Its getting colder and the potato market is beginning to pick up. According to Rik Tanghe from RTL Patat, volumes are already being exported, "Interestingly, the prices in the Netherlands are higher.
In the northern province of La Libertad, Peru, officials at Peru’s National Institute of Agricultural Innovation, report that researchers have identified and catalogued 130 varieties of native potatoes.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its food and feed safety assessment of the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation of Innate potatoes. The FDA concluded that the Russet Burbank Generation 2 potatoes are not materially different
Australian potato growers are being reminded to prepare for late blight, a potato disease that strikes when conditions are humid, stagnant and warm.
"Duitsland is mooi, de mensen vriendelijk en de natuur is schoon."
Wright, president and CEO of United Potato Growers of America, addressed the potato supply and demand outlook at the Potato Business Summit, held just before the Jan. 12-14 Potato Expo.
Working as a consultant for the Idaho Potato Commission, retired University of Idaho Extension economist Paul Patterson has presented his final report on the cost of producing potatoes in Idaho.
Ziemniak, który nie psuje się podczas przechowywania, nie sinieje, a jego miąższ nie ciemnieje, ponadto ma mniej szkodliwego akrylamidu. Może to wskazywać, że ziemniak GMO jest zdrowszy niż odpowiedniki pochodzące.
