EEUU: Smoke, heat knock Washington potato crop down to average
Washington state’s potato crop was well above-average for yield and quality but its growth rate has stalled.
Norte Am. 28/08/2018
Colombia: Expanding adoption of nutritious, disease-resistant potatoes in Colombia
A marriage of scientific knowledge and traditional practice has led to the development of three highly nutritious, robust, and productive yellow potato varieties.
Norte Am. 28/08/2018
Suecia: Svensk försöksodling med genförändrad potatis
Försöksodling av potatis som är genförändrad med Crispr-tekniken fortsätter i Skåne – trots att EU-domstolen slagit fast att den typen av grödor ska klassas som GMO och behöver särskilda tillstånd och säkerhetsarrangemang.
Europa 28/08/2018
Lituania: Visoje Europoje brangs tai, ko lietuviai valgo iki soties
Sausa šiųmetė vasara itin nepalanki bulvėms. Jų šiemet užaugo kone perpus mažiau. Bulvių augintojai patirtus nuostolius ketina kompensuoti didesnėmis nei paprastai kainomis, nes, anot jų, bulvių stigs visoje Europoje.
Europa 28/08/2018
Alemania: Potato industry in Bavaria expecting only ‘slightly below-average harvest’
While the catastrophe on the northern potato fields is becoming increasingly clear, growers and marketers in Southern Germany expect a slightly below-average harvest.
Europa 25/08/2018
International Trade Secretary signs major deal allowing export of UK seed potatoes to China
The deal is expected to bring major benefits to Scotland, with around 70% of seed potatoes exported annually from the UK coming from Scottish farms.
Europa 25/08/2018
Canadá: McCain Foods appoints new President of Canadian division
McCain Foods announces the appointment of Danielle Barran to country president, McCain Foods (Canada), a division of McCain Foods Limited. Ms Barran assumed full responsibility for the Canadian commercial business, effective August 20, 2018.
Norte Am. 25/08/2018
The Global Potato: Food Futures of the Past
Cailey Hall, a PhD student at UCLA, writes in this article that the English author John Foster published a pamphlet in 1664 whose long title begins,
Europa 25/08/2018