwa has approached the High Court seeking an order canceling his contract with Cairns Foods and for the food company to compensate him to the value of USD 46 789 50.

Tras estudiar detenidamente el caso, la Corte Constitucional de Colombia dio luz verde a que campesinos puedan seguir cultivando cultivos de papa, cebolla y pastoreo en los 36 páramos delimitados por el Ministerio de Agricultura.

La IV Feria Insular de la Papa de Gran Canaria se celebró los días 10 y 11 de septiembre, en Teror, organizada por el Cabildo de Gran Canaria, con la colaboración del Ayuntamiento de la Villa Mariana.

Recientemente, ha comenzado la campaña de la patata en Álava con la idea de alcanzar el arranque generalizado en torno al 15 de este mes de septiembre, según precisó uno de los ingenieros agrícolas de Udapa, Jon Legorburu

Aroostook County agricultural growers are predicting a higher quantity and quality of potato crop than was produced in 2020, due to the less severe weather this summer.

Weather patterns have continued to influence the outlook for the Canadian potato crop since UPGC’s last update. Eastern Canada (particularly PEI) has received record amounts of rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

¿Por qué importar patatas cuando están disponibles en el país? En los Países Bajos, la disponibilidad de patatas se amplía continuamente, gracias al desarrollo de variedades y a la mejora de los métodos de almacenamiento.

Facing excess potatoes, the government of Bangladesh has decided to provide all sorts of support for both export and processing

During a special award ceremony on Wednesday, September 1st, a professional jury awarded the PotatoEurope Gold Innovation Award to the Microtubers of E Green Global (EGG).

The hot, dry and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop. For Randy Hardy of Oakley, harvest will likely be the worst of his career.

Yara Suomi Oy announced today the acquisition of Ecolan Oy, a Finnish producer of recycled fertilizers. This is Yara’s first acquisition in the organic fertilizer segment.

Productores de papa de Honduras emitieron un nuevo llamado de auxilio en demanda al gobierno de condonaciones de deudas y subsidios que les permita salir adelante con deudas financieras y recuperarse de pérdidas millonarias.

Las lluvias recurrentes durante la primavera y el verano propician un crecimiento excelente de los tubérculos. Se espera buena producción y de calidad y un adelanto de la recogida. Preocupa el incremento de costos para productores y mayoristas por las limitaciones en los antigerminantes.