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十月 20, 2010

Feds consider limiting potatoes offered to kids

Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

十月 20, 2010

Troublesome potato harvest in British Columbia

A soggy September has been a catastrophe for many Lower Mainland (region around Vancouver, BC, Canada) potato and vegetable producers, who are still trying to salvage their crops.

十月 19, 2010

The History of the potato Industry in Nebraska

The Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began tracking the potato industry in 1866, a year before statehood. Then, acreage was 5,000;yield was 36 cwt/a (cwt = hundredweight = 100 lb), and the crop value was $500,000.

十月 19, 2010

Idaho Potato Commission’s “Comic Book” Retail Ad Campaign Is Back In Full Force

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) launched the newest installment of its award-winning, “Comic Book” advertising campaign featuring a brand new cast of characters, The Idaho® Potato Field Force.

十月 18, 2010

New Brunswick potato crop of good quality

十月 14, 2010

Maine potato crop ‘looking great’ thanks to rain in September

With 80 percent to 85 percent of the estimated 55,000 acres of Aroostook County potatoes out of the ground, officials with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that growers are seeing average yields of high-quality potatoes this year.

十月 14, 2010

Fresh Demand Working Group trial potato promotion failed

Last fall, a motivated group of potato industry members set out to find a way to create short-term demand for potatoes that goes beyond the traditional coupon or price cut, but wasn’t a consistent, long-term demand catalyst.

十月 12, 2010

Nuevo estudio demuestra que las papas pueden hacer parte de un régimen de adelgazamiento

La investigación que acaba de publicar la Universidad de California, Davis y el Centro Nacional de Inocuidad de los Alimentos y Tecnología, organismo perteneciente al Instituto de Tecnología de Illinois, demuestra que las personas pueden incluir la pap...

十月 12, 2010

Russia looks afar to replace drought-hit potato crop

Russians' love of potatoes may be force them to turn to Egypt and even America to replace crop lost to this summer's drought.

十月 11, 2010

Potato growers confident against price-fixing allegations

The United Potato Growers of America says it is confident the group will prevail in an expanding legal battle in which the co-operative and others are accused of engaging in “classic cartel behavior” to control potato supplies and fix prices at artificially high levels.

十月 11, 2010

CDC awards grants for sodium reduction initiatives to NYC, Los Angeles

New York City and Los Angeles County are among five jurisdictions that have won a $1.9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for sodium-reduction initiatives involving restaurants and schools.

Northern Plains Potato Growers Association

十月 10, 2010

Warm, Dry Weather Speeds Potato Harvest in North Dakota and Minnesota

Favorable weather in North Dakota and Minnesota allowed producers to make good harvest progress this past week.

十月 10, 2010

United Potato Growers of America: Acreage matters

Probably no factor is more important in determining a fresh grower’s financial return than total area planted to potatoes.

十月 08, 2010

National Pierogies day in the United States on October 8

When pierogies were invented in the early 1900's, pasta and potatoes came together in a match made in food heaven.

十月 07, 2010

Trend to smaller size potato packages, River valley potato packers find

More and more, consumers are ignoring the 10-pound bags of red potatoes and instead picking up smaller, more convenient sizes

十月 07, 2010

NPPGA: Red potatoes are good for baking

The Northern Plains Potato growers Association (NPPGA) is running a new advertising campaign designed to get buyers to associate red potatoes with the Red River Valley.