Officials with the Idaho Potato Commission are pleased by a lofty new role for their commodity – promoting world peace.Prior to meetings about unrest in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a gift of two large Idaho bakers. “We were obviously very thrilled to see this picture of Secretary Kerry using two very[Read More…]
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Bayer CropScience reveals insights into U.S. potato industry’s top needs for 2014
According to United States Department of Agriculture’s crop production predictions, average potato yield per acre increased during the 2013 season. In an effort to propel this upward trend into the New Year, Bayer CropScience launched its Potato Perspectives Survey during Potato Expo in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 8-10, 2014. Bayer CropScience collected insights from tradeshow attendees across the food chain[Read More…]
Chips are down in bid for Jersey Royal potato
The Jersey Royal Company, which produces 25,000 tonnes annually and is 50 per cent owned by Scottish-based and family owned Albert Bartlett, one of the biggest potato suppliers in the UK, has apparently had a £12million bid approach from AIM-listed potato grower and distributor Produce Investments, which closed 5p better at 215p, valuing the business at around £42million. Dealers heard[Read More…]
PepsiCo invierte en Venezuela
La multinacional PepsiCo ha ampliado las instalaciones que posee en la región de Táchira (Venezuela) con la inauguración de un Centro de Producción de Semillas, que permitirá garantizar el 100% de abastecimiento del programa de producción de Chipstock. Gracias al uso de biotecnología mediante el cultivo in vitro o bajo invernadero, este nuevo Centro de Producción de Semillas se presenta[Read More…]
Managing Weed Resistance to Herbicides in the Potato Rotation
In the latest ‘Focus on Potato’ webcast, titled “Managing Weed Resistance to Herbicides in the Potato Rotation,” Dr. Jed Colquhoun, weed science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gives users an update on herbicide-resistant weeds. Herbicide-resistant weeds pose significant economic and production challenges, particularly in specialty crops such as potatoes where weed control options are already limited. This presentation will[Read More…]
Aviko gaat strijd aan met verse frites
Met de introductie van Oerfrites op de komende Horecava gaat Aviko de strijd aan met de zelf voor- en afgebakken frites. De fabrikant uit Steenderen is er naar eigen zeggen in geslaagd een vers voorgebakken frites te ontwikkelen die qua uiterlijk, smaak en beleving niet onder doet voor zelf voorgebakken verse. De belangstelling voor verse frites neemt toe onder cafetariahouders.[Read More…]
Dutch lead the way in potato cyst nematode control
Potato nematodes are now a minor pest threat in the Netherlands and one Dutch expert believes British potato growers could learn lessons from their success. Growing potatoes as a trap crop for potato cyst nematodes (PCN), using resistant varieties and rigorous testing for the industry’s most damaging pest have all led to better control. Dutch growers use more robust sampling[Read More…]
US: Industry leader cautions against over-planting potatoes
After a disastrous 2012-13 marketing year, fresh-market potato supply and demand appear more in balance for 2013-14, resulting in steady pricing and reasonable returns — but the processing sector still has the potential to affect that. “We have a balanced crop and the outlook says there’s no reason for us to give it away and there’s no reason for us[Read More…]
Australia: Potato transport costs to double
Potato growers in south east South Australia will pay double their normal freight costs to move produce interstate for processing. McCain closed its potato factory at Penola at the end of last year, meaning potatoes now need to be transported more than 300 kilometres to a Victorian plant at Ballarat. SA farmers forecast they will get paid an average of[Read More…]
Algérie: Régulation du marché – 320 000 tonnes de pommes de terre stockées en 2013
Les deux dernières saisons de récolte ont connu une production record avoisinant les 5 millions de tonnes. Pas moins de 320 000 tonnes de pommes de terre de consommation ont été stockées et redistribuées sur le marché, durant l’année écoulée, par les services de l’Office national interprofessionnel des légumes et viandes (Onilev). Les deux dernières saisons de récolte ont connu,[Read More…]
UK: Potato modelling system wins science award
A potato modelling system, which forecasts yield and tuber size won a Practice with Science Award at the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). Developed by NIAB CUF, the tool can supply valuable data to the entire potato supply chain, to aid in-field and processing practices and reporting. The system’s modeling allows growers to calculate seed rates and a crop’s irrigation needs,[Read More…]
India: Uttar Pradesh Government looking to increase potato production by 35%
The government is giving a final shape to the proposed potato development Policy. Uttar Pradesh is looking to augment potato production by 35 percent to achieve 18 million tonnes (MT) of produce. Likewise, potato acreage would be increased by almost 25 percent to 6,75,000 hectares. To achieve these ambitious goals, the state government is giving final shape to the proposed[Read More…]
