El portal de la papa en Argentina
Indian ministers are placing the blame on each other as potato prices in Odisha continue to soar. On Saturday 12 March, the State Government was criticised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress for its failure to bring down the prices.
A new research partnership has been formed in the UK between the Two Blades Foundation (2Blades), The Sainsbury Laboratory, and J. R. Simplot Company. They aim to develop potato varieties with increased resistance to oomycete and bacterial diseases.
British Colombia Ministry of Agriculture scientist, Tracy Hueppelsheuser, is concerned that Chafer beetles could affect crops in the Fraser Valley and beyond. Presently, Ontario root crops like potatoes and ginseng are under threat.
The situation is not easy at the moment in the potato market. "At the start, I believed things looked bright, but we have come to conclude that our expectations were too high," explains Henk van den Berg, of the potato wholesaler Aardappelgroothandel
Fair potato prices and record production are pleasing growers in Bogra this season. Favourable weather conditions during plantation contributed to the record yield and farmers are already placing the crop in cold storages.
Straty wielkości i jakości plonu handlowego powodowane przez ospowatość bulw mogą sięgać nawet 50 proc. Czy istnieje zależność pomiędzy odmianą a występowaniem tej choroby?
A wireworm trap invented at P.E.I ’could be a major breakthrough’. It was presented to farmers on Monday 14 March at an information session and although they don’t think it will be the complete answer to their wireworm problems.
Potato prices in the UK doubled last year due to low levels of planting; roughly 110,000 hectares were planted in 2015, the weakest for at least a decade.