Panamá recibirá 70 líneas de papas
A finales del primer trimestre llegarán las primeras líneas de papa desarrolladas por el Centro Internacional de la Papa
Latam 06/02/2017
EEUU: McDonalds greenlights new potato variety for Pacific Northwest growers
With McDonald’s recently giving Pacific Northwest (PNW) process growers the green light to grow Clearwater Russet for french fry production, the variety promises to become a popular process cultivar in the coming years.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Select potato growers trying soil fumigation for McCain Foods
A potato field in Wicklow, New Brunswick, across the border from Mars Hill, being fumigated with chloropicrin in the fall of the 2015, as part of a trial McCain Foods is conducting with its processing potato growers on both sides of the border.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
La France produira plus de pommes de terre en 2025... pour le marché belge
D’ici 2025, la planète pourrait produire jusqu’à 280 millions de tonnes (Mt) de pommes de terre, soit une hausse de près de 50 Mt par rapport à 2016. L’essentiel sera consommé en frais, mais la part des produits transformés augmentera fortement.
Europa 05/02/2017
Canadian potato industry on the upswing
A weaker loonie and promotion of potatoes prepared in more healthy ways are improving prospects for growers and processors
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Potatoes get a bad rap they don’t deserve
Starch seems to be the key to the potato’s bad reputation in the world of nutritionists.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Australian potato shortage ends thanks to strong potato crops
Australia may be out of the woods as far as potato production goes. After a difficult year in 2016, filled with floods and storms that caused widespread potato shortages, the industry was in need of a break.
Oceania 05/02/2017
US potato exporters worried about impact of withdrawing from TPP
US farmers are wondering how local growers and farmers who export their products to Asia will be affected by the decision of the new president Donald Trump to withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017