Canadá: Alberta, Canada safe from bacterium this year
Alberta’s potato industry is worth more than $1 billion but is threatened by a tiny bacterium. This year, however, a Lethbridge scientist reports, it hasn’t shown up.
Norte Am. 22/08/2017
África: South African potato sales grow by 24%
From January till July this year, an extra 12.9 million 10kg bags were sold on South African fresh produce markets than were sold at the same time last year; up 24%. As a result, market prices are 37% lower during the same period.
Africa 22/08/2017
Polonia: XXIV Krajowe Dni Ziemniaka 2017
W ostatni weekend sierpnia (26 i 27 sierpnia) odbędą się XXIV Krajowe Dni Ziemniaka pod hasłem „Ziemniak dziś i jutro”. Jest to szczególna edycja tego wydarzenia.
Europa 22/08/2017
Francia: French potato acreage expands by 5.1% this campaign
The acreage devoted to potato cultivation in France this campaign has been 5.1% greater than that of 2016, reaching 131,640 hectares.
Europa 22/08/2017
Bulgaria: Lower potato production this year due to weather
Bulgaria’s potato production will be smaller this year due to the lack of appropriate weather conditions, as reported by Ventsislav Kaimakanov, chairman of the National Association of Potato Producers (NAC), in an interview to Focus News.
Europa 22/08/2017
Inglaterra: UK potato merchant challenged to pay back £161,000 in tax evasion
A Perthshire potato merchant who carried out a £161,000 tax evasion is facing a legal challenge by prosecutors to reclaim the money.
Europa 22/08/2017
Serbia: costruzione di un impianto per il confezionamento di patate
Secondo quanto dichiarato dal sindaco della città di Titel (Voivodina, Serbia), Dragan Bozic.
Europa 22/08/2017
EEUU: Ground,penetrating radar may help breed early maturing potatoes
Ground-penetrating radar might help the potato industry save water, according to Dirk Hays, Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant geneticist in the soil and crop sciences department at College Station.
Norte Am. 22/08/2017