News on Potato Storage

July 06, 2010
Cold storages' release cools down potato prices in West Bengal
With close to about 25 per cent of potatoes having been released from cold storages across West Bengal, potato prices, which had inched up by Rs 10-20 a quintal last week, dropped on Tuesday. The wholesale price of the tuber (Jyoti variety) dropped Rs ...
June 17, 2010
SmartBlock, a new sprout inhibitor for potatoes announced by Amvac Chemical Corporation
American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) and its subsidiary Amvac Chemical Corporation today announced plans to introduce a new crop protection product that inhibits the growth of sprouts on potatoes.
Goodbye British Potato Council, hello Potato Council Limited
June 16, 2010
Potato Council introduces the Potato Ambassadors
TEN passionate potato growers, ONE aim: to increase potato consumption and sales across the country. That’s the role of the ‘Potato Ambassadors’ who have been recruited and unveiled by Potato Council last night in London
June 05, 2010
Fiji plans to grow their own potatoes
FIJI will soon be reducing the amount of potatoes imported into the country if a potato planting scheme introduced yesterday becomes successful.And chips manufacturer Flour Mills of Fiji has assured it would work closely with farmers to use the locally...
June 02, 2010
Dutch potatoes a headache for Tunisian farmers
The humble Dutch potato is at the centre of a major row in Tunisia as farmers say potatoes imported from the Netherlands are so cheap that local production is being undermined.   Mustafa Ben Jamaila from the Tunisian Potato Producer's League complains ...
May 31, 2010
Belarus wants to revive its potato industry
The agricultural industry of Belarus can be a reliable source of foreign currency revenues, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Ivan Bambiza said at a joint session of the two chambers of the National Assembly and members of the government of Belarus on 2...
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Global Potato Tours organizes Potato tour on Prince Edward Island
May 30, 2010
Global Potato Tours organizes Potato tour on Prince Edward Island
Global Potato Tours is organizing its first international tour, scheduled to take place June 27 - July 4, 2010 on the largest potato producing province of Canada - Prince Edward Island. Tour members will be introduced in person to many individuals invo...
May 20, 2010
Plea to set up potato promotion board in India
There was a need to constitute a potato promotion board at the central level in order to look into various issues beginning from cultivation to consumption of the tuber in the country. The matter was discussed at the annual meeting of the Federation of...
May 06, 2010
Científicos del ARS ayudan a mejorar la capacidad de las papas para tolerar el almacenamiento
Científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) en Dakota del Norte están evaluando la capacidad de nuevas variedades de patata de tolerar el almacenamiento a largo plazo.
Potato varieties with improved storage capabilities: ARS research
May 06, 2010
Potato varieties with improved storage capabilities: ARS research
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.
May 02, 2010
High output keeps potato prices down in India
Since the beginning of Mar­ch, the price of potato has dipped more than 16 per ce­nt on account of higher pro­duction of the commod­ity in Ind­ia this year. High arriv­als have be­en reported in the man­dis and th­at has kept the sentiments we­ak for t...
April 28, 2010
Potato growers in Rangpur (Bangladesh) protest and demand compensation from cold storage owners
Hundreds of farmers blocked roads in Dinajpur and Rangpur yesterday demanding compensation as thousands of bags of potatoes they kept in cold storage have rotten due to alleged negligence of the authorities.   The affected farmers said the authorities ...
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April 28, 2010
Potato Council tenders Potato Storage Research
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April 22, 2010
US Potatoes 2010: Processing down 6%, Spring Production Up
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April 01, 2010
New Brunswick Potato farmers contract negotiations with McCain Foods
New Brunswick potato growers are playing the waiting game as negotiations for their 2010 contracts continue with McCain Foods Ltd. In mid March, growers learned the Florenceville-based company will cut the amount of potatoes it buys from them for proc...
March 28, 2010
Bumper Potato Crop in West Bengal sends potato prices crashing
A bumper crop, government apathy and exploitation by middlemen has driven a debt-ridden potato farmer to commit suicide in North Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district this week. Many, however, are not ready to give in without a fight although the odds are agai...
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March 17, 2010
Euro Potato: Early Potato Crops in Europe
Throughout Northern Europe early potato growers and traders, as well as new crop importers and exporters, are looking with interest at markets ahead. Most though remain uncertain regarding the likely availability of supplies and prices. Greater wastag...
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March 16, 2010
McCain to cut New Brunswick potato sourcing by 20 - 30 per cent
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