Maine seed potatoes are bought by growers up and down the East cost, who use them to grow their own spuds; yet a little-understood bacteria is bringing back an older potato disease and threatening the seed potatoes’ reputation.
As part of a Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre project, Australian researchers are working with the country’s potato industry to investigate the potential for the highly destructive Tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) to enter Australia using nat
In recent years potato production in the Czech Republic has been declining; while over 1.5 million tonnes of the tuber were produced in 2005/2006, the figure has now fallen to 604,000 tonnes.
Der Bund will künftig Importkontingente von Speisekartoffeln versteigern. Die Branche ist geschlossen dagegen. Produzenten befürchten steigenden Preisdruck.
Potato producers in the country fear for this sector’s fate. Enmanuel Escalona, the director of the vegetable area of the Confederation of Associations of Agricultural Producers (Fedeagro), stated that the price of a kilogram of potatoes could reach
Johnny MacLean, a West Prince potato farmer, is hoping his specialty spud, which he named Smilin’ Eyes Irish Gold, will be a big hit in Island stores, and eventually make its way to the U.S. MacLean bought the exclusive.
Si no llega a tiempo la semilla de papa para la siembra en el ciclo de invierno de 2016, se mantendrá la escasez de este rubro, aseguró Aldemaro Ortega, presidente de la Asociación de Productores de Papas (Asopapas).
At the International Potato Expo last weekend, P.E.I potato farmers discussed the overproduction of potatoes, which is making it difficult for them to sell their crop.
