Over the last year and a half, through funding from the MPB and research development from UMaine, three new varieties of potatoes have been developed and released into the market.
Potato growers should reduce their potato planting areas to some degree in 2015, given the poor prices that have been available over the past two seasons, according to Teagasc’s Dr Denis Griffin.
Idaho potato growers have inked a deal with processors accepting a slight decrease in payment but requiring processors to contract for at least 90 percent of 2014 acreages with individual farms.
Negotiations are apparently ongoing in the federal potato price-fixing case that wholesalers, retailers and consumers filed six years ago. The judge on the case has extended the deadline for a settlement notice to April 10.
After several years of negotiations, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.
Russische markt positief voor aardappelen uit Egypte.
Kruishoutem – De bij de Belgische telers nog resterende voorraden consumptieaardappelen van de oogst 2014 beliepen begin april een hoeveelheid van 1,28 miljoen ton.
Tony Galati, owner of the Westerrn Australian Produce Chain "Spud Shed", wants to add up to four extra stores to his existing Spud Shed network over the next few years and is working on opening up export markets for Western Australia potatoes.
