A team of fresh Idaho potato shippers will soon head to Taiwan to develop new business relationships in the Southeast Asian market, IdahoStateJournal reports. The foreign trade mission, sponsored by the Idaho […]
A well-known Norwich crisps brand in the UK has embedded its roots in Norfolk for decades to come by investing £2.7m in a new potato processing building – unlocking the factory’s future […]
The loss of broad-spectrum contact herbicide diquat in the UK didn’t come as a surprise, but the months of speculation finally ended when its scheduled withdrawal was announced late last year, Farmers […]
Frozen and snacking potato products are particularly in demand as Asian consumers favour western foods, according to the AHDB in the UK. Michael Barker of Fruitnet writes that AHDB’s new Horizon report […]
Cornell’s plant breeders and geneticists have played a significant role in the improvement of the potato, having released more than 50 varieties since 1908, reports Maina Dhital in the Cornell Chronical. Cornell researchers […]
India is the second largest producer and consumer of potato in the world. In the past five decades, potato production has steadily increased from around 8.3 million tonnes in 1980 to 48.6 […]
The latest potato stock statistics from 500 potato growers nationwide show Scottish growers hold 34% of Britain’s total stocks, up markedly from 25% at the previous count, reports The Courier. Scottish potatoes […]
Scientists have determined bones found on a Canadian beach belonged to individuals who were trying to flee the Irish Famine in the 1800s. The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, […]
AHDB in the UK has reportedly launched its new “Storage Network“, said to be part of an £800,000 fund ring-fenced for sprout suppression and storage. Potato store managers from levy-paying businesses will […]
According to a report by FreshPlaza earlier today, “the imported potato season is in full swing in Europe. Spain, Portugal and Sicily are now in production,” the report says. Cyprus had a […]
IRI data for the January to March quarter showed many opportunities in the potato category, Potatoes USA reported earlier today. Total potato sales dollars were up by 1.4%, however, volume was down […]
Finnegan’s Farm, well-known potato producers based in Balrath, Co Meath, purchased a Steyr Terrus 6300 in August last year. This stylish machine is the first new Steyr-branded tractor to be sold in […]
Dr Eugenia Banks, a seasoned potato specialist in Canada, reports that in 2017 the season in most of Canada also started with a cool spring, but not quite as cool or wet […]
Cornell’s plant breeders and geneticists have played a significant role in the improvement of the potato, having released more than 50 varieties since 1908. Cornell researchers are now expanding their efforts to […]
There are several thousand different varieties of Solanum tuberosum, commonly known as the potato around the world. But this diversity obscures the fact that various genetic and biological factors make improvement by […]
The World Potato Congress (WPC) is looking to increase its networking role for the global professional potato value chain, especially during the interval between congresses. As a result, WPC is setting up […]
A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third largest harvest […]
