Potato News

Un informe del Banco Mundial sobre la agricultura peruana indica que la cadena de valor de la papa nativa es el caso más representativo del país de una cadena de valor exitosa desarrollada para mercados internos. En esta entrevista, Miguel Ordinola (CIP) detalla esta experiencia.

La multinacional noruega mostró el funcionamiento y las cualidades de la clasificadora óptica Sentinel II en la 9ª edición de la Feria Internacional del Sector de Frutas y Hortalizas, Fruit Attraction.

At Gulfood Manufacturing, packaging and processing equipment manufacturer tna has announced the launch of the tna roflo® VMCS 3, the world’s first chip sizer that uses vibratory motion to separate large from small chips to maximise packaging efficiencies and speeds.

Earlier today Statistics Netherlands (CBS) published its latest update of the potato harvest of 2017 in the Netherlands. Total production of potatoes for consumption for the first time since 2000 exceeded 4 million tonnes, an increase of 27 percent compared to 2016!

Potato Storage Specialist Mooij Agro announced that they have built a potato storage for a Lamb Weston potato grower in Titz, Germany.

The PEI Potato Industry is excited to release for the first time a thirty second commercial highlighting the industry.

With the first large harvest of potatoes in Cambodia expected next year, months of research in the highlands of Mondulkiri province show the country’s soil and climate are well-suited for growing certain varieties.

La multinacional australiana tna ha anunciado el lanzamiento de tna roflo®VMCS 3, el primer sistema de selección y medición de chips del mundo que utiliza el movimiento vibratorio para separar las chips pequeñas de las grandes y así maximizar la eficiencia y la velocidad del empaquetado.

Last June, Oliveira Pinho & Filhos, a family business located in the municipality of Mira (Portugal) dedicated to the trade of bagged potatoes and onions, purchased a Sentinel II optical food sorter from TOMRA. Read about their experiences...

Dewulf~Miedema - supplier of a complete line of agricultural machinery for the cultivation of potatoes and root crops - has selected Dewulf as its new official company name.

McDonald’s China Co. has changed its name to “Jin Gong Men Co,” which roughly translates to “Golden Arches,” after CITIC Capital and Carlyle Group took over the franchise, but the name of the restaurants will remain the same.

The price of potatoes in New Zealand has almost doubled in the last 10 years, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Levity CropScience, a UK based company specialized in 'smart fertilizers' has announced it will reveal industry changing research at BP2017 on how their products have increased potato yields by at least €1000 per hectare in farms across Europe.

El pasado 23 de octubre de 2017, la compañía francesa firmó la adquisición del 100% de la Sociedad de Productores Bretones (SPB) y de sus filiales: Gopex Distribution y Bret Seeds.

Esta enfermedad es considerada la segunda más importante a nivel mundial. En Chile está clasificada como una enfermedad cuarentenaria presente bajo control oficial. Actualmente se encuentra en la zona sur del país, específicamente en la Región de La Araucanía. Este informe del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), ofrece información sobre el agente causal, su epidemiología y la situación en el país.

Penn State Ag Sciences students are in the trenches with Sterman Masser Potato Farms to find new and convenient potato products

Científicos financiados por el fondo público del BBSRC y radicados en el Norwich Research Park, han desarrollado una papa genéticamente modificada con resistencia al tizón tardío.

A genetically-modified (GM) Maris Piper designed to resist the devastating plant disease late blight has worked “brilliantly” during the first year of field trials, according to scientists of The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL)