News on The Potato Supply Chain

Técnicos del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) y de la Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología (DICTA), de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG), realizaron visita de campo e inspección en plantaciones de papa.

La Conveagro advierte que no habrá la cantidad necesaria de cultivos de arroz, papa, maíz hortalizas, verduras y legumbres por falta de fertilizantes.

The skyrocketing energy prices in 2022 are a huge challenge for potato growers. After all, ensuring good storage conditions in storage areas with the aid of fans and cooling installations costs a lot of electricity.

Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches from its storefront.

Juan Manuel Coello, con 20 años en sector y Director de Operaciones de Patatas Meléndez ha sido nombrado como experto de la Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de Variedades de Patata.

Personal del INTA y de la Dirección de Agricultura de General Alvear visitaron la finca de Ariel Moreno, ubicada en calle 19 y O, dado que comenzó con las labores propias de cosecha, correspondientes al programa piloto de cultivo de papa en zona Cuyo.

La imparable alza de los costes y las consecuencias directas e indirectas de la guerra de Ucrania, preocupan al sector de cara a la próxima campaña de comercialización.

La incertidumbre sobrevuela al sector de patata. Los productores de A Limia temen no poder competir contra tubérculos de terceros países en un momento de alza de costes.

The National Potato Council released the following statement in response to a joint announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Víctor Villalobos 

Following last week’s USDA announcement that potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume exporting into the U.S. after a multi-month ban on exports, in turn, that should positively impact the Ontario potato market.

Scotts Precision Manufacturing Ltd will be exhibiting for the first time next at Fruit Logistica 2022, Europe’s premier Fruit and vegetable exhibition, held in Berlin from 5th – 7th of April in Hall 5.1 B22.

After 20 months of service as the first elected chairman of the NEPG, the Dutchman Jaap Botma from Friesland stopped as scheduled. Jaap was an arable farmer (seed potatoes, sugar beets, onions, cereals, …) for 28 years.

SNAC International President and CEO, Elizabeth Avery, recently announced the election of new Board officers and directors.

Following the untimely passing of Dr. Barbara Wells on 16 February last, the Board of Trustees of the International Potato Center (CIP) has appointed Dr. Oscar Ortiz as Director-General ad interim.

A meeting of Scottish seed potato growers in Forfar this week has agreed to set up a co-op to represent the sector. The new body, which is as yet unnamed, aims to deliver four outcomes for the seed potato sector

A deal to export 2,000t of Scottish seed potatoes to Russia has been scrapped by PepsiCo following criticism of the arrangement. The food and drinks company said "a couple of lorries" had already left Scottish farms this week, but following discussion with growers, the decision had been made to stop future shipments.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, potato markets have been somewhat resistant with uncertainty expected for the coming recent weeks, North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) says in a news release.

Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.