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Late blight, the same disease that caused Ireland's potato famine in the 19th century, was confirmed in three Pennsylvania counties last week.

The West Bengal government (India) would revamp the ailing potato seeds institute at Kalimpong to keep its supply line intact for the benefit of farmers in the state without depending on Punjab or Haryana.

McCain Foods Pvt Ltd will bring 8,000 acres under potato cultivation in Gujarat (India) by 2014.

Researchers recommend potato growers in the Pacific Northwest intensify their field scouting programs for the potato psyllids that spread the crop disease zebra chip.

El Ministerio de Agricultura (MINAG) reconocerá a dos asociaciones de pequeños productores de la provincia de Huancavelica quienes lograron la certificación orgánica al cultivo de papa nativa y quinua, informó Jorge Sáenz Rabanal, asesor de la Alta Dir...

Irish agribusiness are being offered financial and political support to set up in Africa.

Wisconsin potato grower-shippers don’t see an end to sluggish markets before new-crop harvests later this summer.

Rather than relying solely on acreage estimates from a USDA growers' survey, the U.S. potato industry is physically visiting every spud field in Idaho and other major potato production areas for a fourth year.

The US State Georgia is known for its peaches, its poultry, its peanuts and pecans — but not so much for its potatoes. However, at least two farming operations in Decatur County have made potatoes a successful crop.

Black Gold Farms, an industry leader in the potato industry, has kicked off their summer red potato harvest with a five-month, locally grown program. The locally grown program transitions through all of their summer potato growing locations.

The following is a commentary published this week in Nature, on the GMO situation in Europe, focused on potatoes:

US potato growers hope that this could be the year they are allowed to ship fresh spuds into all of Mexico, which would be a $120 million opportunity.

Oregon State University researchers say they've found two fields in their region harboring thousands of volunteer potato plants infected with the Liberibacter bacterium that causes the crop disease zebra chip.

Steps are being taken to ensure late blight innoculum is not introduced to the potato crop through tomatoes and other plants sold at greenhouses and gardening centres in Canada's Manitoba province.

Alan Jones, president and owner of Jones Potato Farm in Parrish, Florida, understands companies will have to attempt to do more with less in today's economy.

French Fry manufacturer McCain Foods has been accused by the Victorian Farmers Federation of using 'bully-boy tactics' to push potato growers in Victoria and Tasmania to the financial brink.

El Viceministro de Desarrollo Rural y Agropecuario, Víctor Hugo Vásquez, informó el viernes que Bolivia exportará alrededor de 425.000 semillas de papa a Brasil por un valor de 61.000 dólares. "Hoy estamos exportando algo más de 425.000 tubérculo...

Están disponibles dos boletines de divulgación que describen las celebraciones del Dia Nacional de la Papa en Peru (30 de mayo) y una selección de las noticias más importantes publicadas sobre dicho festejo. Pueden verse en http://bit.ly/Kr3hh1