De aardappel als wereldvoedsel
Aardapppelsteden Wulanchabu in Inner Mongolië (China) en Emmeloord in Noordoostpolder gaan samenwerken op aardappelgebied. Dat is het resultaat van een bezoek dat burgemeester Aucke van der Werff onlangs bracht aan Wulanchabu. Het bezoek maakte onderdeel uit van een Flevolands bezoek aan China. Meer
New approach to combat phytophthora
Fast new techniques for genetic identification enable a more specific control of the potato disease phytophthora; this is the theory of scientists from Wageningen UR in the Netherlands who are working to partner with industry to further analyze the genetic variation of the pathogen and link it to practical recommendations. This will allow potato growers to optimally align their choice[Read More…]
US: Simplot touts benefits of GMO spud
Simplot has developed potato varieties through biotechnology using potato DNA to reduce bruising, browning when cut and the amino acid responsible for the formation of acrylamides in potatoes cooked at high temperatures. The company has petitioned USDA for deregulation of the new varieties and is working on developing varieties with other desirable traits such as disease resistance and enhanced nutrition.[Read More…]
Bio-Kartoffeln von hier – 300 Tage im Jahr
Der im August 2010 neu gegründete Verein „Bio Kartoffel Erzeuger e. V.“ macht sich bei Handel und Verbrauchern für heimische Bio-Kartoffeln stark. „Hier in Deutschland angebaute Bio-Kartoffeln sind besonders klimaschonend und können mit einer transparenten Herkunft punkten“, so Monika Tietke, Bio-Bäuerin und Geschäftsführerin des Bio Kartoffel Erzeuger e. V. Unter dem Motto „Bio-Kartoffeln von hier – 300 Tage im Jahr“[Read More…]
Potato passion lives on in Peru
Potatoes account for 25 per cent of Peru’s agricultural gross domestic product, and are produced by large commercial operations on irrigated land north of the capital Lima and by traditional subsistence farmers in the Andes, where the tuber originated thousands of years ago. More than 4500 varieties of potatoes exist worldwide, with 2500 of these native to Peru. Far more[Read More…]
Potatoes top list of Kiwis’ favourite veges
The humble potato has pushed out the tomato to take the title of New Zealand’s favourite vegetable, figures reveal. According to the Statistics New Zealand’s Household Economic Survey, Kiwis spent more than $119 million on potatoes in the year to June 2013. More
Russia set to resume imports of EU seed potatoes
Russia looks set to reopen its market to seed potatoes from the EU after coming under pressure from local growers ahead of the next growing season. Restrictions have been in force since July 1, but have had little impact on trade as Russian buyers secure almost all of their seed potato requirements in the first half of the year. More
Dutch lead the way in potato cyst nematode control
Potato nematodes are now a minor pest threat in the Netherlands and one Dutch expert believes British potato growers could learn lessons from their success. Growing potatoes as a trap crop for potato cyst nematodes (PCN), using resistant varieties and rigorous testing for the industry’s most damaging pest have all led to better control. Dutch growers use more robust sampling[Read More…]
Aviko gaat strijd aan met verse frites
Met de introductie van Oerfrites op de komende Horecava gaat Aviko de strijd aan met de zelf voor- en afgebakken frites. De fabrikant uit Steenderen is er naar eigen zeggen in geslaagd een vers voorgebakken frites te ontwikkelen die qua uiterlijk, smaak en beleving niet onder doet voor zelf voorgebakken verse. De belangstelling voor verse frites neemt toe onder cafetariahouders.[Read More…]
Managing Weed Resistance to Herbicides in the Potato Rotation
In the latest ‘Focus on Potato’ webcast, titled “Managing Weed Resistance to Herbicides in the Potato Rotation,” Dr. Jed Colquhoun, weed science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gives users an update on herbicide-resistant weeds. Herbicide-resistant weeds pose significant economic and production challenges, particularly in specialty crops such as potatoes where weed control options are already limited. This presentation will[Read More…]
Chile: Aplicarán aeroponía para la producción de cultivos de patata en Aysén
Implementar un centro generador de semillas de patata a través de un sistema aeropónico de producción de minitubérculos en la Región de Aysén es el objetivo de una iniciativa cofinanciada por la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (FIA), del Ministerio de Agricultura, con recursos del Fondo de Innovación para la Competitividad Regional (FIC-R). El proyecto —que tiene como asociados a[Read More…]
South Australian potato industry receives over $400,000 in federal funding
Potatoes South Australia Incorporated, the peak industry body for the potato industry value chain, has been awarded funding of $409,800 (excl GST) through the Federal Department of Agriculture’s National Landcare Innovation Grants for a two year project which will help develop a more reliable soil Phosphorus test. The project (which will be delivered by PIRSA’s consultancy business unit, Rural Solutions[Read More…]
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