News on The Potato Supply Chain

This year Coöperatie AVEBE U.A. achieved a performance price of 77.10 euros a ton. That is slightly lower than last year's record amount (78.41 euros) and is one of the top three performance prices of all time.

United Potato Growers of America announced today that its executive board has unanimously chosen Mark Klompien as the organization’s next president and chief executive officer, replacing Jerry Wright.

Esta nota analiza el problema de la degeneración de la semilla, detalla la estrategia propuesta del Programa del CGIAR de Raíces, Tubérculos y Banano, y describe cinco técnicas sencillas para mejorar la calidad de la semilla y aumentar la producción de papa.

At its annual variety presentation, Agrico presented four promising new varieties that have recently been included in the Dutch list of varieties.

US based potato grower and shipper RPE Inc. has added a new Marketing Director, Tim Huffcutt to its marketing team. Effective October 24, Huffcutt will oversee all marketing strategies for RPE's consumer, trade, local community and internal communication.

Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) has launched a new website, one entirely dedicated to promoting potatoes grown for the fresh market and branded as Red River Valley Potatoes. Fittingly, the new web address is RedRiverValleyPotatoes.com.

Piden que se declare en emergencia el agro, pues manantiales que proveen el agua para consumo humano empezaron a secarse.

As fall potato harvest wraps up around the Columbia Basin, farmers are expecting above-average yield and quality thanks to an exceptional growing season.

El boletín ICT Update en su edición de abril de 2016 ofrece 15 articulos sobre drones en la agricultura.

Despite a fresh crop arriving at the wholesale market in Vashi (Mumbai area), retail prices of potatoes show no decline

AHDB Potatoes has pledged to work closely with the seed potato sector and Scottish Government to ensure that the industry maintains a low level of the bacterial disease blackleg.

Jim Cruickshank OBE, one of the most well respected seed producers in the UK, is this year’s winner of the British Potato Industry Award, organised by AHDB Potatoes.

The Idaho Potato Commission is on a roll! Tomorrow they start airing the latest installment in their series of commercials starring the Big Idaho® Potato Truck, now in its sixth(!) year.

Scientists at Cornell University have developed an electric capacitance measurement that is able to predict the root mass of shrubs and trees. What's more, they hint it may helpful for tubers and root crops as well

El Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), informó que la institución entregó 1.980 sacos de 45 kilos semilla de papa a 13 organizaciones agricultoras de la provincia de Pichincha. La inversión alcanza los 89.100 dólares.

Potato production in Dolakha - a district in Nepal severely affected by the 2015 earthquakes - has dropped sharply this year due to a prolonged winter drought.The drop in output has occurred when farmers in the district had been preparing to brand their products.

Some Prince Edward Island potato farmers have had to wait longer than usual to finish their harvest because of recent wet weather, but 97% of the harvest is in.

Although the drought in the Netherlands resulted in very challenging harvesting circumstances, by now the potatoes have practically all been harvested. Heero Gramsma, Managing Director of Nedato reflects...