Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines are the top five export market for Idaho potatoes, according to the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission. Markets in Central America, the Caribbean and Hong Kong round […]
With frost damage in Idaho and flooding hampering potato harvest in North Dakota and the Red River Valley, the potato market could take buyers on a wild ride. Shippers will need to meter their supplies […]
In a press release issued yesterday, Syngenta announced $2 billion will be spent over the next five years to help farmers prepare for and tackle the increasing threats posed by climate change. […]
As CEO of BioLogiQ, Brad LaPray is the beating heart of a team that is pushing ahead with the company’s strategy. He speaks to Liz Gyekye about the company’s roots, its products and the challenges of […]
President Donald Trump formally signed the U.S.-Japan-Free Trade Agreement on Oct. 6. This agreement locks in tariff benefits with Japan that were previously negotiated under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement but lost when […]
On 10 September, the Northwestern European Potato Growers Association (NEPG) released figures about the potato harvest in that part of the world. These figures are an estimate based on several trial diggings. […]
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. today announced that it has signed a research agreement with Boise, Idaho-based J. R. Simplot Company, to evaluate three novel yield traits in potato. Under the […]
One night a few years ago, when he was still in college, Gavin Keightley, an artist, attempted to make couscous for dinner. It was a failure. But as Keightley scraped the couscous […]
After being de-regulated during August 2018, the National Council of Technical and Scientific Research (CONICET) last week started the formal process to register the first transgenic potato cultivar in Argentina in the […]
Pinto Gold, a potato variety developed by the University of Maine’s potato breeding and variety development program, made its debut in May 2018. Named for its alternating patches of red and yellow […]
The Idaho potato season is well underway, with plenty of supplies for holiday dinners, marketers say. “Since the beginning of harvest in early August, we have focused on promoting the farms and […]
There is a severe risk that much of the potato crop will not be harvested if the wet weather continues, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). Issuing the warning, IFA National […]
There was sadness and dismay in eastern Idaho’s potato community this weekend as the 2019 harvest wound down and growers began tallying up their losses from October’s disastrous freeze while pondering what […]
Consuming potato puree instead of commercial carbohydrate gel gives the same result to athletes for sustaining blood glucose levels during long workout sessions, claims a study. “Research has shown that ingesting concentrated […]
Diquat has played an important role in growers’ rapid desiccation of potato crop haulm, to enable cost effective harvesting of clean tubers. The EU Commission confirmed its decision to withdraw the approval of […]
Although potatoes can be a tasty treat, they can wreak havoc on the blood sugar level of people with diabetes—at least, that had been the rule until Montana State University researchers developed […]
British potatoes have been delisted from a number of lines in Biedronka, Poland’s largest supermarket, due to fears of a no-deal Brexit. A large UK potato exporter has had to cancel orders […]
