Potato News from the Americas

CNH Industrial has acquired Specialty Enterprises LLC (Specialty), North America’s largest manufacturer of premium aluminium spray booms for agricultural applications. Specialty, which operates one manufacturing facility.

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Senamhi) presentó el riesgo agroclimático para el cultivo de papa para el período julio-setiembre 2022. La situación cambiaria en agosto.

Además, ha liberado una nueva raza de cuy, reconocido 5 zonas de agrobiodiversidad y el mejoramiento genético de ganado. Entidad técnica del MIDAGRI ha generado tecnología en favor de 2 millones de pequeños y medianos agricultores a nivel nacional.

Students in tank tops with sunscreen-dotted noses walked down the rows of a potato field, frequently bending over to pluck leaves for sample boxes headed to the MSU potato lab.

Gregory Porter, professor of agronomy in the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture, will receive an Honorary Life Membership from the Potato Association of America (PAA) at the organization’s annual meeting in July 2022.

Potato processor McCain Foods is building five solar facilities in Maine, that it says will help power the production of french fries in Easton, one of its largest plants.

Pringles campaign to rename a spider. It shares a strong resemblance to the representative face of the brand. 'Araneus Mitificus' is the scientific name of the spider that 'Pringles' wants to rename. Araneus mitificus, commonly known as the kidney garden spider or pale orb weaver, Satara, Maharashtra, India.

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of snack production systems, has promoted Marcelo Morales to the role of Senior Project Manager.

La Asociación de Productores de Papa de Junín advierte que ante la crisis de fertilizantes algunos agricultores han decidido pasar a otro rubro.

BurgerFi, one of the nation's fastest-growing, premium fast-casual concepts, and Gopuff, the go-to platform for immediate delivery of customers' everyday needs, announced plans to expand the delivery of BurgerFi items.

The World Potato Congress Inc. is very pleased to announce that effective July 01, 2022, André Devaux and Jaap Delleman have joined its Board of Directors. Prior to being appointed as a WPC Director, André Devaux was named as an International Advisor.

Inflation and other rising costs have consumers looking to cut expenses, and eating more dinners at home is one way they do it. Out-of-necessity dinners at home peaked during the pandemic but have since normalized.

Construction is underway on our state-of-the-art potato packaging facility and new Canadian head office. The Little Potato Company and Leduc County representatives celebrated the start of construction.

Quienes no la conocen, preguntan para conocerla, quienes la han consumido dicen que, “es muy rica y de buen sabor”, son las papas llamadas nativas o artesanales, que hace varios años se cultivabas a grandes cantidades en Boyacá, Cundinamarca y Nariño.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), a global leader in temperature-controlled warehouses and logistics for the food industry, announced the grand opening of its newest facility in Dunkirk, NY.

La producción de papa durante abril registró un aumento de 5.9 porciento en comparación del mismo mes del 2021, cifra respaldada por las áreas cosechadas debido a una mayor humedad en el suelo que favoreció el crecimiento del tubérculo.

Los papicultores esperan muchas cosas del nuevo Gobierno pues en campaña, el entonces candidato Petro dijo que se dejaba de lado la política extractivista por una política agraria, por eso la expectativa en este sector es bastante grande y esperan en los próximos meses se empiecen a ver esos cambios para el campo.

No creemos que haya problemas de abastecimiento ni variaciones al alza del precio, afirmó Alfonso Grela, asesor privado en la gestión del sector productivo de papa.