Potato News

PepsiCo homenajeó a los agricultores con quienes ha trabajado y reconoció su aporte al agro colombiano. No es para menos. Estos le vienen vendiendo cada año, un promedio de 65 mil toneladas de papa y 13 mil de plátano.

The 13 major potato States held 134 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2018, up 2 percent from April 1, 2017 according to a USDA report released last week.

Potatoes from Da Lat (Vietnam) will have a new logo and brand that will make it more difficult for traders to sell cheaper Chinese potatoes under the Da Lat name.

En la tierra de los antiguos incas, las papas se dan en una gran variedad de texturas y colores: rojas, azules, moradas, amarillas y rosas; esta diversidad se refleja en las distintas maneras de prepararlas que dan forma a su gastronomía.

Perú produce 4.4 millones de toneladas de papa (...) de esa cantidad, sólo se industrializa el 2%, con un proceso muy rústico pues consiste en depositar la papa al suelo para que el frío de las alturas la convierta en chuño.

Dutch Potato Packer and Processor Quik's recently completed its new building. The company offers fresh potatoes (Quik's Fresh Potatoes) and chilled potato products and specialities (Quik's Potato Products). Both building and products were on display earlier this month.

A five year research project to develop precision agriculture ('smart') technologies for the use of inputs in potato farming at the University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering received support from NSERC

Potato Processor Lamb Weston / Meijer and Wiskerke Onions are working hard on the construction of a residual heat connection between the two adjacent companies - a unique way to save energy.

Processing and packaging equipment manufacturer tna has officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the Netherlands, further reinforcing its position as a leading supplier to the potato and vegetable processing industries.

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the completion of its facility expansion in Beusichem, the Netherlands. The upgrade increases Key’s production capacity at this location by 50 percent.

Se trata de Habemus Papa, un pequeño local de la capital española, fruto del esfuerzo y el empeño de un grupo de emprendedores liderados por Priscilla Cano.

Organisations representing potato farmers in Belgium and France, have started a project (interreg-GEPOS) to look for alternative destinations for potatoes in Belgium and the North of France in seasons marked by large surpluses.

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announced its third quarter 2018 results and updated outlook for fiscal 2018 earlier this month.

United Kingdom potato trade saw strong performance from its processed potato sectors in the first seven months of the 2017/18 marketing season. Trade of frozen potato has seen strong growth both leaving and entering the UK, although imports still outweigh exports by ten-fold.

Si bien consumen más que un camión tradicional, al poder transportar 66% más de carga, el costo por tonelada cae [Los bitrenes son formaciones encabezadas por un camión y dos remolques que se articulan entre sí]

The EuroBlight project is examining the ongoing evolution of the potato late blight pathogen (Phytophthora infestans). In 2017, almost 1500 samples from 16 countries in Europe were genotyped. The results indicate that new clones continue to spread.

Potato Grower Bill Skinner heads to Massachusetts this weekend to compete in his second Boston Marathon – at the age of 72.

Luego de sostener una reunión en el marco de la VIII Cumbre de las Américas, los presidentes de ambos países trabajarán de manera conjunta para acrecentar el comercio bilateral.