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United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC): Planting Update May 27, 2021

五月 28, 2021

UPGC: Potato Planting Update Canada, May 27, 2021

The United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) provide an update on the potato planting in Canada (May 27, 2021). Seeding in Western Canada is winding up, while growers in the Atlantic region are in full planting mode.

U.S. Potato Imports Continue to Increase.

五月 19, 2021

United States Potato Imports Continue to Increase; More frozen potato products imported from Europe

Strong demand for potatoes and potato products and tight domestic supplies continues to drive increases in imports for the current (July – June) marketing year. For July 2020 – March 2021 total imports are up 9 percent, led by an 18% increase in chips and a 15 percent increase in dehydrated potatoes.

五月 18, 2021

HZPC Americas hires Jill Herold as key account manager

HZPC Americas announced that the company recently hired Jill Herold as a Key Account Manager. Jill brings over 18 years of experience in technical agronomy in potatoes, corn, soybean and other various crops, including several years focused on sustainability.

五月 13, 2021

Pioneering potato breeder Dave Holm retires

Dave Holm was destined to work with potatoes. He was raised on a potato farm in southeast Idaho, where his dad and grandfather instilled in him a love of one of the world’s most important crops.

USDA Announces Deregulation Extension of Potato Developed Using Genetic Engineering

四月 29, 2021

USDA Extends Deregulation of Simplot Potato Varieties Developed Using Genetic Engineering

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending deregulation to J.R. Simplot Company’s (Simplot) potato variety developed using genetic engineering, designated as Snowden Z6 (Z6 potato).

四月 10, 2021

Idaho Potato Commission President and CEO, Frank Muir Retires After 18 Years of Service

Eighteen years ago, the Idaho® potato industry was in crisis. Consumers were shunning potatoes due to the rising popularity of low-carb diets, the new consumer focus on buying local (locavore movement) was beginning to expand across the country and the Idaho® potato farm gate revenue was declining.

四月 07, 2021

PEI Potato Board Presents 2021 Potato Industry Recognition Awards

Three awards were presented to well deserving industry members at the Prince Edward Island Potato Board’s monthly meeting in March 2021. In addition, the award winners will be recognized at the PEI Board Annual Banquet in 2022.

四月 06, 2021

HZPC: 'Ready to grow in North America'

Potatoes in the United States and Canada are a commodity. When selecting varieties, the color of the skin tends to be the primary consideration. As the new managing director of HZPC Americas Corp, Jeff Scramlin sees opportunities to increase market share by highlighting the distinguishing characteristics.

二月 11, 2021

HZPC Americas welcomes Aron Derbidge

HZPC Americas Corp. hired Aron Derbidge as Sales and Key Account Manager. According to a press release issued today, the company notes that Aron brings with him over 10 years of experience developing and marketing seed potatoes in the U.S. and Canada.

二月 08, 2021

EarthFresh Premium White Potato Market is Taking off with EarthFresh’s Polar White

As winter weather dominates the country, customers are encouraged to Break the Ice with Polar White potato promotion

Dr. Peter VanderZaag, a potato farmer in Canada

一月 19, 2021

Webinar: 'Aeroponics for Nuclear Seed Potato Production: History, Status and Challenges'

The World Potato Congress is extremely pleased to present its next webinar on Thursday, February 18, 2021, with Dr. Peter VanderZaag, a potato farmer in Canada and due to COVID-19, now an armchair consultant involved with numerous potato projects in Asia and Africa.

一月 19, 2021

Time for the Tlingit Potato

Genetically distinct from its European counterparts, this coastal Alaska potato predates modern taste for russets and Yukon Golds.

一月 10, 2021

Idaho Potato Conference goes virtual this year

Given the unusual times of a global pandemic, the Idaho Potato Conference shifted from the annual in-person conference held in Pocatello to three days of virtual presentations.

El agricultor Peter Imle intenta reducir a la mitad su cantidad de cromosomas para abrir el camino a muchas nuevas variedades con características más útiles

一月 04, 2021

El hombre que intenta llevar el cultivo de la patata al siglo XXI

El agricultor Peter Imle intenta reducir a la mitad su cantidad de cromosomas para abrir el camino a muchas nuevas variedades con características más útiles.

十二月 08, 2020

Maine researchers are developing genomic tools for potato breeders

Two University of Maine researchers, Greg Porter and Han Tan, are part of a team of plant geneticists and breeders working to develop tools that will help Maine scientists and farmers become more efficient in bringing novel, improved potato varieties to market.

十二月 01, 2020

P.E.I. Potato Board elects new executive team

Wayne Townshend has been named chairman. Townshend has been on the board for five years serving as a seed director.

Rick Peters, vegetable pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown, says scab is increasing on P.E.I. because of changing weather patterns. (Kirk Pennell/CBC)

十月 06, 2020

Canadian Scientists Look for Ways to Grow Scab-Resistant Potato

Two research scientists on P.E.I. have spent their summer trying to grow a better potato, more resistant to scab and greening, which are both costly problems for potato growers.

The Lingít K'úntsx' variety has been grown by coastal Tlingit for over 200 years

九月 29, 2020

Carcross/Tagish First Nation Harvest Heirloom Potato Crop

The smallest potato from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation garden harvest this year was the size of a pea. The spud might be tiny, but its ancestors travelled a long way to get here. The Lingít K'úntsx', or Tlingit potato, has been grown in Alaska for over 200 years.