News on The Potato Supply Chain

Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.99 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, down 1 percent from October 2009, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Lekker, gezond én snel klaar. Die boodschap draagt CêlaVíta wel heel letterlijk uit.

De Nederlandse aardappelverwerkende industrie verwerkte in Oktober 2010 blijkens data van de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie 307 300 ton aardappelen.

Researchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to Phytophthora infestans

Potato price in West Bengal inched up by more than Rs 200-250 a quintal over the last few days on account of a crop failure in the southern markets.

The Potato Council has confirmed that it is increasing its levy for 2011/2012 by 3%.

The preliminary production estimate for the 2010 Canadian potato crop is 97,279,000 hundredweights (4 412 575 tonnes).

De aardappeloogst in West-Zeeuws-Vlaanderen en Walcheren is door de hevige regenval van de laatste weken mislukt. Die uitspraak durft loonwerker David de Looff uit Nieuw- en Sint Joosland aan.

Nearly a third of UK shoppers want food and grocery retailers and manufacturers to focus on reducing waste.

A growing shortage of farm hands and smaller land holdings are forcing many farmers to mechanise their farms, allowing multinational agri implement companies to tap into Indian market.

Consumers of potatoes in the east and south of India will probably have to shell out more than his counterpart in the north, at least for the next two months.

In consultation with the New Brunswick Potato Industry, the New Brunswick Regulation 82-70 of the Potato Disease Eradication Act has been amended to include Mandatory Post-Harvest Laboratory Testing for Potato Virus Y (PVY)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has established a Potato Sector Biosecurity Advisory Group (PSBAG), which will guide the development of a voluntary National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Potato Sector.

On independent restaurant menus, potatoes of all kinds account for 44% of all carbs, according to MenuMine.

The Potato Council’s provisional estimate of Total Production in Great Britain for the 2010 crop year is 5.817 million tons, down 6.1% from 2009.

Coöperatie Nedato laat weten geen nee te zeggen tegen telers die van Agrico over zouden willen stappen naar Nedato.

Op de Zeeuwse eilanden hebben ze afgelopen week weer veel regen voor de kiezen gekregen. In totaal viel er 50 tot 60 mm. Ondertussen zijn de telers aardig aan de nattigheid gewend en laten ze zich door regen niet meer tegenhouden.

Door het slechte najaar werd de oogst van heel wat teelten vertraagd, waardoor meer percelen dan normaal, nog niet geoogst zijn.