The Maine Potato Board presented the eighth annual Maine Harvest Festival in Bangor the weekend of Nov. 17 and 18, and once again featured the popular Caribou Russet potato.
The West Bengal government has issued a blanket ban on importing seed potatoes, particularly from Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir owing to presence of Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN) in the produce.
Dificultades con la recepción de insumos contemplados en el paquete tecnológico han propiciado un ligero atraso a la siembra de papa en esta provincia.
En una reunión entre productores y autoridades del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) nuevamente se habló ayer del contrabando de frutihortícolas.
Processed potatoes in China account for about 15% of total production and include products such as starch, dehydrated potatoes, chips, and frozen French fries (FFF), according to a report presented by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service – “China –.
Consumers in Cyprus are complaining about the high price of potatoes, with officials attributing the steep increase to a shortage of spuds in the Cypriot market lasting almost three months now.
Chlorpropham (or CIPC) is widely used as a sprout suppressing agro-chemical applied to stored potatoes.
Potato supplies should be ample for the holidays and beyond in the US, despite bad weather in some growing regions and an overall dip in production, according to a report by The Packer.
