Noticias sobre la Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Canadá

The Government of Canada is helping the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) peel open new international markets for our top-quality spuds. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of $743,000 to help the CHC increase exports and improv...

Despite Prince Edward Island's position as Canada's top potato producer, the P.E.I. Potato Board says there needs to be more local research to help the industry.

Small potatoes aren't small potatoes anymore, at least when it comes to marketing delicious spuds.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed all potato cyst nematode (PCN) soil sampling and testing of the 2010 seed potato crop and PCN was not detected.

The 2011 Prince Edward Island potato conference and trade show is an ideal opportunity for producers to discuss new research and development in the industry, says Agriculture Minister George Webster.

Fall rains devastated potato and vegetable crops across the Fraser Valley, BC and now producers face uncertainty about how much the government is going to help them.

Canada's potato production continued its downward slide in 2010, but Prince Edward Island's acreage showed a slight increase last year, data from Statistics Canada reveals.

Ontario bucked the national trend of a decline in potato production last year and saw an increase in the amount produced over the previous year.

There's an increase in the amount of Prince Edward Island potatoes being exported this year.

The discolouration that blights cooked potatoes has plagued the potato industry for many years. This phenomenon, known as after-cooking darkening, is one of the most undesirable characteristics and has been reported from every potato-growing area in the world.

La decoloración que arruina las papas cocidas es un problema de la industria de la papa desde hace muchos años. Se produce, como el término lo indica, cuando al cocinar las papas estas quedan expuestas al aire y aparecen zonas de color que van desde el...

Gary Linkletter has been elected chair of the P.E.I. Potato Board.

In 2010, favorable planting conditions allowed an early start to the cropping season in New Brunswick.

Lukie Pieterse, responsable del contenido de la Global Potato News y una de las personas que más conoce la industria de la papa en Canadá, está organizando una gira de conocimiento en la Isla del Principe Eduardo para febrero del próximo año. Aún no s...

Extreme weather patterns wreaking havoc on many parts of the world could put the global farmer on the endangered species list, says an international agricultural expert.

The port of Summerside (Prince Edward Island, Canada) may begin exporting tablestock potatoes again this winter.