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El SAG (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero) requiere que antes del último día del año todos los cultivos de papa estén registrados y geolocalizados para poder velar por la sanidad de los mismos y mantener el estatus fitosanitario de la región,.

Un mercado interno limitado y colmado por productos de contrabando hace que para los pequeños productores sea muy difícil competir.

Pese a la falta de agua que dificulta los trabajos y preocupa a los productores, las labores de siembra están cerca de culminar.

Mooij Agro, a global leader in crop storage solutions has announced its participation at the Potato Expo 2025 in the United States, where, in collaboration with PGS Equipment Ltd., it will showcase the Croptimiz-r MAX, a next-generation controller

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) has announced its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 and updated its full year financial targets for fiscal 2025. 

Urschel Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in food cutting technology, is excited to introduce the CCLL (Chip Cutter Large Lattice) Slicer, an advanced and high-performance solution for producing perfect lattice chips and thick potato waffle fries.

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. has announced the appointment of Michael J. Smith, current Chief Operating Officer of Lamb Weston, as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 3, 2025.

Urschel, the global leader in food cutting technology, has announced the launch of its newly designed website. This updated platform aims to provide improved support and a better user experience for food processors worldwide.

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: Post), a consumer packaged goods holding company, announced today it has agreed to acquire Potato Products of Idaho, L.L.C. .

En el marco de una alianza interinstitucional público-privada, el Banco de Desarrollo Productivo (BDP) promueve el mejoramiento de las condiciones productivas y el incremento de rendimientos de papa en el altiplano paceño

El precio de la papa tipo ágata aumentó en São Paulo, mientras que en Belo Horizonte se mantuvo estable y en Río de Janeiro disminuyó.

Did you know that behind every delicious, crunchy, perfectly sized potato chip are years of research, development, experimentation and analysis by some of the brightest minds in the industry?

Cavendish Farms is planning a nearly USD 150 million investments at its Jamestown potato processing plant. Breaking ground in spring 2025 is an USD 100 million expansion that will increase the annual production capacity from 410 to 450 million pounds.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are working on a new research project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllid insects — particularly the zebra chip disease, which has impacted potato production for decades.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. is moving to tear down its french fry plant in Connell, dashing local hopes that another company might take it over and bring fresh industry and jobs to the small city.

A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming, showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions.

Haith and its US agent, Fox Solutions, will be putting the spotlight on packhouse innovations and box filling at next month's Potato Expo (Jan 9-10, Orlando, Florida). 

Urschel, the Global Leader in Food Cutting Technology, has released two new machines. The Comitrol® Disc Mill 380 (DM380) and the Comitrol® Processor 3640A (3640A).