News on The Potato Supply Chain

Los precios de la papa se disparan en Colombia debido a condiciones climáticas y problemas con el transporte carretero.

Scientists have developed a more planet-friendly way to produce fertilizer, which is an essential component of global food systems.

Machine learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye will be exhibiting on the global agronomy stage at Fruit Logistica. Fitting to harvesting or grading equipment provides visibility on the size, shape and mapping variability of potatoes and now also onions.

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt.

Researchers of the Pennsylvania State University identified potential threats to the local potato crop by collecting potato stems or tubers that exhibited symptoms of black leg or soft rot from 26 potato fields. They were able to isolate, culture and identify 456 samples of bacteria infecting potatoes.

SV Agri organized its Annual Variety and Seed Farm Show from January 8th to 10th, featuring the display of 14 new potato varieties.

In a dazzling display of innovation and collaboration, the Potato Expo 2024 concluded on Jan 11th, leaving 2320 attendees and 216 exhibitors with an announcement of Potato Expo 2025, Las Vegas.

The DOWNS CropVision®, a new optical sorter for unwashed potatoes, is now available in the United States Market via MAT-Harvesting.

The progress McCain Foods is making towards its sustainability commitments was announced with the release of the company's annual Global Sustainability Report, which includes results from the past Fiscal Year.

China develops a new method for detecting viruses in potatoes capable of providing results in just 5 minutes.

HZPC América Latina celebrará un día de campo el próximo 1ero de Febrero en la localidad de Balcarce, Argentina.

Potatoes Australia Ltd. is pleased to officially declare Ms. Robbie Davis as the Ambassador for the highly anticipated World Potato Congress 2024

Last week in Brazil, potato prices reached a high point.

Entrevista al presidente de la Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa: "Consumir papa pero que se colombiana".

Disponibilidad de semilla para España se verá afectada en por lo menos un 20%. No hay semilla para todos.

La producción de papa crece en Paraguay ofreciendo buena rentabilidad e incentivos para el cultivo nacional.

En el sur de España se mantiene el optimismo con respecto a la siembra de patata a pesar de aumentos en los costos e incertidumbre con respecto a la disponibilidad de semilla.

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