Potato News

Newtec has announced its presence at the Potato Expo 2024, scheduled from January 10 to 11 in Austin Convention Center.

Yassen Abdelhay, export advisor at Arafa Group, reports on the crucial period for European factories from February to May 2023, and how Egyptian producers played a key role during this phase.

The 2023 PEI Potato Industry Awards Banquet was held in Charlottetown and four very deserving members of the industry were recognized at the event.

McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights ("Presia").

After Potatodays in the Netherlands, Agrico Ukraine together with Ukrainian Institute of Potato Research initiated a round table to discuss challenges in seed potato production in Ukraine.

Researchers at UPEI are experimenting on food scraps, wood and UV light to produce hydrogen gas.

By signing the distribution agreement with Fraxen Consult Ltd, Agrico seed potatoes will be exported to small-scale farmers in Tanzania later this year.

Una gran sequía azota a España. Las Islas Baleares son la región menos afectada, en el sur de la España continental la incertidumbre es total.

PhD student Rob Sears engineered the potato plant, also known as a phytosensor, to indicate high radiation levels through changing leaf fluorescence.

Dos grandes granizadas afectan los cultivos de papa en varias regiones de Bolivia.

En Costa Rica representantes del sector agrícola invitan al ministro de Agricultura a retirarse por mala gestión.

Potatoes are the premier vegetable crop in Canada, with CAD 1.5 billion nationwide in potato receipts in 2021. The agricultural significance of potatoes is particularly prominent in provinces like New Brunswick, the home of McCain Foods Limited, the world’s largest potato processor.

From 12 to 14 December 2023, Food Africa and pacprocess Middle East Africa will again become the stage for the newest technologies and concepts, building important bridges for partnerships that go beyond borders.

Una foto del mercado global de la papa de cara a circunstancias climáticas adversas en el hemisferio norte.

Due to abundant rainfall, a lot of potatoes in North-western Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France) have not yet been harvested. The lifting period was too short to get the potatoes to the stores in good conditions.

A biostimulant brand that made its debut at this year's British Potato impressed show visitors with the results of three recent field trials.

Vietnam has just welcomed a new potato variety HCIP210 developed through a public-private partnership.

PepsiCo recently announced the third year of its global agriculture program, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Accelerator, by backing eight new innovation projects across nine countries.