A federal judge has approved search warrants to take samples from fields in southeast Idaho after farmers refused to allow federal authorities to check for a microscopic potato pest.
Ralph Schwartz, vice president of marketing, sales and innovation at Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Potandon Produce LLC, said this surplus of potatoes has flooded the early market and led to low pricing.
Prices are low and right now there’s no market for the surplus production.
The potato harvest is more or less complete for another year and yields are expected to be back close to 10%, according to IFA Potato Committee Chairman Eddie Doyle.
Export of French potatoes to Spain and Belgium increased.
The rates of potato seeds too have crashed over the past one week, from Rs 1,800 per 50 kg to Rs 1,000- 1,200 for the same amount.
The Prince Edward Island potato board says the high price for potatoes will put millions of extra dollars into the provincial economy this winter.
Depuis quelques mois, la culture de la pomme de terre est frappée de plein fouet par une maladie jusque-là inconnue des producteurs de la Fédération des Paysans du Fouta Djallon (FPFD) et de la Confédération Nationale des Organisations Paysannes
