News on The Potato Supply Chain

The South Florida potato harvest season has started well, with a good healthy crop taking shape. It has been underway for just over a month and despite cooler weather at the start of the year, South Florida crops escaped any major frost damage.

Late Blight control strategies in the United Kingdom will have to change this season if potato growers are to combat the spread of a new aggressive, fungicide-insensitive/ resistant strain of the disease, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons says.

A federal judge ruled that the United States government illegally quarantined some Idaho potato fields infested with potato cyst nematodes (PCN), a pest that could threaten the state’s $1.2 billion potato industry.

By analysing potato production data, information systems specialist Professor Wolfgang Maaß and his team want to help farmers and food companies identify potential benefits and optimize their processes.

West Australia’s struggling potato industry is poised for recovery after the State Government chipped in nearly $750,000 (USD 580,000) towards expanding processing and exports.

The Potatoes USA, 2018 Annual Meeting came to a close last week with the election of a new Board Chairman and Executive Committee.

APH Group recently concluded a multi-million Euro contract with a Russian enterprise to deliver machines and installations for the organic production of potatoes and vegetables in open soil.

Es la opinión de los integrantes de la Mesa Papera de Buenos Aires, que se reunieron durante la Fiesta Provincial de la Papa, llevada a cabo en la ciudad de Otamendi, entre el 16-19 de marzo.

Higher potato prices are reported in various states of India (Punjab, West-Bengal), offering relief (Punjab) or even a windfall (West-Bengal) for farmers.

The Irish Potato Federation – with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Bord Bia, Failte Ireland and Teagasc – has won its bid to host the World Potato Congress (WPC) in 2021 in Dublin.

Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture stated that they have banned potato imports from Turkey until July, 2018 to eliminate the spread of 'potato cancer' on Georgian territory.

Qué variedades de papa hay en el país para freír y sancochar? Nos lo cuenta la revista 15 Minutos.

El pronóstico no es bueno. Según los expertos, disminuyó la superficie cultivada, cayó la producción y crecieron las importaciones. Para cambiar la situación proponen incluir la papa en el sector hortofrutícola de la Organización Común de Mercados.

Dewulf, full-line supplier of potato and root crop equipment, has officially inaugurated its new logistics
centre (SLC) at its headquarters in Roeselare, Belgium

Great Britain potato stock levels held by growers are estimated at 2.4Mt as at the end of January. This represents the largest end-January stocks figure since the stocks survey began in 2010.

Russia’s agricultural quarantine authorities flagged two potato shipments imported from Egypt that were found to be contaminated with potato brown rot.

A reversal in potato consumption trends since 2012 in Ireland sees sales of the crop reach close to 2007 levels.

The climate of Azerbaijan is favorable for the cultivation of many fruits and vegetables, including potatoes. However, there is a need for increasing potato farming since Azerbaijan imports this vegetable from abroad as well.