EEUU: San Luis Valley potato growers expect good 2018 crop
Cooperative weather during the growing season has San Luis Valley potato industry members anticipating a good crop.
Norte Am. 18/09/2018
Canadá: Even an average potato crop ’will be a challenge’ this year
It is getting late in the growing season, and the P.E.I. Potato Board says without some rain soon the harvest will come up short.
Norte Am. 18/09/2018
Alemania: Germany faces potato shortage after record hot, dry summer
This week, the German Farming Society (DLG) warned that the nation faces a severe potato shortage as a consequence of unusually hot and dry weather this summer.
Europa 18/09/2018
Italia: Potatoes as potato packaging
Designers Simone Caronni, Pietro Gaeli, and Paolo Stefano Gentile have put their heads together to create an all-new food packaging design.
Europa 18/09/2018
Gran Bretaña: Andrew Webster
Born out of an ambition to more accurately apply nematocide at a precise depth, Lancashire potato grower Andrew Webster has created his own clever depth control system.
Europa 18/09/2018
Turkia: High productivity for potato harvest in Bitlis
High productivity is expected from 50 million square feet of potato production areas in Ahlat, Bitlis, a city located in southeastern Turkey.
Asia 18/09/2018
EEUU: How to Manage Pink Rot in Potatoes
Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions throughout the world.
Norte Am. 14/09/2018
Europa: European drought: Potato starch supplier Emsland warns of “dramatic” cost increase to raw materials
The European potato harvest will be at a historically low level this year and present a massive challenge for growers, processors and their customers. Due to the crop failures in potato fields, some of which were total failures, the availability
Europa 11/09/2018