Potato News

2012 was a challenging growing season, with exceptional weather conditions impacting on the GB crop’s size and quality. Shoppers have seen price rises in store and there have been many stories about the cost of food within the media.

J.R. Simplot Co. officials confirmed today that the company will shutter its Heyburn distribution center in a phased closure beginning in August.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (Inia) inauguró esta mañana una importante reunión de científicos internacionales, que vienen desarrollando metodologías y herramientas moleculares eficientes, para contrarrestar los efectos que está producie...

El programa de Investigación del CGIAR sobre raíces, tubérculos y banano (RTBs) inició recientemente un proyecto para identificar el origen de la degeneración de las semillas y desarrollar herramientas sencillas para su control.

During the upcoming Fruit Logistica, Agrico will sign a contract with the UK firm Albert Bartlett, who will shortly introduce the Gourmandine potato variety in the United Kingdom.

Científicos de la Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) y la Universidad Nacional de Colombia están desarrollando, desde hace cerca de 12 años, un gen sintético que al ser introducido en la papa logra controlar de manera biológica a la poli...

Leading industry researchers will team-up with local Victorian agronomists at a Field Day event next month, to help raise awareness amongst potato growers and processors about key research and development (R&D) activities currently being undertaken...

At Fruit Logistica 2013 next week (Berlin, 6-8 February) Syngenta will unveil key elements of the company’s integrated business of seeds and crop protection – a world first for new innovation and crop solutions.

Because labourers are becoming an ever-scarcer commodity, today’s farmer requires customised machines that perfectly match the way he works. In order to meet this need, Miedema has formed a new department: Miedema Smart Solutions.

Potato growers across the Warren Blackwood have revealed their struggle to meet standards set by retail giants Coles and Woolworths.

Pearl Capital Partners (Pearl) has recently concluded an investment of KSh 200 million (US$ 2,300,000) in the Kenyan potato processor Midlands Limited through the African Agricultural Capital Fund (AACF).

Productores paperos del Perú mejoraron sus capacidades técnicas productivas y empresariales mediante la asistencia técnica de Sierra Exportadora.