Focus on Potato Talk Teaches Bacterial Ring Rot Sanitation
Of the more than 100 diseases of potato, bacterial ring rot is one of the few zero-tolerance pests. If just one seed potato on a farm is found to have this disease, no seed on that farm can be certified.
March 05, 2015
Fresh Solutions Network unveils Side Delights Website
Fresh Solutions Network today debuted a brand-new, industry-leading website for their Side Delights® brand of potato products, located at www.sidedelights.com.
March 05, 2015
Potato prices West Bengal crash on bumper crop
A bumper crop, coupled with weak demand from other States, has led to a free-fall in potatoes prices in West Bengal.
March 05, 2015
AUSVEG questions benefits of generic potato marketing campaign
AUSVEG remains wholly unconvinced of the benefits of a grower-funded generic potato marketing campaign despite claims from the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia that the initiative has been a success in that state.
March 05, 2015
Venezuela: The price of potatoes for processing increases by 185%
The president of the Potato Growers Association (Asopapa) of the state of Carabobo (Venezuela), Aldemaro Ortega, said the price per kilo, for the potato processing companies, had been set at 40 bolivars.
March 05, 2015
Ryan Krabill Named First Ever US Potato Board Director of Research & Analysis
The United States Potato Board (USPB) is pleased to announce industry veteran Ryan J. Krabill has joined its staff in the newly-created position of Director of Research & Analysis.
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March 05, 2015
PMC: Potato consumption Western Australia grows
Potato growers in Western Australia have invested heavily in a potato marketing program aimed at stopping the decline in consumption per capita of fresh potatoes.
March 05, 2015
Prince Edward Island Potato tampering investigation ongoing
The investigation into a food tampering case involving sewing needles inserted into potatoes is still active, reports Prince Edward Island RCMP spokesperson, Sgt. Leanne Butler.
March 04, 2015
Growers Stand Up for Potatoes on Capitol Hill
On February 23-26, NPC hosted the 2015 Potato D.C. Fly-In, where more than 150 U.S. potato growers and industry partners from across the country came to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the industry's most pressing federal policy priorities.
March 04, 2015
The Washington State Potato Commission hires new director of industry outreach
The Washington State Potato Commission has hired a new director of industry outreach, Matthew Blua
March 03, 2015
Colombia tendrá una papa modificada genéticamente y resistente a la polilla guatemalteca
Diálogo con María Andrea Uscátegui, directora ejecutiva de Agro-Bio, quien destacó los beneficios de esta tecnología en materia de protección frente a las plagas, resistencia a herbicidas, ahorros en los costos de producción y aumento de la productividad.
March 03, 2015
Oregon Governor addresses potato growers
Oregon Governor Kate Brown talked with farmers outside the state Capitol Monday, stressing the the importance of potato crops for Oregon.
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Venezuela: Agroindustria pagará 185% más por el kilo de papa
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March 01, 2015
Northern Girl: from ‘hippie farmers’ to regional food supplier
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February 26, 2015
Issues in the UK potato sector require closer relationships
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Potandon Produce launches line of Organic potatoes - Potandon Produce Organics
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February 26, 2015
Mack Farms joins Fresh Solutions Network
Fresh Solutions Network announced that Mack Farms has joined their network of best-in-industry grower/shipper partners.